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Help please?
by ugajin 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

I have been working on a new extension called viewBox..., which is awaiting upload to the Inkscape addons gallery. It is available for preview here: http://ugajin.co.uk/sketchbooks/viewBox/viewBox/viewBox.html, with a bunch of supporting documents. The problem is what to do with the supporting documents (I do not want to host them on ugajin.co.uk). Whilst, I may upload the extension files, without the supporting documents and/or providing a link to them, this seems to me to be the wrong approach. The viewBox and its sibling attributes are one of those things, which are not be easily accessed in Inkscape, and those cutting their teeth writing SVG using Inkscape may benefit from the supporting documentation. Thank you for considering matters. -u

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Bitmap/Vector doc
by Jeremy G 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hi, Thanks to Sylvain, I saw on an french task list (1) that a clear explanation of the difference between a bitmap/raster file and a vector one was wanted for the website. I also read a part of the conversation on the bug report page (2) (not everything as the discussion is quite long :) ). If it's still on the todo list, I just wanted to mention that the Mapschool page (3) has a short paragraph that explains the difference between both. As it's licenced under CC0, it could be partly recycled for the Inkscape website. I'm available to help on this topic, but as I don't really know where to start, a quick heads-up would be appreciated! Best, Jeremy (1) https://inkscape.org/fr/contribuer/liste-taches/ (2) https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape-web/+bug/1258842 (3) http://www.mapschool.io

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Website, ‘Learn’: Ordered tutorials and underlined manuals
by Sylvain Chiron 23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16

Hi all, Two things have questioned me for a while in the ‘Learn’ part of the website. The first is, why are the tutorials in a different order from the Inkscape program tutorial submenu's? I guess they're ordered by publication date on the website, but this detail is quite obsolete now; so could I reorder the tutorials on the website to match the order in Inkscape's ‘Tutorials’ submenu, which is a bit more logical? Second thing: why are all 3rd-level headings on the ‘Books and Manuals’ page underlined? Here, my thought is that it was initially decided to underline the books' titles. But the keyboard shortcut and command line references are not really books bound to an author… I would also recommend that we use italic, as those thick lines have a look which is a bit hard. Then we would have Tav's manual and the book in italic. By the way, aren't there more books about Inkscape? On Packt Publishing's website, I see there are at least 4 books: https://www.packtpub.com/all?search=inkscape One of them is evoked in an old news article on the Inkscape website: https://inkscape.org/en/news/2011/04/30/inkscape-048-illustrators-cookbook-… Maybe we should have a single heading for all books on Packt Publishing to avoid promoting it. Let me see… Among the 4, 3 are by Bethany Hiitola and list her (or his?) book with bullets. We could also have a subsection for Bethany and another for the cookbook. What do you prefer? For my two things, I'll deal with all languages (unless anybody wants to help). For the books, I'll call the help of translators as the text will change. -- Sylvain

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change "Addons" in Download menu?
by Brynn 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Hi Friends, Is there some reason that we don't change "Addons" to "Extensions" in the Download menu? I think I might have asked this a long time ago, but I can't remember the answer, or where I asked it (to search). Thanks, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] Features + FAQ
by Brynn 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

