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Input needed for snapping related matter
by Diederik van Lierop 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi All, If you care about snapping, then please have a look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174046 We could use some input here because we're about to make some design choices affecting the usability. To understand the discussion you only have to read the messages from March onwards. Thanks, Diederik -------- Original Message -------- On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Diederik van Lierop <mail@...2312...> wrote: > Bulia, another consideration: suppose a user is again using visual > bboxes in the selector tool, and that has created a path of which the > nodes are snapped and aligned to a grid. Next, when translating the > path's nodes will snap to the grid again. But when he tries to scale it, > the nodes won't snap. We cannot expect that any user would immediately > realize that he needs to switch to geometrical bboxes, or can we? So the question is, do people really need node snapping when scaling. I'm really not sure of that. Even with ellipse center - scaling an ellipse to snap its center is imho a very contorted way to act, I would assume most people would first move it to snap the center and then scale it around the center, which is much more natural. So I would vote for disabling node snapping for scaling, perhaps adding a checkbox to snapping option s, under Snap ndodes, "Snap nodes even when scaling in Selector" if people want to override that at the expense of not keeping the origin (as should be explained in the tooltip). However, I'm not a heavy user of snapping, so perhaps we need more input before committing to this. -- Rectangles do not snap accurately to grid https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174046 You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.

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Announcement: Inkscape Website Redesign Contest
by Josh Andler 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hey all, The Inkscape team and community is proud to announce a contest to redesign our website! The contest begins today and the deadline for Phase 1 is April 10th, 2008... Phase 1? Yes, you read that right. As with the past few contests we've had, it is being held on DeviantART ( http://www.deviantart.com/ ). You can find out more about it (and the even more community collaborative approach we're taking) at: http://inkscapers.deviantart.com/journal/17274523/ We looking forward to seeing what people will come up with! As always... Good Luck! Have fun! Draw Freely. Cheers, Josh (aka ScislaC)

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Inkscape 0.46pre3
by Ted Gould 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello Inkscapers, We've put out another pre-release of Inkscape. As we're getting very close to releasing 0.46 on platforms other than Windows testing is critical. On Windows, there are some release blocking bugs that could use developer attention. If you're a Windows developer please come help. If not, but you know one, time to buy him/her their favorite pizza and beer then tie them to a chair :) [1] --- All bugs should be submitted to --- http://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/ --- Release --- https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438&package_id=991… --- MD5Sums --- 0daed93fbf24da295499d844b54be621 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.tar.bz2 d486eb8b02641b90cb7750afd8477efc inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.tar.bz2.sig 39a5d9451120cf953a811d6dde92adfe inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.tar.gz 635ed77f488d2bf18b2c2be19cf900bc inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.tar.gz.sig 427584d96ef0f07d5b78c74e96414a6b inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.zip 190ca9ee4f96e180ce851bcb7bdd99f1 inkscape-0.45+0.46pre3.zip.sig Thank you everyone for continuing to use and help out with Inkscape. --Ted [1] Neither Ted nor the Inkscape project encourage violence towards Windows developers. They're all future Linux developers ;)

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Extended input and "keys"
by Jon A. Cruz 09 Mar '08

09 Mar '08

Hi, I'm trying to find out if anyone has successfully gotten the "keys" settings under the "Input Devices..." dialog to actually do anything. So far on Ubuntu 7.10 I've been unable to get them reacting with my Wacom. I'm very interested in anyone getting them to work, since I'm doing a replacement for that dialog and am almost ready to check in the first round. Thanks for any feedback.

