On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Bob Jamison wrote:
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:20:28 -0500 From: Bob Jamison <rjamison@...357...> To: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Please test win32 plugins
I really don't see how a small program like Inkscape, by not supporting Gimp gradients, can coerce the much larger program into doing things our way.
It is not about coercing the the gimp developers.
At the moment it is easier to create a gimp gradient in .ggr format than it is to create an SVG Gradient. The gimp has a better gradient editor (shock horror, I'm praising the gimp user interface!). Putting any small barrier or disincentive to using GGR will make SVG the better choice.
I think a better tactic would be to donate code to Gimp to use SVG for gradients. Then a .ggr would just naturally be SVG. Also, this nifty tool can in the meantime convert their gradients to SVG.
The gimp has support for using SVG Gradients as of version 2.1.3 which I indicated in my previous mail. I asked, pointed to the gradients I had made available at OpenClipart.org and the gimp developers were kind enough to add the functionality. So far it is import only, there is no export yet and because it is an unstable release of the gimp it wont get much exposure until gimp 2.2 is released. (With any luck gimp 2.2 will be released within a month or two but who knows.)
If anyone has the time to build the unstable releases of the gimp and help test this functionality or even help improve it that would be great. However that is a seperate issue from not including GGR support in Inkscape.
I knew it was a long-shot when I suggested it but I felt I had to suggest it anyway. At the very least I am drawing attention to the SVG Gradient support in the gimp that some may not yet have been aware of and people will make a point of testing it when they next upgrade their copy of the gimp.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ Free SVG Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org