Ok, yes. I'll have a look :-) I did wonder why the extra anchor or question was made. I would have just added a couple of extra sentences to the answer for FAQ #1.5. The reason I have that thought, is because it is in the General section. This is the section where we want to make Inkscape sound like a great program. And "Why does Inkscape only export PNGs?" as a question by itself, doesn't seem to fit with the other general type of questions. It makes it sound like it might be a bad thing about Inkscape. It seems like it would belong more in the How-To section, if it is a separate question. (Or maybe it would be "How to export JPGs?") But I understand that sometimes it is a fine line, whether a question belongs here or there. If everyone else agrees about the organization, I'll just check the text, and leave the format alone. All best, brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Maren Hachmann" <maren@...68...> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 6:46 PM To: "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain@...102...>; "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...2...>; "Brynn" <brynn@...78...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] Features + FAQ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thanks, Sylvain. > > I'd change the link name 'JPEG one' to 'for example, <a>this one</a>'. > > Brynn, please see the attached screenshots for a quick overview of the > changes Sylvain asks you to review. > > "If you think Inkscape should export to other formats, you can try to > make a feature request on the bug tracker." > > could better be something like > > "If you need another export format that Inkscape currently does not > offer, you can make a suggestion to add it to Inkscape in the Inkscape > bug tracker." > > ('try to' sounds as if it's futile...) > > Kind Regards, > Maren > > Am 18.06.2016 um 01:53 schrieb Sylvain Chiron: >> Hi, >> >> Can one of you tell me how I could get a diff of my last changes to >> the FAQ to send it to the translators? (Or could you do it if it >> would be too difficult for me — :)?) >> >> Brynn, can you correct my English please? See those sections: >> https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#why-can-inkscape-only-export-to-the > - -png-raster-format >> >> > https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#how-to-make-a-transparent-background- > or-change-the-background-color >> >> Thank you all, >> >> Sylvain >> >> Le 17/06/2016 à 15:13, Martin Owens a écrit : >>> On Fri, 2016-06-17 at 14:33 +0200, Sylvain Chiron wrote: >>>> Isn't the opaque background exported with PNGs? >>> >>> It is. >>> >>> There's also a feature request to add the html style attribute >>> 'background-color' to the svg tag, since that works in all >>> browsers but isn't a part of the svg spec. >>> >>> Martin, >> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXZJn2AAoJELavtZto4hQPuvYP/0NSKMcLL1sL2XPZ+aYQHU8A > o1GjTVyjKbIRrW73X2kJF7WFm1+pK+FgFYSv2e1r8O+3HyEuSYV/Q678u1D+BHpB > uWoXykt8JUJg6mMK0Wq08kam69BMwC+fzWtwXB3Dmd9GnLV+KCQK0o9BPbc4yafU > vX0R1l0bhmiNPDsyJtZGzMKB1s2Tikc9DKYiCn/S1lVZr+VyaVx0BvWNykRSXXdM > iP/iTeyFmj1kD8en5Ausq0hy9Z5jhQ8YEdR4jZDtaf67Igyp5IcpQZkanlm5bir0 > GfljsjpWoHwI/69DUjUblRUR0avPith1RoEVc5mlcUPPBRr5e4HiCBlxjEA76qLv > wGmSuyzbYZkffKNNvBxLP33gHgCLptJG095qJljpQeOsleXfKWa+c8uB/MOMzxU2 > fDLO19WHKlQKX/PhfuBihIYFBFiHrMTRd640/rfw18zKWn05DZTeCSloz2fiCIeE > H4+PZEyln7P/ueWIf0AVdGEGZlv2rZnvdrTE3YuxxoqlwnnaGYzcbeR0kvGGmf7w > inYfUBnntBHaF0U0dlziW4HL95xyBIPotD48vupu/o8LIOnDk+/6CM2zXcwsS5eo > n9N0HrCnlh2UWhluFcgBOg3YZy2ljMZbAJBdsLUjnDPmyOoA2G5hCRhZRrZQzsYo > zDjim8DFBp/4hKOHmXxm > =kzju > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >

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22 Jun '16

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] Features + FAQ
by Sylvain Chiron 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Le 17/06/2016 à 06:17, Brynn a écrit : > There is an extension for exporting JPGs. I've never used it though, so I > don't know how well it works (or doesn't). But I do seem to recall reading > somewhere that it works on version 0.91. > > https://github.com/giacmir/Inkscape-JPEG-export-extension So maybe we should add it on the FAQ: https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#what-formats-can-inkscape-importexport Explaining why it's not natively supported. Brynn, can you, please? Reviewing the FAQ in French, I also had this wondering. Q: How to make a transparent background or change the background color A: […] Note, however, that an opaque background should only be considered as a tool to aid in drawing. If you intend to ultimately export the SVG to PNG, or use the SVG on the internet, the opaque background might not come through. So if you intend to use the image in such situations, you'll need to draw a large rectangle, to fit the image/page size to place behind your drawing (on the bottom, in z-order), and fill it with the background color you want. Isn't the opaque background exported with PNGs? > I'm unable to answer your other questions. (I'm not a developer.) These are feature requests; I don't think you must be a developer to have an opinion… Sylvain > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Bardot Jérôme" <bardot.jerome@...2...> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 9:47 AM > To: "Inkscape Devel List" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Inkscape-devel] features > >> Hello, >> >> I just want suggest some cool features, maybe some exist but i don't >> know where. >> >> - Add jpeg export, for the moment i open gimp for export png to jpeg. >> >> - Add size template for biggest screen size one by ratio 4x3 5x4 16x9 etc. >> >> - in addition a feature for export for several size from size template >> for the same ratio with check box for select which we want. >> >> What do you think about these features ? >> It's the goog place for talkl about that and for doing this king of >> proposal. >> >> Thx and sry gor my en. >> >> >> J.