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Scripting - retrieving rendered bounding box
by simonecesano＠libero.it 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hi all, is it possible to retrieve information about the rendered elements of a drawing via scripting Inkscape? For example, to retrieve the bounding box of an element which has been scaled and traslated? And is it possible to execute commands - like generating a shape which is the union of two shapes - via scripting Inlscape? Thanks in advance, Simone

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computer modern (cmr10) font
by Ian Malone 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hi, I'm using inkscape 0.45 on Fedora 8 and I've got a .svg that I want to convert into pdf. Previously I used the -E option to export to .eps then applied epstopdf. However the hyphen in the computer modern font (cmr10) that I'm using disappears in this process (Evince doesn't show it in the .eps). Export to pdf directly or using the -T option both work, but can anyone suggest what's going on with eps export? (While -A works I'm curious as to why -E doesn't, also -A produces a 334KB file rather than the 13K one I get with -E and epstopdf.) -- imalone

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Selection and dragging problems with a tablet
by Denís Fernández Cabrera 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hello, everyone. I have just recently compiled Inkscape CVS snapshot 17530. It works perfectly, save for the fact that I have real problems selecting and dragging objects with my Wacom Graphire 4: I have to tap several times with the stylus (and sometimes, to apply real force on the tapping) for the program to recognize what I am trying to do. The calligraphic tool, though, or the pen tool, work perfectly. I think it is only an issue with the selection tool. I never had this problem before with other versions of Inkscape. I didn't do any changes to the tablet configuration nor to my X server, and I have tried using different desktop environments to see wether it made a difference --- it didn't. Is anyone experiencing this issue? Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Denís. -- Denís Fernández Cabrera mailto://denis@...2126... http://gatonegro.ceibes.org

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SVG Tiny
by Denís Fernández Cabrera 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, I have a friend working on mobile devices, and he needs to use the SVG Tiny specification. He was asking me wether Inkscape could produce that kind of files, and when it would reach version 0.5. Of course I know that trying to predict when 0.5 will come out is pretty much impossible, but (keeping in mind that I don't know anything about the SVG Tiny spec) I was thinking that one could possibly create SVGs with Inkscape (avoiding the effects or resources not contained in the Tiny spec) and then use a small script to strip out whatever doesn't match the spec. Does anyone know if this is feasible? And what differences are exactly between the SVG and the SVG Tiny? Denís. -- Denís Fernández Cabrera mailto://denis@...2126... http://gatonegro.ceibes.org

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Inkscape / GSoC '08 proposal
by Bryce Harrington 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hi all, I'm hearing some rumblings that Google will be running their Summer of Code project again this year, and want to put out a proposal for discussion about how we should handle it this year. SoC has been great for bringing new ideas to Inkscape from a number of sources, yet often the newly written code needs follow up work to sand rough corners or to make it fit more correctly within our architecture. However, between SoC mentoring during the summers, and release work at other parts of the year, core developers haven't really had a good solid amount of time to focus on this digestion. There is concern that another summer's worth of code would put us further behind in this regard. Of course, given the major benefits that have accrued from our past involvement, it would be a shame to have to sit it out! But I think there is a compromise which will solve this, if we set two criteria for this year's involvement: 1. All Inkscape GSoC projects this year must be implemented as extensions, with no changes required to Inkscape's core 2. All mentoring be done by developers who will not be focusing on the 0.47 codebase refactoring efforts. (In particular, developers with good extension development experience.) We will limit the number of candidates we accept to the number of mentors available. I think this approach will prove valuable in a few different ways. First, extension writing is likely going to be a much easier learning curve for students than learning to build and work within inkscape's codebase. Second, it keeps their code distinct and discrete from inkscape's codebase, avoiding any increase in 'entropy' in our core code. Third, it will help add value to our extension community, and give them resources to do achieve things that would have had trouble competing against core codebase feature priorities. Please let me know what are your thoughts on this proposal? If you support it and have written extensions before, would you also be willing to be a mentor? Bryce

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Firefox 3 T-Shirt Contest - (Submissions in SVG)
by ryan lerch 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Just thought i would post about the firefox 3 T-Shirt contest, where the accepted format is SVG... Wouldn't mind see a member of the inkscape community winning... :P link: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/tcontest cheers, ryanlerch

