Re: [Inkscape-devel] User experience

26 Jan 2005

      On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, bulia byak wrote:
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:35:23 -0400
From: bulia byak <buliabyak@...400...>
To: boulenguez@...558...
Cc: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] User experience
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:24:44 +0100, Pierre Boulenguez
<boulenguez@...558...> wrote:
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* geometrical constraints (draw a tangent line, a perpendicular
  ...), Rhinoceros3d has a very good look&feel for this.

Might be nice but I don't really see how this would fit our interface.
I don't know anything about Rhinoceros3d; can you elaborate?
It was either Visio or soem CAD program where I saw light blue guide lines
and other useful geometric outlines appear while drawing to help indicate
the X Y axis relative to the drawing start point or various angles.
It is a bit unecessary for ordinary users but it looks very
useful for those interested in Technical drawing.  I'm sure if provided
with good screenshots of other applications to illustrate this kind of
functionality that it would get added eventually.
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* mathematical characters. For this, xfig behavior is good to me as
  it allows to insert Latex characters computed externally. The
  problem here is that it cannot be integrated into SVG isn't it ?

In principle it's possible to do an extension that would store LaTeX
fragments in extension attributes, run TeX to convert them to EPS, and
import that EPS as an object. This was discussed here some time ago.
All we need is a programmer motivated to do that.
Abiword is in the process of adding Math support using GtkMathView.
When they are done I'm sure the developers and code could provide a
whole lot of ideas.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/