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inkscape-docs / website: updated automatically?
by Maren Hachmann 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

@Martin: Are the docs on the website still updated automatically? I seem to remember that last time, changes that Nicolas made were applied to the live server rather quickly, but this time it's taking longer than expected (> 24 hours). For checking: This page https://inkscape.org/en/doc/devel/translations-statistics-trunk.html is supposed to contain dates newer than 2016-03-20. Would be good to have it updated (automatically?) so the translators have a good overview over where their work is needed. If updating them requires a manual intervention (either because the automatical update doesn't work, or because it never was automated), would you maybe take a look, please? (or who knows, maybe it's that overeager caching again?) Kind Regards, Maren

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Questions concerning the website's content
by Sylvain Chiron 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

Hi all, I have three questions concerning the website's content. 1. For more space and better reading, headings (h2) are often preceded by an empty paragraph, e.g. in: * https://inkscape.org/en/learn/animation/ * https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/ This is true that pages are harder to read without that space; see: * https://inkscape.org/en/develop/getting-started/ * https://inkscape.org/en/contribute/testing/ However I have something against that practice of the empty paragraph; I feel it as wrong semantic. Couldn't we simply add more margin at the top of these headings? I suggest 4ex (it's currently 1.5ex). We could also increase the margin-top of 3rd-level headings (from 1.5ex to 2.5ex). Then we should remove those empty paragraphs (in the source form of <p> </p>). 2. It is quite hard to find the part we want when editing the FAQ; could we subdivide the only text plugin in several text plugins, one for each section? 3. Is it possible to translate the two following pages, or will it be made possible? * https://inkscape.org/fr/apropos/captures/ * https://inkscape.org/fr/teams/ (and why not teams themselves) Everyone may give their opinion about the first two questions; the last one is for those who know… Thank you, -- Sylvain

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] Hackfest 2016 page
by Sylvain Chiron 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hi all, So I make the suggestion — :). The English page for the Hackfest 2016 was unpublished, I re-published it without worrying much mainly for these reasons: * the page was still accessible in other languages; * that was a dead link in the English navigation menu; * I have a lack of maturity in managing community projects (as I generally fear communication). As Maren suggests below, this page should be moved out from the menu (I never did such an act on the Inkscape website, I don't even know if I have the rights to do it), and we may publish a general page about the hackfest instead which would remain permanently accessible. So first, someone should do the move. Then, would you like the general page to come alive? I think that would be a nice thing, as pages from the menu are semantically meant to be quite static — so we could let a page and add updated information when needed with links to news articles. Also, donations for the hackfest seem to remain possible along the year. Consequently, we would need someone to write that page. Sylvain Le 27/05/2016 à 00:31, Maren Hachmann a écrit : > Hi Sylvain, > > Thank you for looking after the website. > > Before you do this kind of change (which is more than a fix), please > discuss it on the docs mailing list first. > > As the paypal button is still valid, and Inkscape wants to get more > donations, it may be preferable to rather create a more general Hackfest > donation page than to just add an obsolescence warning. > > There's a team, and communication is important. I don't think anyone > would object if you made a suggestion on the list. > > The process of taking the current year's hackfest page down would also > require taking the page out of the menu, and deleting the part that > links to it on the SupportUs page (unless it is decided *together* to > replace it with a more general page). > > Please also don't forget to tell translators about your changes. > > Regards, > Maren > > Am 26.05.2016 um 23:58 schrieb webmaster@...85...: >> >> Dear Maren Hachmann, >> >> you are subscribed to website changes at http://www.inkscape.org. >> The page 'Hackfest 2016' was changed: >> >> Link: http://www.inkscape.org/en/support-us/hackfest-2016/ >> Published by: Sylvain Chiron >> Language: en >> >> Overview of changes: >> >> Avertissement d'obsolescence >> Le greffon Lien a été ajouté à la zone normal_template_content >> Le greffon Lien à la position 5 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié >> Le greffon Texte à la position 0 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié >> Le greffon Lien a été ajouté à la zone normal_template_content >> Le greffon Lien à la position 5 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié >> >> You can find the full diff at http://www.inkscape.org. >> >> All the best, >> Inkscape.org Website >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Unsubscribe: >> >> If you do no longer want to receive these messages, you can edit your subscriptions and messaging settings at http://www.inkscape.org/en/alerts/settings/.

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