Hello all!
I noticed several changes in the recent snapshot (20040706) that make my work much slower.
1. The exported image name defaults to drawing.svg.png instead of drawing.png. What is this for? Generally, you'll want shorted and simpler names, just drawing.png. Currently I have to delete the .svg portion each time.
2. The behaviour of the export dialogue is inconvenient. One thing it should be able to do IMHO is to detect whether a selection is active and automatically set the export mode to selection.
3. Also, compared to a snapshot of 20040628, Inkscape forgot how to update the export x/y/size on the fly. For example, I have three drawings on a single canvas and I want them exported to drawing[123].png. Previously, I could fire up the export dialogue, and hit export three times while selecting different drawings and changing 1 to 2 and then 2 to 3 in the target file name. In the current snapshot, if I change a selection while the export dialogue is up, the selection range is not updated. So if I want to do what I explained, I have to select a drawing, then hit "selection", then adjust the file name and hit export. This adds one exrta action which makes you work longer. I think the export x/y range should update on the fly.
Just my 2 cents ;-)
Artemio.
Hi Artemio,
Good testing. :-)
Doublecheck these three issues against today's snapshot, and if the problems are still there, enter a ticket for each in the bug tracker.
Bulia had also mentioned having some issues with the export dialog, so hopefully once these are entered into the tracker we can get all the issues sorted out.
Bryce
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Artemio wrote:
Hello all!
I noticed several changes in the recent snapshot (20040706) that make my work much slower.
- The exported image name defaults to drawing.svg.png instead of drawing.png.
What is this for? Generally, you'll want shorted and simpler names, just drawing.png. Currently I have to delete the .svg portion each time.
- The behaviour of the export dialogue is inconvenient. One thing it should
be able to do IMHO is to detect whether a selection is active and automatically set the export mode to selection.
- Also, compared to a snapshot of 20040628, Inkscape forgot how to update the
export x/y/size on the fly. For example, I have three drawings on a single canvas and I want them exported to drawing[123].png. Previously, I could fire up the export dialogue, and hit export three times while selecting different drawings and changing 1 to 2 and then 2 to 3 in the target file name. In the current snapshot, if I change a selection while the export dialogue is up, the selection range is not updated. So if I want to do what I explained, I have to select a drawing, then hit "selection", then adjust the file name and hit export. This adds one exrta action which makes you work longer. I think the export x/y range should update on the fly.
Just my 2 cents ;-)
Artemio.
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On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 04:45, Artemio wrote:
I noticed several changes in the recent snapshot (20040706) that make my work much slower.
Yeah, I tore appart the export dialog, and so it wasn't in very good shape -- I think it is better now. But, I just checked some of this stuff in.
BTW: the new feature that caused you all of this pain is really cool (suggested by Bulia). Now, filenames for export are saved, but they are also saved for selections. So in the case you discuss below you could have drawing[123].png automatically change for you when you change the selection. This should really help people who do lots of exporting to bitmaps.
- The exported image name defaults to drawing.svg.png instead of drawing.png.
What is this for? Generally, you'll want shorted and simpler names, just drawing.png. Currently I have to delete the .svg portion each time.
Yes, this was there to remind me to fix it. Now, it doesn't just remove .svg, it removes the file extension of the output extension that you used to save the file. So, if you are working with AI files, then you can still use export to bitmaps with auto filename generation.
- The behaviour of the export dialogue is inconvenient. One thing it should
be able to do IMHO is to detect whether a selection is active and automatically set the export mode to selection.
It should now.
- Also, compared to a snapshot of 20040628, Inkscape forgot how to update the
export x/y/size on the fly. For example, I have three drawings on a single canvas and I want them exported to drawing[123].png. Previously, I could fire up the export dialogue, and hit export three times while selecting different drawings and changing 1 to 2 and then 2 to 3 in the target file name. In the current snapshot, if I change a selection while the export dialogue is up, the selection range is not updated. So if I want to do what I explained, I have to select a drawing, then hit "selection", then adjust the file name and hit export. This adds one exrta action which makes you work longer. I think the export x/y range should update on the fly.
I'm not sure if this is what you're saying, but right now when you move selections they don't seem to be getting updated. I think this is a change deeper inside Inkscape that I haven't found yet. But definitely if you change what is selected right now, you'll get an updated dialog.
Also, just FYI, I've added a selection at the top of the dialog "Custom". This basically translates into "Don't be smart, do what I say". So, if you don't want the selections to change the parameters or anything else "Custom" should be safe for your settings. (also, custom means that the filenames and dpis don't get saved in your document.)
--Ted
Ted: testing the current CVS, it's still broken. It opens with "selection" but when I change selection it jumps to "custom" and does not update export area numbers. Used to work just yesterday. Please fix. "Custom" can never ever be changed to automatically, only if I click on it.
- The exported image name defaults to drawing.svg.png instead of drawing.png.
What is this for? Generally, you'll want shorted and simpler names, just drawing.png. Currently I have to delete the .svg portion each time.
This one seems to be fixed now.
- The behaviour of the export dialogue is inconvenient. One thing it should
be able to do IMHO is to detect whether a selection is active and automatically set the export mode to selection.
It should now.
Sets, but does not track selection now.
I'm not sure if this is what you're saying, but right now when you move selections they don't seem to be getting updated.
Let's not confuse two things: when I change selection (i.e. select something different) and when I modify selection (e.g. resize what is selected without deselecting it). There are two signals for it, change_selection and modify_selection. Ideally the export dialog should listen and respond to both of them, but it must at least listen to change_selection to be minimally usable.
I think this is a change deeper inside Inkscape that I haven't found yet. But definitely if you change what is selected right now, you'll get an updated dialog.
Yesterday yes, today no (see above).
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Ted Gould