July 2018 - Inkscape Docs - Inkscape Mailman

major update to Report Bugs page
by brynn 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

Hi Friends, As a result of my comment and concern about a long "warning" message which was meant to remind bug reporters about what kind of info needs to be included in the bug report, details here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1774404 and also, it was the first time I realized that Help menu > Report a Bug goes directly to the Report Bugs page of the website (https://inkscape.org/en/contribute/report-bugs/) which in it's current state does not really perform as that kind of a function (it's more informational than instructional), Patrick and I have overhauled that page. We wanted to put the proposed change to the website team, before setting it live. Here's the proposed new page (of course the red text at the top would be removed before going "live"): https://inkscape.org/en/report-bugs-2-edit/ Purposely, the link to LP is at the bottom, to force users to at least skim through the bolded requirements before starting the new report. Any comments, suggestions, etc. are welcomed. Thanks, brynn (and Patrick) PS - Just realized we probably should put some kind of inspirational "thank you" sentence at the bottom. "Thank you and congratulations for contributing to Inkscape" or something??

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Website menu is buggy
by Sylvain Chiron 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi all, For some time, I have noticed that the menu of the Inkscape website has become buggy, whereas I had spent some time to make it work very well and responsively some time ago — :/. Could someone tell me what is the intention behind this change (which from my point of view is a regression)? Some of the bugs: * the main menu items font size does not diminish if the texts are too long to fit on one line (case in French, in Deutsch…); * there is a small black line between the submenu items (which might not be a bug, but that wasn’t the case before); * in the smallest view, the main menu items have wrong spaces between them and wrong rounded borders; * in the smallest view, the submenu items overflow of the menu box; * in the middle view, the black background is missing, there are also wrong rounded borders, and the submenu items appear with a wrong space between them and the main menu item. Regards, -- Sylvain

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gallery layout changed
by brynn 11 Jul '18

11 Jul '18

Hi Friends, I'm not sure if this needs to be reported as a bug or not. I noticed the new little banner about donating for next hackfest, and I wonder if it has something to do with the change in how the gallery is layed out? Normally for me the gallery has 4 columns of images, but now it's 3. Screenshot: https://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/ss/gal1.png Vertically, the little banner is in the space where the 4th column would be. So it seems like the banner might have pushed the images over (so to speak). I also noticed the search box got really small. Not sure if that might be related. I'm using SeaMonkey browser, in case it matters. Let me know if you want a bug report :-) All best, brynn

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major edit for Report Bugs page
by brynn 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Hi Friends, If anyone happens to be following it, I've been discussing the need for some kind of reminder for people reporting bugs, to include the proper info in their report, in this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1774404 As somewhat of an aside, I realized that Help menu > Report a bug, connects directly to that page; and also that the page really is not set up properly to be part of the route or process for reporting a bug. I think the page originally was meant just to provide info, and not necessarily be part of the process of bug reporting. So I thought I would create a proposed edit for that page. The reason I'm posting this message, is that it's been so long since I've done any work on the website, I can't remember the proper way to do this. Because it will be a fairly major edit, I was thinking I would make a new page, just to have some working space. I'm afraid if I edit the actual page, someone might accidentally publish the page, before it's finished. I'm almost positive it should be ok to start a new page. I do recall that I need to take it out of the menu, immediately after I create the page. I don't expect the page itself will be used in the end. When it's finished, I'll just overwrite the current page, and publish that. And then delete this new page. If there's a better way to approach this, please let me know. Meanwhile, since I'm pretty sure this will be ok, I'm going to already get started. Thanks, brynn

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