new post - wish list
by Andrew Kurn
I would like to post a wish list item. I'll tell you the topic.
You tell me whether I can post it to the new forum (possible?)
and whether I should (advisable?).
The current user interface for drawing and editing splines
(Bezier) is bad.
I like the Gimp one much better, but partly because I'm used
to it.
We can go into detail, but this introduces the topic.
Let's improve the spline interface. How to do it?
Andrew
4 years
New Parametric SVG Extension
by Frank Martínez
Hi Guys,
There is an old project for parametric svg here:
https://github.com/parametric-svg/
That project is not maintained anymore and it is almost dead. But the
general idea is very attractive and useful, so I have developed an Inkscape
extension to support this kind of parametric stuff here:
https://github.com/mnesarco/inkscape-parametric
The main differences with the mentioned previous project is that this is
actually an Inkscape extension, it works directly inside inkscape and the
scripting language is plain old python.
I hope you can find it useful, any comments and suggestions are welcome.
Cheers,
Frank (mnesarco)
PS: This project does not depend on the parametric-svg previous project and
they have no relation other than the same concept.
--
Frank D. Martínez M.
4 years, 1 month
Gradient banding workaround
by Thorsten Wilms
Hi!
I recently worked on a piece that made the gradient branding problem
that plagues not only Inkscape painfully ... visible.
A Launchpad bug about this dates back to 2008; here's a new one by yours
truly, with example:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/154
On this list, I'd like to describe a workaround and ask if anyone can
think of an improvement (on Linux, no proprietary software).
I tried Inkscape, Imagemagick's convert (internal or using
rsvg-convert), rsvg-convert directly, resvg's rendersvg. Also Firefox
and a random Webkit-browser. Banding in all cases. convert allows 16 bit
per channel (or more), but it made no difference to the result (I
suspect the delegates never actually delivered 16 bits).
In contrast, Chromium renders gradients in a way that appears perfectly
smooth here (to my eyes, on this display). On close inspection, there's
dithering at work.
A way to get the rendering out of Chromium, without even worse
acrobatics like taking a screenshot or printing to a file:
Use a "wrapper.html" containing something like this:
"<img src="in.svg">"
Chromium then offers "Copy image" on right-click. The result can be
pasted from the clipboard.
With xclip, directly to a file:
xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png -out > out.png
Or in GIMP: using "Paste as" -> "New Image" (Ctrl-Shift-V).
Is anyone here aware of other (libre) software that delivers results as
good or better than Chromium?
Maybe someone knows enough about using Chromium headless to tell me how
I could automate the process?
--
Thorsten Wilms
thorwil's design for free software:
http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
4 years, 1 month
forum rules and guidelines
by brynn
Hi Friends,
As the new forum is rapidly being finished, it's probably a good time to
formalize the rules and guidelines for it. If anyone is interested in helping
to draft this document or documents, please reply here.
Once we have a group, we'll decide exactly how we want to handle this.
When we started on this a couple of years ago, we used FramaPad, which allows
users to edit documents live. I found it had the basic features that we needed.
Or I think there are other similar types of sites. Although I'd be just as
happy to be more old school, and exchange ODT or DOC files. But we can decide
as a group.
There aren't really any requirements to participate. Just care about
the forum and how it functions :-)
All best,
brynn
4 years, 1 month
Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Fw: forum guidelines/CoC/complaints
by brynn
Thanks Bryce.
> IIRC he had felt we needed to have a
specific name included in the CoC to make the role concrete, and was
willing to serve as that name.
Well that's a good sign that he's probably willing to continue in that role.
But I will definitely contact him privately to confirm.
If anyone else in the community has some kind of experience with this, and might
be interested to help.... I guess at this point, please just keep it in mind.
Once I hear from Krzysztof, we'll know whether we need to recruit someone else.
Thanks again,
brynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryce Harrington
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:57 PM
To: brynn
Cc: Inkscape-Devel
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Fw: [Inkscape-user] forum
guidelines/CoC/complaints
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 01:28:32PM -0700, brynn wrote:
> Just forwarding to the Devel list, for wider audience.
> Thanks,
> brynn
>
> -----Original Message----- From: brynn
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 10:31 PM
> To: Inkscape User Community
> Subject: [Inkscape-user] forum guidelines/CoC/complaints
>
> Hi Friends,
> I've previously volunteered to lead an effort to write the rules and
> guidelines for the new forum. Except for the rules about selecting staff and
> staff responsibilities, I think the community CoC should suffice. So I was
> just
> reviewing it.
