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Quick Note & Question
by Arlo Barnes 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

I was preparing to vectorise some images from a website, and to try to save extra steps I decided not to save the images and drag'n'drop (or Open, or Import) them into Inkscape, but to see if I could not just copy the images to the clipboard (in Google Chrome there is a right-click option, 'Copy Image') and paste into Inkscape. It worked, but the transparency in the PNGs turned to black; apparently not just a display issue, because all the raster extensions (that I understood how to use) acted as if it was a regular opaque black, and Extract/Export produced opaque black pixels also. This would not be a problem since I was just using the image for reference, except that several of the images were originally black where not transparent, so I ended up with a solid black rectangle. I tried downloading and importing the images as I would normally do anyway, and this time the transparency was treated properly. Therefore this is not a problem for me, it just seemed like something I ought to understand the reason behind. A quick search shows that people have had related issues in other contexts, due to the fact that transparent pixels in PNG are black by default or something (so the colour can be 0,0,0,0?). Anyway, I thought someone here might be interested to hear about it, or knows more. Thanks! -Arlo James Barnes

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Summer of Code 2014
by Josh Andler 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Nathan Hurst <njh@...3068...> wrote: > The whole point of kanban is that each task is self contained. It's > easy to assess what each student has done, look at the bzr logs, look > at the tasks undertaken, look at their report. Students can't affect > each other, because at the frontier all the tasks are independant. > The way you had said it earlier, you had mentioned they would work off the same kanban queue as a team. The students are supposed to have firm proposals outlining what they will specifically accomplish and what the corresponding timeline looks like. Because of this, it's not really possible to have multiple students working from a pool of tasks to be completed. Honestly, I like your idea, however I don't believe there is a way to achieve this with GSoC that Google would approve of. Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] Summer of Code 2014
by Josh Andler 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Krzysztof Kosiński <tweenk.pl@...2504......>wrote: > That's true, but the rules for GSoC are quite restrictive when it > comes to teamwork - I'm fairly sure that joint applications (e.g. 3 > students applying to participate in this model) are not allowed at > all. > This is correct. It would definitely not be allowed. They require very clear and obvious separation of work. My guess is that it's to ensure that each student is doing what they are supposed to and that they are not subject to failure due to shortcomings imposed by other students. > A safer bet would be to merge some of the items into larger projects. > If someone with a good sense of which ones would be appropriately combined would be willing to do so and add them to http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Google_Summer_Of_Code#Suggested_Ide… would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Josh

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The Developer Education Book Campaign 2013 !
by Bryce Harrington 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:10:49PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote: > In an effort to give back to our developers, I hereby present to you > the Developer Education Book Campaign 2013 ! > > We'd like to give an educational present to our most active > contributors. The board has decided to buy a programming book for each > of the top 10 contributors of 2013! > > These 2013 rockstars can choose from one of the following books: > a) Effective C++, 3rd Ed. by Scott Meyers > b) Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler > c) A Tour of C++ (C++11) by Bjarne Stroustrup > > Thank you very much for your great work in 2013!!! All books have been ordered as last week. Recipients in the US should be receiving their books now. Canadians should receive books over the coming week. European residents should be receving the books within a month. If you provided me with an address and do not receive a book within these time frames, please let me know. Let me add to Johan's thanks a thank-you out to everyone who has donated to Inkscape. Your funding has made this educational effort possible. If in the coming months and years you find Inkscape to be more robust, responsive, and performant, the credit could indeed originate from your contribution to the project. Bryce

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What features would you like to see in Inkscape?
by Anna Morris 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Hey, my name is Anna, I am a Free Software advocate from the UK. I am working for Open Initiative http://funding.openinitiative.com/ at the moment on their new feature-by-feature Free Software crowd funding platform. I am also an Inkscape user (here is something I made http://fsfe.org/graphics/xbox-infographic.png). So, some a question - which features would you just LOVE to see in Inkscape? What is missing? I will compile a list, using emails, forum posts, Facebook messages and the current list on the forums. I will also be talking to developers of course! I know crowd funding campaigns often don't get past the ideas stage because all the words and pictures are hard work to put together and people are busy etc - but I am here to help prepare the campaigns, which I am delighted to do, for at least the next month. My time is your time ;) Let me know Anna Morris

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Single SVG file to multi-page PDF
by donn 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end? Inkscape -> layout tricks (maybe layers?) -> some process (maybe command line) -> PDF file with pages. At the moment I am laying-out logos and designs on a single 'page' which can be as tall as 9000 pixels. Is there a way to 'chop' a single PDF page like that into smaller chunks? \d

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Happy GNU Year!
by Adrienne Thompson 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Happy GNU Year from GNU C-Graph - the free software package that makes learning about convolution easy! The bitly link for our New Year greeting has been hacked. This is the full url: <http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph/images/c-graph-new-year-poinsettia-conv…> All done with Inkscape - lots to learn.:) In case you missed our September event: <http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph/cgpress/pr.c-graph.pdf> <http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph/cgpress/mr.c-graph.pdf> -- Adrienne Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph Author & Maintainer - http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Law - http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GnuCgraph

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Decatenate/split path commands in svg files
by Antonio Roberts 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hi, I'm currently attempting to address a bug in another prorgam called nodebox, whereby the svg parser has trouble interpreting svgs that have their path commands concatenated. Bug link https://github.com/nodebox/nodebox/issues/376 > [nodebox svg parser] can' t handle svg paths where the commands are concatenated to the values to preserve space. (i.e. 482.36a16 should be read as 482.36 a 16 but NodeBox reads it as one thing) Of course one answer is for the developers to improve their svg parser, but in the meantime Is there any way to save svgs in Inkscape where path commands aren't concatenated/joined? Are their any external tools I could use? Antonio -- ============================ antonio@...2662... http://www.hellocatfood.com ============================

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Pasting bitmaps from other programs
by Michael Grosberg 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

I just tried something I'm pretty confident I did in the past: I pasted a bitmaps from another program (Irfan View, and later Photoshop) into Inkscape. It was a small bitmap - 24x24 pixels. But no matter what I did it appeared with a size of 11.81x11.81 pixels. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? I tired fiddling with the bitmap preferences in inkscape, and also changing the image resolution to 90 px/inch on the programs I copied from, but nothing helped. I'm using Inkscape 0.48+devel r12395.

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Happy GNU Year!
by Adrienne Thompson 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Happy GNU Year from GNU C-Graph - the free software package that makes learning about convolution easy! <bit.ly/19Q9Xsj> Done with Inkscape, of course. There's lots to learn. Enjoy!! Adrienne -- Freedom - no pane, all gaiGN! GNU C-Graph Author & Maintainer - http://www.gnu.org/software/c-graph Code Art Now - http://codeartnow.com Abertheid Law - http://www.abertheid.info Follow me on Twitter @AdrienneGT @GnuCgraph

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