On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Dan Ostrowski wrote:
Hello.
I've been following Inkscape development for a while now. I was also on the Sodipodi list.
- Observation: One of the nicer features of Sodipodi's interface was the ability to quickly
zoom in on a selection, as that is one of the most frequently done operations. You can still hit '3' in Inkscape, but is this not one of the features that might qualify for a RMB entry? If no, I understand you get a lot of UI suggestions, but I figured I'd throw this one out there. It seems to be a logical fit.
- Inquiry: What are the plans, if any, for patterns in Inkscape? Every couple days I say
to myself "Hey, I just need to go in there and hack up some pattern support...", and yet... Lauris did not comment a lot of his files very well and the myriad of SP/NR_long_names_of_pointers shoved together in structs makes my eyes cross. Is anyone on the development team interested in patterns? There's a sp-pattern* file subset, but nothing seems to be done with it... It's SUCH a crucial feature is it on the radar at all?
Thanks so much for a reply and Thanks so much for your development work,
Dan Ostrowski
I found this message in the archives that suggests patterns may work in Sodipodi?
There's been a decent amount of interest from users in having pattern support back, but I don't know what the development status is on it though. If you're interested in putting some hacking time in, pop into the jabber channel; folks there have been quite helpful with technical advice for itch scratchers. :-)
Also, with the lack of comments... agreed, that makes it tough. Best way to change that is to contribute code docs and encourage other dev's to do the same.
Bryce
------------- hello,
on this gray afternoon, I toyed around with svg patterns; linked image was created with ai 5 years ago; recently exported to svg via ai cs; rewrote the patterns to work with sodipodi. (adobe does them differently - now they are broken in their svg plugin. rsvg doesnt do them neither.)
the xml editor proved very useful. selecting into groups was really essential! all in all, its fun working with sodipodi.
if you like it and put it into the misc gallery, I will be truly honoured.
svg: http://arton.cunst.net/desert-plain.svg png: http://arton.cunst.net/desert-plain.png tit: desert dsc: a parody (you are not required to laugh.) lic: CC Attribution-NonCommercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/1.0/ rdf included in drawing
thanks.
peter
PS: do you know of a compatible way (adobe and sodipodi) to specify patterns (these are like on the zvon reference page.)