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Re: [Inkscape-user] 0.46, 0.45 startup problems on Leopard
by jiho 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi again, On 2008-February-24 , at 22:40 , Stuart Edwards wrote: > On Feb 24, 2008, at 12:27 PM, jiho wrote: >>> 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] >>> (inkscape- >>> bin:686): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. >>> 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] Using >>> the fallback 'C' locale. >> >> This is OK. > Not getting this now with xquartz >> >>> 2/24/08 10:22:32 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] ** >>> (inkscape-bin:686): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: FullScreen >> >> This is just a warning but we are having it a lot. This is related to >> the new version of X11 but I don't know where it comes from on >> Inkscape's side. > Nor this >> >>> 2/24/08 10:22:34 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] >>> (inkscape- >>> [...] >>> (inkscape- >>> bin:686): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 85 >> >> These are regular warnings too. > ok, but they are gone too. Glad to know these warnings are gone. But actually this makes me think there's an other problem. Indeed, they should be there actually... read on. >>> This may shed some light on the X11 problem >> >> The X11 problem is the following: on Panther+Tiger X11 must be >> started >> to run X11 applications so we started it manually in Inkscape >> launcher, on Leopard, X11 is automatically launched when an >> applications queries the DISPLAY variable (and X11 thing). So we just >> had to surround the code which started X11 in the launcher by an if >> condition ( if version is < 10.5 then start X11, else just skip it ). >> This has been included in all recent devel versions of Inkscape (all >> those compiled on Leopard at least) and has been "backported" to >> 0.45.1. So all those should work on Leopard. > So this definitely doesn't seem to be happening with Leopard or > 0.45.1 (see below) It does work and has worked on several systems already so that makes me think the problem is elsewhere. >> [...] >> - get the latest X11 from Xquartz (*much* better than the default one >> on Leopard, and kind of official >> >> http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz/wiki/X112.1.4 > done - unfortunately the net result is no change as far as 0.46 is > concerned. I downloaded 0.45.1 and it opens briefly, triggers X11 > which opens and then Inkscape is gone. There are no Inkscape > related console messages. What log are you watching? By default when you open Console.app on Leopard you're on a sort of table view in which messages come in from several places. Just switch to LOG FILES > System log in the side bar. Here's what I get when I start Inkscape devel (latest on modevia), with X11 not yet running, on OS X 10.5.2, Xquartz 2.1.4. I've inserted markers where appropriate: >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:07:09,652Europe/Paris ----> Starting Inkscape Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Gtk- WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: Using the fallback 'C' locale. Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xauth: creating new authority file /Users/jiho/.serverauth.15224 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xinit: Detected Xquartz startup, setting file=X, argv[0]=/Applications/Utilities/X11.app/ Contents/MacOS/X11 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: XQuartz starting: Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: X.org Release 7.2 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: X.Org X Server 1.3.0- apple10 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Build Date: 20080213 Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: TransformProcessType: Success Feb 25 00:07:13 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Xquartz: run by launchd for fd 0 >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:07:23,286Europe/Paris ---> Inkscape window appears Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:14 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:17 jiho-ibook [0x0-0x388388].org.inkscape.Inkscape[15189]: (inkscape-bin:15190): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 28333 Feb 25 00:07:34 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: rlCopy.c:59: null pointer >>>>>> Monday, 2008 February 25 00:08:07,286Europe/Paris ---> Quitting X11 Feb 25 00:08:23: --- last message repeated 1 time --- Feb 25 00:08:11 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: Quitting XQuartz... Feb 25 00:08:11 jiho-ibook org.x.X11[15224]: xinit: connection to X server lost. The locale issue has been here for ever, I guess it's something in our starting script but it is harmless. Then come messages from Xquartz The Pango errors take some tim to appear and are, in my experience, associated at least in part with the use of Lucida Grande as Inkscape's UI font. Once again, the font is still displayed fine. This is harmless Then again messages from Xquartz when quitting. So basically, if you get any of these messages, don't worry, it's the normal behavior (not perfect but it works). We'll try something else now: do you have any custom templates or the like in ~/.inkscape? Could you try moving away those and your preferences. In aTerminal: mkdir -p inkscape-bkp mv ~/.inkscape* inkscape-bkp Then start Inkscape. To put them back in place: mv inkscape-bkp/.ink* ~ rmdir inkscape-bkp If this is indeed the problem, please try to find which file causes it (by moving back only part of your customizations. Are comfortable enough with a terminal?) and then submit a bug report with it on Launchpad. > From: rygle <pittos@...2434...> > Jiho (and others), > > If any of these issues are common enough, can you please contribute > some > wisdom to the http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/InstallHelp > InstallHelp section on the wiki? > > I'm not a Mac user, but after some frustration helping my brother > install > decided I could make a meaningful contribution for Mac users that > could help > them navigate the X11 version nightmare. But this stuff I have no idea > about. Well I would if I could. These different versions of X11 are a mess. The bug reports open on this are usually still lacking information while precise steps were given. I've never had a single problem with it so I don't have first hand experience. The information currently in the wiki is excellent IMHO. You did a great job. And if everyone followed these I think we would have had much less bug reports in the Panther-Tiger transition. As for Leopard, I personally use Xquartz but would not recommend it to people unless they have problems (like Stuart here). As usual: "Don't fix what ain't broken". The update Apple shipped with 10.5.2 should have improved the matter enough anyway. Cheers, JiHO --- http://jo.irisson.free.fr/

