January 2007 - Inkscape Users

Inkboard Status
by Esben Stien 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Will inkboard be included in the next release for all platforms?. It was pulled out of the main branch some time ago and it's a little unclear what is happening to it. -- Esben Stien is b0ef@...2066... s a http://www. s t n m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@ n n

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Bug Hunt Finished!
by Bryce Harrington 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Today Inkscape achieved the 300 point Bug Hunt goal, thanks to work from Bulia Byak, Johan Engelen, Gustav B, and others. The number of critical bugs has dropped to 20. Due to these efforts, we are now ready to move to the next phase of the release cycle. ID Pts Description Assignee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1517414 9 Node join crash: delete segment left subpath bbyak 1630193 9 crash when joining an orphan node bbyak 1591411 9 Paths w/ spaces need to have double quotes johanengelen 1502439 9 Crash :Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_detach gustav_b 1629994 9 SEGV on CTRL + with nothing selected johanengelen 1620741 3 commit 12417 contains C99 strtof bbyak 1623869 6 clip mask with gradient fill makes objects disappear bbyak 1629384 3 The Post Dates are Wrong cwebb 1537876 6 tutorials in Russian not available nodoby 1628254 9 Localized tutorials do not load nobody 1628295 6 Bottom of the web site page cwebb 1505549 9 drag and delete line crash Inkscape 0.45devel bbyak 1628173 6 Gradient tool not working for flowed text bbyak 1580903 9 crash adjusting slider when spinbutton has focus bbyak 1538282 9 crash when switching to selection tool bbyak 1332888 12 Clones: moving two adjoining objects in chain moves bbyak 1593499 6 Tablet cursor drift when dragging bezier gustav_b 1624880 9 download page ishmal 1588594 9 Link broken - Daniel's Thrice Daily builds bryce 1628085 3 PNG file not created/not recognized by WINXP johanengelen 1598192 6 Download Page Instructions Need Updating bryce 1617112 9 Blur is applied after transform, not before bbyak 1488128 9 Aligning (Snapping) to Grid or Guides does not work nobody 1349761 9 Inkboard: inkscape crashes when trying to connect dwyip 1507710 9 crash after leaving an isolated node handle nobody 1605927 9 Path combine (and other ops) lose transform johanengelen 1610103 6 font-size px missing after font family change johanengelen 1590980 9 CRASH: Markers to Stroke Paint bbyak 1625278 9 Crash when trying to load a SVG file bryce 1501553 3 Can't rotate with transform dialog box bryce 1520625 6 Linked clone as clip path does not update nobody 1516933 9 text stroke crash inkscape nobody 1575685 6 web redirects inkscape.org/faq/ kidproto 1565162 3 Gradient stop color not updated in list nobody 1595030 6 Stroke width after Union changed in a strange way nobody 1620066 6 Lost dialog for exporting and color nobody 1598337 9 Crash when trying to delete invisible layer cyreve 1561416 6 EPS export broken theadib 1597605 6 Fontnames containing spaces are incorrectly written theadib 1572450 3 Dialogs pop up off screen nobody 1604391 3 MouseWheel NodeSelection > Undo = Floating Node nobody 1513218 6 Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when... theadib 1612814 3 Guides ans Gridlines vanish on corresp. alpha... nobody 1576258 3 Color artifact in SVN gaussian blur nobody ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 303 Done! Bryce

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Inkscape 0.45 About Screen Contest
by Joshua A. Andler 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

The contest begins today and the deadline is December 31st. As with the past few contests we've had, it is being done on DeviantART. You can find out more about it at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/11071733/ Good Luck! -Josh

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others proposals not sent for contest
by ValessioBrito 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

all others my proposals not sent for contest.. :P in case that you it wants to use in another project, it's Public Domain. 1-9 - http://valessio.ul-jb.org/projetos/inkscape/propostas/ 9 is very hot. .ValessioBrito

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Bug Hunt for 0.45
by Bryce Harrington 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

1488128 9 Aligning (Snapping) to Grid or Guides does not work nobody 1349761 9 Inkboard: inkscape crashes when trying to connect dwyip 1507710 9 crash after leaving an isolated node handle nobody 1605927 9 Path combine (and other ops) lose transform johanengelen 1610103 6 font-size px missing after font family change johanengelen 1590980 9 CRASH: Markers to Stroke Paint bbyak 1625278 9 Crash when trying to load a SVG file bryce 1501553 3 Can't rotate with transform dialog box bryce 1520625 6 Linked clone as clip path does not update nobody 1516933 9 text stroke crash inkscape nobody 1575685 6 web redirects inkscape.org/faq/ kidproto 1565162 3 Gradient stop color not updated in list nobody 1595030 6 Stroke width after Union changed in a strange way nobody 1620066 6 Lost dialog for exporting and color nobody 1598337 9 Crash when trying to delete invisible layer cyreve 1561416 6 EPS export broken theadib 1597605 6 Fontnames containing spaces are incorrectly written theadib 1572450 3 Dialogs pop up off screen nobody 1604391 3 MouseWheel NodeSelection > Undo = Floating Node nobody 1513218 6 Win32: ask if old menus.xml should be kept when... theadib 1612814 3 Guides ans Gridlines vanish on corresp. alpha... nobody 1576258 3 Color artifact in SVN gaussian blur nobody ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 138 (Goal: 300) We're almost halfway there! I notice that due in part to our bug activity, Inkscape has gone up to rank #20 on SourceForge's most active list. Still, there are 30 level-9 critical bugs still open. I don't see any that are absolute release killers, but the fewer of those left in inkscape when we release, the better. Bryce