>
> One thing specifically that I would like in the forum rules is a clear
> and concrete method where members can file a complaint and have it fairly
> heard
> and settled.
>
> In the CoC, apparently all that's available is contact Krzysztof
> Kosiński: tweenk.pl@...3368... Unless the complaint is about a moderator, in
> which case members are supposed to contact the Board.
>
> First question - Why is it a different process for complaints about
> moderators?
The board has a higher level of authority and power to deal with
structural or staff problems than the CoC contact point does.
> 2nd - Can I at least say that Krzysztof Kosiński has some training and
> experience in conflict resolution? Or do we have other community members with
> such qualifications, who could do this for the forum?
Could you email him offlist and ask first? I don't know if he has
training in this area myself. IIRC he had felt we needed to have a
specific name included in the CoC to make the role concrete, and was
willing to serve as that name.
It would certainly be useful to know if there are other community
members with training/experience in this area, and if they'd be
interested in serving in a formal role with the project. With the new
forum coming online, this could be a convenient point in time to
transition if it makes sense.
Bryce
4 years, 1 month
[RFC] for all users of perl extensions on Windows - perl vs. wperl
by Patrick Storz
Hi all,
we're currently considering to change the default interpreter executable
for perl extensions on Windows from "perl.exe" to "wperl.exe", see [1].
In case any developers/users of perl extensions on Windows are reading
this, please let us know if this is a change you'd welcome or if this
has the potential to break your extension / current setup.
For everybody unaware of the difference between perl and wperl: On
Windows there's a fundamental distinction between console applications
and "GUI" applications. The former are always attached to a console
window and will start one if necessary (i.e. you'd see a console window
pop up while running the extension), which is also the case for
"perl.exe". "wperl.exe" on the other hand is compiled as a "GUI"
application and doesn't require a console. The downside is that "wperl"
only exists on Windows (there's no such distinction on other OSs) and
might not even be available in some perl distributions.
In any case the interpreter executable can always be customized as
described in the Wiki article [2], so you'll always be able to set the
interpreter of your choice. This also allows you to test this change
ahead of time and give feedback.
Cheers,
Patrick
[1] https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/46
[2] http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Extension_Interpreters
4 years, 1 month
forum guidelines/CoC/complaints
by brynn
Hi Friends,
I've previously volunteered to lead an effort to write the rules and
guidelines for the new forum. Except for the rules about selecting staff and
staff responsibilities, I think the community CoC should suffice. So I was just
reviewing it.
One thing specifically that I would like in the forum rules is a clear
and concrete method where members can file a complaint and have it fairly heard
and settled.
In the CoC, apparently all that's available is contact Krzysztof
Kosiński: tweenk.pl@...3368... Unless the complaint is about a moderator, in
which case members are supposed to contact the Board.
First question - Why is it a different process for complaints about
moderators?
2nd - Can I at least say that Krzysztof Kosiński has some training and
experience in conflict resolution? Or do we have other community members with
such qualifications, who could do this for the forum?
All best,
brynn
4 years, 1 month
new forum, what happened? make a plan?
by brynn
Hi Friends,
As I mentioned a couple of months ago, I've lost my patience over this
whole "new forum" issue.
I've been given the impression that we're (as a community) going back
into limbo with the forum situation, and holding our breath that there are no
more black eyes resulting from the lack of (effective) management of
InkscapeForum.com.
I don't understand why. Why risk yet another black eye? Do most people
just not realize everything that's happened due to the lack of effective
management, over the years? Or everything that could still happen? Shall I
elaborate? Or maybe most people just don't care, since they don't use forums
anyway?
What yet needs to be done to make the new forum live and close the old
one? To me, it has all the features it needs. As far as I know, the only thing
that's still needed is load testing (lots of users at the same time).
If we can start it within 6 months, I'd like to propose that we make a
concrete plan (as much as possible, given that this community doesn't function
well with deadlines). Of course I'd be glad to help create such a plan.
If it requires more than 6 months more work, I would propose installing
a php forum (SMF or phpBB) and start it right away. Then some day, if the
Django-integrated forum is ever ready, we can switch over to it.
Thanks for any clarity on this issue.
All best,
brynn
4 years, 1 month
