verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
Hello,
I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
--select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the different values inside as well..
Thanks !
On 2013-12-05 14:58 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
--select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the different values inside as well..
The verb, as indicated by its name, simply opens the dialog (it is used internally for the menu item to open the path effect editor). Path effects cannot be _applied_ via verbs from the command line (i.e. without interaction in the GUI).
Verbs in Inkscape are rather limited: they do not take any parameters. AFAIU this prevents implementing support for applying and editing path effects from the command line via verbs (except maybe for path effects which do not have any parameters, like the 'Spiro Splines' effect).
hth, V
Ok,
is my only option a fork ?
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:04:32 +0100 From: suv-sf@...16... To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
On 2013-12-05 14:58 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
--select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the different values inside as well..
The verb, as indicated by its name, simply opens the dialog (it is used internally for the menu item to open the path effect editor). Path effects cannot be _applied_ via verbs from the command line (i.e. without interaction in the GUI).
Verbs in Inkscape are rather limited: they do not take any parameters. AFAIU this prevents implementing support for applying and editing path effects from the command line via verbs (except maybe for path effects which do not have any parameters, like the 'Spiro Splines' effect).
hth, V
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On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 12:14 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
Ok,
is my only option a fork ?
Not at all. The command line verb work has already been improved this year to make what you're asking easier; more improvements would certainly be useful.
You might be able to achieve a lot with the dbus interface. Or maybe with the command line verb calls directly.
Martin,
On 2013-12-07 12:14 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
Ok,
is my only option a fork ?
Not sure - maybe wait for more replies (or ideas) in the thread you started on the developers' mailing list about the same issue before immediately jumping to this conclusion...
What would you do with that fork - completely rewrite Inkscape's internal verb system? Implement a new scripting API? (Please note that trunk already has a new dbus-based scripting API - though I do not know atm whether it has hooks for applying and editing path effects directly).
An alternative option instead of forking is to work on a feature branch, and submit any solution you might implement as merge proposal [1]. But that's up to you (whether you want to contribute to enhance inkscape, or whether you prefer to create and maintain a fork).
Regards, V
[1] https://help.launchpad.net/Code
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:04:32 +0100 From: suv-sf@...16... To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
On 2013-12-05 14:58 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
--select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the different values inside as well..
The verb, as indicated by its name, simply opens the dialog (it is used internally for the menu item to open the path effect editor). Path effects cannot be _applied_ via verbs from the command line (i.e. without interaction in the GUI).
Verbs in Inkscape are rather limited: they do not take any parameters. AFAIU this prevents implementing support for applying and editing path effects from the command line via verbs (except maybe for path effects which do not have any parameters, like the 'Spiro Splines' effect).
hth, V
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Honestly, a fork is way too much to manage for me.
I will wait for any other opinion, but I will have a look at the core to create/open the api of some functionalities (at least, the one I need first) and submit it back.
I means that, no matter what, I will have to run my own fork the time my propositions are accepted.
Still wait for other way to go before I get my hands dirty :)
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:38:37 +0100 From: suv-sf@...16... To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
On 2013-12-07 12:14 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
Ok,
is my only option a fork ?
Not sure - maybe wait for more replies (or ideas) in the thread you started on the developers' mailing list about the same issue before immediately jumping to this conclusion...
What would you do with that fork - completely rewrite Inkscape's internal verb system? Implement a new scripting API? (Please note that trunk already has a new dbus-based scripting API - though I do not know atm whether it has hooks for applying and editing path effects directly).
An alternative option instead of forking is to work on a feature branch, and submit any solution you might implement as merge proposal [1]. But that's up to you (whether you want to contribute to enhance inkscape, or whether you prefer to create and maintain a fork).
Regards, V
[1] https://help.launchpad.net/Code
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 12:04:32 +0100 From: suv-sf@...16... To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] verb DialogLivePathEffect: how to use it ?
On 2013-12-05 14:58 +0100, Alain Meunier wrote:
I would like to understand how to apply a hatch effect on an object.
I saw the "DialogLivePathEffect: Manage, edit, and apply path effects (Shift+Ctrl+7)" option, but I would like to know how to set it right.
--select=myobject --verb DialogLivePathEffect
but then, nothing. How does that work ? I would like to edit the different values inside as well..
The verb, as indicated by its name, simply opens the dialog (it is used internally for the menu item to open the path effect editor). Path effects cannot be _applied_ via verbs from the command line (i.e. without interaction in the GUI).
Verbs in Inkscape are rather limited: they do not take any parameters. AFAIU this prevents implementing support for applying and editing path effects from the command line via verbs (except maybe for path effects which do not have any parameters, like the 'Spiro Splines' effect).
hth, V
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