Inkscape 1.3 released!
by Marc Jeanmougin
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= Inkscape 1.3 =
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Thanks to all the work from our community, we are proud to announce that
Inkscape version 1.3 is now released.
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You can find out about the new features at:
https://inkscape.org/news/2023/07/23/inkscape-launches-version-13-focus-o...
and download it for your platform on:
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.3/
then, if you want to support Inkscape, donate to the project at
https://inkscape.org/support-us/
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Inkscape 1.3 is the latest major release of Inkscape, following more
than one year of development after the 1.2 major release.
The highlights of this release are:
* Improved performance thanks to fully asynchronous, multithreaded
rendering
* Shape builder (NEW) - a new tool for building complex shapes
(Boolean tool)
* Improved On-Canvas Pattern Editing
* Pattern Editor (NEW)
* Page margins & bleed
* Document Resources Dialog (NEW)
* Return of Search, opacity & blend modes in Layers & Objects dialog
and of an optional persistent snap bar
* Font Collections (NEW)
* Syntax highlighting in XML Editor
* LPE dialog - Redesign
* Better PDF import
* Many crash & bug fixes
We also introduced a long list of new features outlined in detail and
illustrated at
https://media.inkscape.org/media/doc/release_notes/1.3/Inkscape_1.3.html .
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Join an Inkscape project team
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Inkscape is always happy to welcome new contributors in various areas:
code[1], translation[2], UX[3], testing and bug triaging[4],
documentation[5] or even outreach[6]!
The main ways to get involved are listed onhttps://inkscape.org/contribute/
The preferred points of contact are:
[1]https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscap...
+ https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel (or
libera.chat/#inkscape-devel)
[2]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_translation
[3]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_ux
[4]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_testing
[5]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/documentation
[6]https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_vectors
A warm thanks to everyone involved in making this release possible!
-- The Inkscape team
4 months, 1 week
Inkscape 1.3 string freeze! Submit your translations until July 14
by Maren Hachmann
Hi all!
We are now in string freeze for Inkscape 1.3, which is due to be
released around July 20th.
You should now start to work on translating all those new strings.
INSTRUCTIONS
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* Get the 1.3.x branch po file from
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.3.x/download?job=...
* Notify people on this mailing list that you are working on it. If
possible, please share a link to your in-progress file (e.g. if you work
on a branch in your own Inkscape repository copy on GitLab), to invite
collaboration. You can also reach out to other translators of your own
language, to avoid that people translate the same strings. This could
lead to developers not knowing which translation file to merge, and
ultimately, to your work not arriving in Inkscape 1.3, if that cannot be
resolved in time.
* Translate it using your favorite translation software and keep your
public copy updated.
* To get it into Inkscape 1.3.x, either open a merge request to the
1.3.x branch or open a bug report at https://inkscape.org/report .
* The latest date to submit your translation is July 14. It is much
better, though, to aim for submitting at least one week before that
final date, to have enough time to sort out any issues with your file,
or with other people's work.
* If you are not also translating for the master branch at the same time
(the program 'Lokalize' would allow for that, for example), please ask
developers to also add your changes to the master branch when you submit
your work.
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There's a lot of nice new stuff in Inkscape 1.3!
See release notes draft for some context help:
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.3
If you have any questions about the meaning / context / place of
appearance of one of the new strings, please ask in the chat at
https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_translation
(and if there's any info I forgot to mention here, please ask here or there)
Happy translating!
Regards
Maren
4 months, 3 weeks
No translation platform?
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp
Hello together,
I'm new here and not a regular Inkscape user. I'm not primarily
interested into translating Inkscape. But as member of the maintenance
team of a FOSS software [1] I'm interested in sharing experience and
opinions about translation and localization.
Accidentally I recognized that Inkscape does not use a platform for
translation / localization of its UI and content. Because of the age and
size of your project I was suprissed about that fact. IMHO because of
that it is hard for non-technical persons to contribute.
Did you ever considered using a translation platform (e.g. Weblate or
some of the known commercial platforms)? if so why did you decide
against it?
If you are interested I can share my experience with Weblate if you
want. It is far away from perfect but does its job and is real free
software.
Kind
Christian
[1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime>
4 months, 3 weeks
Notice: small string updates in 1.3.x branch
by Maren Hachmann
Hi all!
Marc has merged many of your translations to the 1.3.x branch today!
Congrats and thank you to everyone who has contributed!
Along with the translations, the merge also contained a few small string
fixes (mainly a big bunch of paper formats that had been missing from
translations, and disambiguations for otherwise untranslatable strings
that referred to two different things at once. 54 new strings in all).
You can get the updated file from
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job...
Have a great week!
Maren
5 months
