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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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Language Redirect
by Martin Owens 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

I've put in a 302 redirect into nginx on the website to tell it to redirect anyone going to inkscape.org/ to inkscape.org/en/ if you notice that the website is now always going to english on this page, that is intended. The background to this is that 20% of the webserver's resources were being used redirecting people from / to their language of choice like /de/ or /fr/ and the code and the database queries were /really/ very bad. Despite the loss in automatic language redirection for the landing page, please open a bug report in lp:inkscape-web if you need this feature. It'll take a while to write something that isn't quite so demanding on the resources of the machine. You should notice a slight speed improvement on the website. Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] New document liberation link
by Maren Hachmann 29 May '16

29 May '16

Am 24.05.2016 um 00:55 schrieb Martin Owens: > Hmm I hadn't thought about that. > > I'm attaching the graphic, we should change it for translations and > then beg for forgiveness/remove their logo if they complain. Thanks for forwarding the image. Couldn't we just ask? The suggested proceeding feels a bit 'the wrong way around'. Who would need to be asked? We could even pass the translations back to them, if they want. Regards, Maren > At least there's no moral issue with a translation. > > Martin, > > On Mon, 2016-05-23 at 23:15 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote: >> Thank you - unfortunately, I forgot to ask this : >> >> Is it allowed to translate the image? Any licences that apply to it >> that >> we need to keep in mind? Is there an editable version of it >> available? >> >> (Their website says it's *not* CC-By-SA - but doesn't state which >> usage >> is allowed). >> >> Regards, >> Maren

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user gallery (InkSpace)
by Brynn 23 May '16

23 May '16

Hi Friends, I've just discovered this page: https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/. I wanted to ask some questions instead of making a bug report, in case the problems are already fixed, or about to be fixed. In the future, will there be a way to change the title, such as change "brynn's gallery" to "brynn's artwork" (or whatever)? Since it says "None" underneath the title, does that mean there is going to be a way to add a description? Or maybe there already is, and I haven't found it yet? How does it decide which image to use for the thumbnail? I think that's the first image I uploaded. But it would be nice to be able to choose. Also that thumbnail doesn't have the correct proportions. It's distorted. And finally. It's not easy to find this page, and it seems like it should be more easily accessible. I don't understand why it goes from my profile (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/) where I have to click on "All Uploads" (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/). And then from there, click on "brynn's gallery" (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/). It seems like the Galleries menu (bottom-right of https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/) should be on the profile page. The Media Category and License menus could go on brynn's gallery page (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/). I can see how it's helpful to have an "all uploads" page. But having to click through it, to find the gallery page (or pages), seems unnecessary. I think the galleries should be linked directly from the profile. Let me know if any of these should be written in a new bug report. I'll be glad to create one. But otherwise, just having those questions answered would be much appreciated. Thank you very much, brynn

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New document liberation link
by Maren Hachmann 23 May '16

23 May '16

Martin, is the change at https://inkscape.org/en/about/ ready for translation? And while I'm at it: is the new licence page confirmed now? Regards, Maren

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Recommending an OS
by Martin Owens 12 May '16

12 May '16

I'm mentioning this in inkscape since it's an interesting idea executed by a company rather than a free software project: http://store.steampowered.com/about/ Take a look at the bottom, where it says: "Ubuntu is our favorite version of Linux. Interested in giving it a whirl? You can install and run Ubuntu from a Live CD or USB stick, or install it to run alongside Windows. Grab an Ubuntu installer from Canonical and see what it’s all about." That's really interesting from our perspective, because our website never recommends using a free software desktop, or linking to ubuntu's website. Are we too cautious about recommending something like Ubuntu along side using Inkscape? Should we say that linux is the platform with the most support and Ubuntu is probably the one you should try first. Or are we happy with the no-opinion presentation we have currently? Is it false balance to present ourselves as if all desktops are equal to us? Anyway, I'm just mulling this over. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Credits Page
by Martin Owens 03 May '16

03 May '16

Docs and Developers, There's a new credits page on the website, it documents the full list of people who help do documentation, translations and website work: https://inkscape.org/en/credits/ It could be expanded to include regular lp:inkscape codebase too, since the lists are dynamic and most are generated from bzr logs. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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