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Using Inkscape to prepare presentations
by Hannes Hochreiner 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Dear all: I have used Inkscape for a while now, and the more I use it, the more I like it. Congratulations to the whole community and thanks a lot for your work! Among other things, I use Inkscape to edit illustrations for my presentations. One thing that I don't like about the process, is that I create the images, then export them to PDF and afterwards import them into Keynote. It's not very convenient and that got me thinking about a way to improve the process. After looking at different approaches for web slide shows (based on HTML, CSS, SVG and JavaScript in various combinations), I plugged together a small JavaScript programme that turns an Inkscape image into a slide show. Every layer of the image becomes one slide. The beauty of the approach is that the set-up and the definition of the transitions can be done from within Inkscape and everything is contained in the SVG image file. To view the presentation the SVG image can be loaded into any browser with JavaScript and SVG support. So far, I tested it successfully in Firefox and Safari on OSX and in Firefox on WindowsXP. There is lots more that could still be done to improve the code and to integrate it better with Inkscape, but I wanted to see what people think about it before I continue to work on improvements. You can download the image (presentation) from the link below. I hope you'll have fun playing around with it. Feedback and pointers to other approaches for solving the same problem are always appreciated. http://hochreiner.net/projects/jessy/jessy.svg The image above uses the DejaVu fonts. If you don't have them on your system, other fonts will be used and the results will look slightly different. Cheers, Hannes

