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Non-coder tasks
by Bryce Harrington 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Today a question came up regarding how non-coders can help improve Inkscape. This info has been added to the Inkscape FAQ, under 'Are there non-coding ways to help?': http://www.inkscape.org/faq.php Let me know if you have other ideas we could list there. Bryce

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Segmentation fault when ungrouping
by Frankie Y. Liu 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Hello I am running version .40 of inkscape under SuSE9.1 linux. I got a segmentation fault when trying to do the following: 1) I opened the help page Help/Keys and Mouse 2) I opened another window (letter size): File/New/letter 3) I copied the second column (Canvas) to the new window 4) I tried to ungroup that column with Ctrl+Shift+G 5) I got a segmentation fault -frankie

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Disabling alt+click alt+drag in linux (Selection Under)
by Frankie Y. Liu 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Hello, I wanted to get Selection Under working, but alt+click seems to be grabbed by my window manager to drag the window. I am running fluxbox under SuSE9.1 linux. I tried to google disabling alt+click and alt+drag under linux, but I haven't found any relevant page that tells me how to do so. Thanks, -frankie

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Inkscape .4 segfault
by Robert Davis 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Been getting a segfault starting inkscape .4 and also tried a pre .4 that ran fine back in Oct. Using strace I traced it to icons.svg. Rename it and it runs fine. Any idea what might be wrong. Thanks Robert Davis system: Gentoo ~x86 backtrace: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 16384 (LWP 12092)] 0x0812cf67 in sigc::internal::signal_emit2<void, SPObject*, SPObject*, sigc::nil>::emit (impl=0x84321e8, _A_a1=@0xbfffe89c, _A_a2=@0x8432258) at slot_base.h:263 263 { return (!rep_ || !rep_->call_); } (gdb) bt #0 0x0812cf67 in sigc::internal::signal_emit2<void, SPObject*, SPObject*, sigc::nil>::emit (impl=0x84321e8, _A_a1=@0xbfffe89c, _A_a2=@0x8432258) at slot_base.h:263 #1 0x0812ca63 in Inkscape::URIReference::_setObject (this=0x8432248, obj=0x0) at signal.h:1806 #2 0x0812c7db in Inkscape::URIReference::attach (this=0x8432248, uri=@0x8432254) at uri-references.cpp:78 #3 0x080ec5db in sp_gradient_set (object=0x8432370, key=8, value=0x8420e88 "#linearGradient800") at sp-gradient.cpp:389 #4 0x080eec44 in sp_lineargradient_set (object=0x8432370, key=8, value=0x8420e88 "#linearGradient800") at sp-gradient.cpp:1157 #5 0x081012c4 in sp_object_set (object=0x8432370, key=24, value=0x18 <Address 0x18 out of bounds>) at sp-object.cpp:790 #6 0x081013d8 in sp_object_read_attr (object=0x8432370, key=0x82ab05a "xlink:href") at sp-object.cpp:811 #7 0x080ec39e in sp_gradient_build (object=0x8432370, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x0) at sp-gradient.cpp:296 #8 0x080eebd3 in sp_lineargradient_build (object=0x8432370, document=0x84321f0, repr=0x8432288) at sp-gradient.cpp:1117 #9 0x08100a52 in sp_object_invoke_build (object=0x8432370, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x8421780, cloned=0) at sp-object.cpp:642 #10 0x08100909 in sp_object_build (object=0x83aee08, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x18) at sp-object.cpp:589 #11 0x08100a52 in sp_object_invoke_build (object=0x83aee08, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x8419880, cloned=0) at sp-object.cpp:642 #12 0x08100909 in sp_object_build (object=0x83a40f0, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x18) at sp-object.cpp:589 #13 0x080f6e9a in sp_item_build (object=0x83a40f0, document=0x18, repr=0x18) at sp-item.cpp:301 #14 0x080f3b55 in sp_group_build (object=0x83a40f0, document=0x18, repr=0x18) at sp-item-group.cpp:124 #15 0x0810c8a0 in sp_root_build (object=0x83a40f0, document=0x18, repr=0x84198c0) at sp-root.cpp:167 #16 0x08100a52 in sp_object_invoke_build (object=0x83a40f0, document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x84198c0, cloned=0) at sp-object.cpp:642 #17 0x080feefa in sp_object_repr_build_tree (document=0x83b1b80, repr=0x84198c0) at sp-object-repr.cpp:70 #18 0x080ca155 in sp_document_create (rdoc=0x0, uri=0x842c5e8 "/usr/local/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg", base=0x84359f8 "/usr/local/share/inkscape/icons/", name=0x18 <Address 0x18 out of bounds>, advertize=0, keepalive=0) at document.cpp:289 #19 0x080ca779 in sp_document_new (uri=0x842c5e8 "/usr/local/share/inkscape/icons/icons.svg", advertize=24, keepalive=24, make_new=false) at document.cpp:434 #20 0x081e4e56 in sp_icon_image_load_svg (name=0x18 <Address 0x18 out of bounds>, size=10, scale=10) at icon.cpp:369 #21 0x081e4238 in sp_icon_image_load (name=0x842aca0 "sticky_zoom", size=10, scale=10) at icon.cpp:214 #22 0x081e403e in sp_icon_new_full (size=10, scale=10, name=0x842aca0 "sticky_zoom") at icon.cpp:158 #23 0x081e413c in sp_icon_new (size=24, name=0x8432288 "\uffff!C\b \uffff!C\b\2203C\b") at icon.cpp:185 #24 0x081e0fc1 in sp_button_set_action (button=0x842b688, action=0x841bfc0) at button.cpp:253 #25 0x081e0db1 in sp_button_new (size=10, type=24, action=0x18, doubleclick_action=0x0, tooltips=0x83ba060) at button.cpp:204 #26 0x081e1208 in sp_button_new_from_data (size=24, type=24, view=0x18, name=0x8432288 "\uffff!C\b\uffff!C\b\2203C\b", tip=0x18 <Address 0x18 out of bounds>, tooltips=0x18) at button.cpp:329 #27 0x0813dc94 in sp_desktop_widget_init (dtw=0x83b6bb0) at desktop.cpp:906 #28 0x40aaa025 in g_type_create_instance () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #29 0x000001ac in ?? ()