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Bug confirmation needed
by Bryce Harrington 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi all, I've added two new categories 'NEEDS CONFIRMATION' and 'NEEDS CONFIRMATION ON SVN HEAD' to our bug tracker, and have begun marking a few bugs that need this. If you have a recent inkscape installation and are on either Win32 or OSX, you can help greatly by seeing if you can recreate these bugs. Please go to this page: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604306 Search on Category = NEEDS CONFIRMATION ON SVN HEAD, and set the Group to the platform you're on. Also look in Groups 'Any' or 'All Platforms'. Try to recreate the problem, and then please write in the comment section if you could or could not reproduce the problem. Some of these are very, very old bugs, so just having people confirm that the bugs are no longer present would be extremely helpful in enabling us to focus on bugs that really need our attention. Thanks! Bryce

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Re: [Inkscape-user] flowRegion
by Sean Wheller 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

On Wednesday 03 January 2007 13:06, thomas.deweese@...2076... wrote: > Hi Sean, > > Sean Wheller <sean@...2075...> wrote on 01/02/2007 11:59:38 AM: > > Whenever I have a document with a flowRegion batik is failing. Is > > there a work around? > > > > <flowRoot > > flowRoot was from SVG 1.2 (be warned it is no longer part of > SVG 1.2). > > So you need to mark your SVG Document as being version > 1.2 (the version attribute must be on root svg element): > > <svg version="1.2" > > > y="347.66333" /></flowRegion><flowPara > > id="flowPara1353">Your FAF numbers are > > 081123456,082479628,083635846,084695691,085965555, > > 086789654</flowPara></flowRoot> > > We also require that the 'flowPara' element be wrapped > in a 'flowDiv' element. OK, now that looks like a problem in Inkscape. I am using Inkscape 0.43 (Mar 9 2006) on Kubuntu 6.0.6 (Dapper). Inkscape automatically creates the svg as follows: <svg xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:sodipodi="http://inkscape.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" width="744.09448819" height="1052.3622047" id="svg2" sodipodi:version="0.32" inkscape:version="0.43" sodipodi:docbase="/home/sean" sodipodi:docname="test.svg"> Note it does not supply @version but does create @id with value of svg2. -- Sean Wheller Technical Author email: sean@...2075... im: seanwhe@...19... skype: seanwhe cel: +27-84-854-9408 web: http://www.inwords.co.za

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Document properties
by Jorge Gusmao 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi there, Im using Inkscape 0.44.1, built Sep 9, 2006 under windows xp. When I try to access the document properties panel -> file -> document properties, the panel does not show up. Is this happening with someone else? Thanks

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Re: [Inkscape-user] How to create a new node at the intersection of 2 straight lines
by unknown＠example.com 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

-------- Original Message -------- From: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> Apparently from: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] How to create a new node at the intersection of2 straight lines Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:35:29 -0800 > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 01:04:49AM +0000, re2823@...2071... wrote: > > > re2823@...2071... wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > Could anyone tell if there's a way to place a new node at the > > > > intersection of two straight lines (without converting each line > > > > into a shape by adding more nodes, then doing something like path > > > > merge/union/intersection on those two shapes etc). > > > > > > Would it do what you're looking for if you turn on snapping and snap > > > nodes to paths and have the appropriate sensitivity set (in options)? > > > > Interesting idea - I've tried it out (with both "Snap nodes to > > objects", "Snap to object paths" and "Always snap" enabled) but > > (suprisingly) I still find it very difficult to pin new nodes > > exactly on the intersection point... > > I tried it too using the double-click-while-node-editing, but it doesn't > seem to obey object snap settings. Would be pretty spiffy if it did, > though. > > The approach I've used when needing to do this is zoom in really close > to the intersection point, select the line to add the node to and just > manually double-click on the junction while in node editing mode, and > touch up as needed. Not CAD quality perfection, but good enough for my > purposes. Yeah, that was kind of my backup plan. I just thought that it would be nice to have a procedure which didn't rely of "manual accuracy", if you know what I mean. I've only just noticed that inkscape can be extended using python scripts. I wonder whether inkscape exposes enough of an api to be able to script this particular problem. Time for me to read up on inkscape effects... Jaime

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Re: [Inkscape-user] How to create a new node at the intersection of 2 straight lines
by unknown＠example.com 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

-------- Original Message -------- From: "Joshua A. Andler" <joshua@...233...> Apparently from: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] How to create a new node at the intersection of2 straight lines Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:32:46 -0700 > re2823@...2071... wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Could anyone tell if there's a way to place a new node at the > > intersection of two straight lines (without converting each line > > into a shape by adding more nodes, then doing something like path > > merge/union/intersection on those two shapes etc). > > Would it do what you're looking for if you turn on snapping and snap > nodes to paths and have the appropriate sensitivity set (in options)? Interesting idea - I've tried it out (with both "Snap nodes to objects", "Snap to object paths" and "Always snap" enabled) but (suprisingly) I still find it very difficult to pin new nodes exactly on the intersection point...

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