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Using Inkscape to prepare presentations
by Jon Bertrand 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Very nice! Great idea! -----Original Message----- From: inkscape-user-bounces(a)lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Hannes Hochreiner Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 2:52 PM To: Inkscape User Community Subject: [Inkscape-user] Using Inkscape to prepare presentations Dear all: I have used Inkscape for a while now, and the more I use it, the more I like it. Congratulations to the whole community and thanks a lot for your work! Among other things, I use Inkscape to edit illustrations for my presentations. One thing that I don't like about the process, is that I create the images, then export them to PDF and afterwards import them into Keynote. It's not very convenient and that got me thinking about a way to improve the process. After looking at different approaches for web slide shows (based on HTML, CSS, SVG and JavaScript in various combinations), I plugged together a small JavaScript programme that turns an Inkscape image into a slide show. Every layer of the image becomes one slide. The beauty of the approach is that the set-up and the definition of the transitions can be done from within Inkscape and everything is contained in the SVG image file. To view the presentation the SVG image can be loaded into any browser with JavaScript and SVG support. So far, I tested it successfully in Firefox and Safari on OSX and in Firefox on WindowsXP. There is lots more that could still be done to improve the code and to integrate it better with Inkscape, but I wanted to see what people think about it before I continue to work on improvements. You can download the image (presentation) from the link below. I hope you'll have fun playing around with it. Feedback and pointers to other approaches for solving the same problem are always appreciated. http://hochreiner.net/projects/jessy/jessy.svg The image above uses the DejaVu fonts. If you don't have them on your system, other fonts will be used and the results will look slightly different. Cheers, Hannes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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save as... jpg
by bernardokp 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hello everyone, I just downloaded the newest version of Inkscape 0.45. I tried to save my work as a .jpg or jpeg and I noticed that this option has disappeared form the "save as..." window. I remember I was able to do that in older versions. Can anyone tell me what's going on? Thanks a lot, Bernardo -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/save-as...-jpg-tp15741681p15741681.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Can clones override inherited style?
by unknown＠example.com 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hello all, I am trying to set a different stroke color on a clone, but this is only possible when I unset the stroke of the original which makes the original invisible. Is it possible for clones to override the style they inherit from the original? Thanks, Johan

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Please ignore...
by Christopher B. Wright 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

... For some reason I keep getting messages I send to Inkscape-user returned to me. This is a test message to see if the problem has to do with my local email settings. Please ignore, and I'm sorry to disturb the list. Chris Wright (wrightc@...537...)

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parameter UI for import filter Extension
by Simon Mieth 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi, I'm building an import filter extension for inkscape which needs some data for the import process. The wiki describes howto to write an INX file. There is a description how to define parameters for a UI dialog. Is this feature only supported for effects? I tried the following example, but nothing happens. <inkscape-extension> <_name>My Import filter</_name> <id>my.id</id> <dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.input.svg</dependency> <param name="bounds-rule" gui-text="Choose View" type="enum"> <item>Modelspace</item> <item>Modelspace-Limits</item> <item>Paperspace</item> <item>Paperspace-Limits</item> </param> <input> <extension>.foo</extension> <mimetype>image/x-svgz</mimetype> <_filetypename> foo</_filetypename> <_filetypetooltip>Import foo</_filetypetooltip> <output_extension>org.inkscape.output.svg</output_extension> </input> <script> <command reldir="extensions">myfoo</command> </script> </inkscape-extension> Best Regards and many thanks, Simon

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anyone know why certain fonts aren't showing up as available in Inkscape?
by Alexandra Schmidt 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

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0.46, 0.45 startup problems on Leopard
by Stuart Edwards 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