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Build errors in CVS
by Trent Buck 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

I just tried to build Inkscape from CVS for the first time in a couple of weeks. I noticed the following Debian-specific problems: - AFAICT, python-dev and libperl-dev are now build dependencies; they should be added to the Build-Depends line in debian/control. - After building, dh_strip attempts to strip an ar archive, causing packaging to fail. From the build log: $ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot [...] dh_installmime dh_link dh_strip strip: debian/inkscape/usr/lib/inkscape/plugins/stcstnTn/DynaLoader.a: Invalid operation dh_strip: command returned error code 256 make[2]: *** [binary-arch] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/alt/foo/pkg/cvs/inkscape/WORKING/inkscape' make[1]: *** [buildpackage] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/alt/foo/pkg/cvs/inkscape/WORKING/inkscape' -- -trent Look -- a diversion! It's shiny! -- Daniel Stone

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outputting gradients
by Ben Crowell 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

>Gradients without transparency are doable in PS level 3, but we output >only level 2 so far. Fixing this would require an expert in PS because >level 3 differs significantly from previous levels. However, I don't >think it's worth the trouble, because transparency is not possible >even in level 3. It is however possible in PDF starting from version >1.4, so we better spend the same resources on supporting PDF instead. >For now, the best alternative that I know of is to import Inkscape SVG >into Scribus and save as PDF 1.4. Thanks for the rapid reply! Scribus actually didn't work on the example I tried. It didn't render the gradients correctly, and it also munged the fonts I was using (made Vera into a monospaced font). I guess I can render everything as png instead of pdf. (Pdftex can accept either as input.) Is anybody working actively on direct PDF output? The inability to output gradients to PS or PDF is a serious limitation that will probably be enough to prevent an awful lot of users from using Inkscape. Maybe my perceptions and priorities are different from other people's but it surprises me that people would be working on, e.g., Perl and Python extensions when a really basic feature like this is not yet implemented. Maybe it's just the nature of OSS: developers want to work on stuff that interests them personally, so that determines which features get added.

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Satisfied user
by Alan Horkan 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Thought I'd share this comment from a new satisfied Inkscape user: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=133308&cid=11135973

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Textbox
by Imre Vida 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Hi i've only recently discovered Inkscape and found it very promising. However, there is a feature that i miss a lot: the possility to define a frame for text with 1) dynamic line wrapping and 2) "local" formating options (e.g to mix various types of fonts, to use bold, italic, superscripts, subscripts in the text etc.). I have looked at the list of requested features and i found several related entries (e.g. 863325, 1084658 and 1080623) some of them dating back to last year. But there seems to be very little response to these requests. Without this feature inkscape is not a real alternative for me, unfortunately. Do you plan to implement such a feature? thanks imre

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-users -developers test please ignore
by vellum 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

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test ignore
by vellum 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

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