I'm experiencing the 'X11 doesn't start' problem noted in some previous posts, but I don't see a clear resolution. Basically, 0.46 (0.45 dev mac osx binary) doesn't start at all, and 0.45 requires X11 to be open already otherwise it asks for X11 to be installed. Anyway -- here's some of the console log messages during a session this morning. If anyone has any ideas, it would be much appreciated. Stu Inkscape 0.46 Mac OSX 10.5.2 Intel Reboot Activate Inkscape Inkscape menu appears but no windows; X11 is not activated console messages are: 2/24/08 9:59:29 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.inkscape.Inkscape[224] 2008-02-24 09:59:29.816 defaults[245:10b] 2/24/08 9:59:29 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.inkscape.Inkscape[224] The domain/ default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleAquaColorVariant) does not exist 2/24/08 9:59:29 AM defaults[246] The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist 2/24/08 9:59:30 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.inkscape.Inkscape[224] 2008-02-24 09:59:29.922 defaults[246:10b] 2/24/08 9:59:30 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.inkscape.Inkscape[224] The domain/ default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist Quit Inkscape console says: 2/24/08 10:06:23 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].org.inkscape.Inkscape[224] Platypus App: PID 225 killed brutally Activate X11 (this is X11.app at /Applications/Utilities/X11.app/ Contents/MacOS/X11 ) xterm window opens Activate Inkscape Inkscape menu appears but no X11 windows Console messages similar with a couple of additions, then the Activity Monitor goes a little crazy: 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM defaults[388] The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleAquaColorVariant) does not exist 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM [0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367] 2008-02-24 10:09:40.108 defaults[388:10b] 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM [0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367] The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleAquaColorVariant) does not exist 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM defaults[390] The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM [0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367] 2008-02-24 10:09:40.178 defaults[390:10b] 2/24/08 10:09:40 AM [0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367] The domain/default pair of (kCFPreferencesAnyApplication, AppleHighlightColor) does not exist 2/24/08 10:10:26 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:10:46 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:10:46 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:10:46 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) etc, once per second Quit Inkscape and console says: 2/24/08 10:17:12 AM [0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367] Platypus App: PID 368 killed brutally 2/24/08 10:17:12 AM com.apple.launchd[84] ([0x0-0x23023].org.inkscape.Inkscape[367]) Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 368 PPID 1 inkscape-bin 2/24/08 10:17:14 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:17:15 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:17:16 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) 2/24/08 10:17:17 AM Activity Monitor[271] *** -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (24) beyond bounds (24) etc, once per second Quit Activity Monitor Try to activate Inkscape and X11 several times - same results. Inkscape did actually fire up a couple of days ago, but seemed to freeze a lot on file management tasks. Unfortunately I can't recreate that today. Go back to 0.45 Activate Inkscape (X11 is open) Inkscape window opens I usually have to have X11 open in order for Inkscape to find it -- been using it this way most of the time. 'Failed to start X11' screen is presented otherwise. Console messages are: 2/24/08 10:22:28 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] / Applications/Inkscape/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 17: open-x11: command not found 2/24/08 10:22:28 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] Unable to find application named 'XDarwin' 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] (inkscape- bin:686): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library. 2/24/08 10:22:31 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] Using the fallback 'C' locale. 2/24/08 10:22:32 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] ** (inkscape-bin:686): WARNING **: Unknown verb name: FullScreen 2/24/08 10:22:34 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] (inkscape- bin:686): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GDEF table 85 2/24/08 10:22:34 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] (inkscape- bin:686): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GPOS table 85 2/24/08 10:22:34 AM [0x0-0x2e02e].org.inkscape.Inkscape[685] (inkscape- bin:686): Pango-WARNING **: Error loading GSUB table 85 This may shed some light on the X11 problem

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape / GSoC '08 proposal
by Aaron Spike 24 Feb '08

24 Feb '08

Bryce Harrington wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 06:29:21AM -0600, Aaron Spike wrote: >> Bryce Harrington wrote: >>> 1. All Inkscape GSoC projects this year must be implemented as >>> extensions, with no changes required to Inkscape's core >> I agree whole-heartedly with the premise. I was recently expressing my >> feelings that the need for the codebase to be in good shape for GSoC has >> discouraged us from doing serious refactoring. But is condition 1 really >> feasible? Seems like a very limiting condition. Will it implementing >> projects as extensions really allow developers to bang away at major >> refactoring? Or will we still feel the need to hold off, because any major >> breakage will still cause problems with extensions? > > I was thinking we'd ask that they develop against the 0.46.x release, > which would avoid these issues. 0.46!?!? That's so old. Perhaps we could encourage students to take on refactoring tasks as projects. I really can't see the wisdom in making artificial restrictions. Decisions on a case by case basis seems best. That said, the refactoring that needs to be done is very important for moving forward. And it is best to make it a priority. Aaron Spike

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Save As EPS Brings up Printer Interface
by zbharucha 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Mark Lucas-6 wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been poking around the site and can't find anything regarding the > following oddity. When I moved to Fedora 8 and installed inkscape, I > found that whenever I try to save as an eps file, the printer window > would come up. This does not happen under windows and has not happened > to me before under FC4. > > Has anyone else found this issue? I'm presuming I'm missing a package > somewhere or there is a misconfiguration. Does anyone have any > suggestions? > > Thanks, > Mark Lucas > > -- > Mark Lucas email: lucasm@...2451... > 252D Clippinger Lab phone: (740)597-2984 > Department of Physics and Astronomy fax: (740)593-0433 > Ohio University > Athens, OH 45701 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > Hi Mark, I have noticed the same problem. While I do not know of any fix from Inkscape's side, I managed a quick workaround. You can export an *.svg file to *.eps using the command line interface. Let's say the name of the file is somefile.svg and you want to export it as anyfilename.eps. Simply do: inkscape -E anyfilename.eps somefile.svg. This worked for me. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Save-As-EPS-Brings-up-Printer-Interface-tp15500579p15… Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Can of Soup Tutorial
by Nikki Bennetts 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

No, I used the ellipse/circle tool and followed the instructions step by step (starting at the upper left corner and draging to the lower right corner within the ststed pixel range) . I've even tried doing the step using a circle and the nodes are still off. I've attached a screen capture for you to see. Nikki ----- Original Message ---- From: Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...206...> To: Inkscape User Community <inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, 17 February, 2008 5:03:43 AM Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Can of Soup Tutorial On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 22:59 -0800, Nikki Bennetts wrote: > New to Inkscape. Going through tutorials. Stuck on Step 2c of Can of > Soup > tutorial. Nodes are not at the horizontal or vertical axis and so I > can't > split the ellipse across the horizontal plane. Nodes are offset at 1, > 4, 7 > and 10 o'clock. Is there a step missing? > I just tested the latest version of Inkscape and the nodes appear correct if you draw an ellipse directly with the Ellipse tool and then convert the ellipse to a path. How did you draw your ellipse? My guess is that you drew a circle, rotated it, and then squeezed it. This is the only way that I can think of to get the nodes at other than 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock. Rotating the circle will rotate the ellipse handles to a different orientation. Tav ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail

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Misc Section (oversample bitmap and simplification threshold)
by D. Jones 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

I am trying to make text not come out blurry and was wondering if someone could explain in the Misc section of inkscape preferences how the simplification threshold and oversample bitmaps may aid in reducing blurry images on export? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Kidscape (suggestion)
by Zelus et Radix 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Greetings Among all the good things I found in Inkscape one is that it's very easy to use. But more important it looks easy, so even my 12 years brother took a chance to try drawing vec toons on it with some amount of success (he never did with Corel). This leaded me to think that an Inkscape version for kids (5+) would be a great project. Some changes would be neccessary, such as changing the GUI to make it more more children-friendly (vector eds, like most apps, usually resemble ATMs) by fitting children's tastes, you know, and also removing most complicated features and options. Now, why taking the task? 1) Inkscape would be the first vec ed doing it AFAIK 2) Coming generations would probably try it prior to any other vec ed, thus getting more familiar with it, thus spreading Inkscape 3) It could give Inkscape very good advertising and lots of great chances 4) It would be a great service I translate for some kid orgs so I know where this project could find audience and fit nicely. It's I pity I can't work on it because I have little or no skills on coding and alike stuff at all. It's just a suggestion for all of us to discuss, and perhaps dragging me back to Earth - Come if you dare ;-) God bless you all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Kidscape-%28suggestion%29-tp15562328p15562328.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Irregular outline in Inkscape
by Zelus et Radix 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Greetings I have a finished vector graphic of a toon bear for a children's notebook. Now I want to give outlines variable/random thickness so they look more "rough" and childish. How can I have outlines to be irregular in Inkscape? God bless you all -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Irregular-outline-in-Inkscape-tp15561551p15561551.html Sent from the Inkscape - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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