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Inkscape 1.0 -beta2 release

2019-12-05T23:51:36+10:00

Inkscape 1.0 beta2 is released to the public for testing.
There are more than 100 major and minor improvements and bug fixes since 0.92.4.
If you are interested, please also consider helping the developer team with feedback on
• problems with texts in Inkscape files from older Inkscape versions
• unknown crashes
• extensions not doing what they should be doing
• things that worked in 0.92.4, but are no longer working in the beta version.

Further info, download links available here:
beta 2

Statistics: Posted by Lazur URH — Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:51 pm — Replies 0 — Views 17

Inkscape 1.0

2019-09-18T16:00:55+10:00

Hi Friends,
Development for the long awaited version 1.0 of Inkscape is moving right along.

The beta version of Inkscape 1.0 is now available for testing. Please see this article for details: https://inkscape.org/news/2019/09/08/in ... e-testing/

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:00 pm — Replies 2 — Views 3754

Free Inkscape workshop in Kiel (+ talks about open source graphics and typography) Sept. 7th / 20th / 21st 2019

2019-08-31T23:41:53+10:00

Hi there,

free talks and workshops for open source graphics will be given during Digitale Woche Kiel and Kieler Open Source und Linux Tage in September.

You can:

Find out about color management and open color scales and standardization with freieFarbe on September 8th and 9th:
https://digitalewochekiel.de/programm/f ... der-farbe/
https://digitalewochekiel.de/programm/f ... r-farbe-2/

Learn more about tips and tricks with Inkscape in the (German) workshop "Inkscape für Entdecker" in Kiel on September 14th:
https://kielux.de/e418

Get to know more about the upcoming Inkscape 1.0 in the talk "Ein Blick auf Inkscape 1.0" on Saturday, September 21st:
https://kielux.de/p415

Find out how to create professional photography with open source in "Open-Source-Programme für Fotografen" on September 21st:
https://kielux.de/p423

Learn more about color management and DTP in "Desktop Publishing mit Scribus und freier Farbe" on September 21st:
https://kielux.de/p422

See you in Kiel in a talk, workshop or at our booth!

Statistics: Posted by Moini — Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:41 pm — Replies 0 — Views 1463

Announcing first official forum

2019-08-02T05:59:35+10:00

What a time to be alive.

As of today, the inkscape board opened their own hosted, freshly created forum for all of inkscape.org members.
It is available here.

Not that it's a big surprise though, if you remember it was already announced in last December.

Offtopic:
We all like achievements and progression but maybe it worth digging up some oldies.
This forum started somewhere around in June of 2007.
After a lack of administration and forum updates here, inkscape community was announced -back in the summer of 2013.
Today that forum is closed for new registrations, everyone is directed to the official forum.
Wondering what will happen in the summer of 2025.

Statistics: Posted by Lazur URH — Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:59 am — Replies 6 — Views 3016

opening date for the new forum

2019-05-21T14:13:29+10:00

Hi Friends,
We have an opening date for the new forum, which is this August. Wider announcements will go out next month.

But I wanted to mention it here, now, in case anyone wants to have a new look. I've just finished setting up the boards and categories. It's much like both the forums already are, but it's not set in stone. If anyone has any comments or suggestions, I'd love to heard them.

https://inkscape.org/forums/

(Note that posting is disabled currently, but it will all open up in August.)

I think I mentioned this before, but the Inkscape website in general is supposed to be getting a bit of a makeover to celebrate the release of 1.0 (as far as I've been told). And the forum appearance will be brought in line to look more like the rest of the website.

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Tue May 21, 2019 2:13 pm — Replies 1 — Views 3116

Bug Migration Game

2019-04-10T00:37:00+10:00

Hi Friends,
In news from the development side of the Inkscape project, developers are moving to a new bug tracker. It seems there is no real automated way to move the bugs from one tracking system to another. So they have made a game out of it, with prizes and everything. Probably not very many forum users will have the needed skills to participate. But for those who think they might have the right skills, who might be reading this, you can find info here:

http://alpha.inkscape.org/bug-migration/

If you do have the right skills, please don't hesitate to jump right in! Note the Contact button at the top-right, if you have questions. We probably can't answer questions about it here.

Edit
I just had some guidance from developers about this.

For anyone who might have ever reported a bug, it would be very helpful if you could at least transfer your own reports over - following the instructions at the link provided. For this, you don't need technical skills beyond your own, or have to understand what someone else is trying to say. And just moving your own bugs will help a lot!

All you would have to do, is to re-test your bug on 1.0 alpha, which can be found on this page: https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0/?latest=1. For Windows, there's a link in the gray box (7z packages). For Linux, the link is at the top, in the black section. For Macs, it looks like the only option is to compile it.

Then (assuming it hasn't been fixed) just transfer it over to gitlab (the link above tells everything you need to know).

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:37 am — Replies 0 — Views 3124

organizing the team for the new forum (moderators)

2019-03-31T14:11:41+10:00

Hi Friends,
Now that the rules and guidelines are finished for the new forum, it's time to organize the team of moderators for the new forum. You can learn about the duties and responsibilities of moderators, in the rules section of the Rules and Guidelines.

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/con ... lesText.md

If anyone wants to be a moderator there, please let me know. You can reply here, or PM me. Either way is fine with me

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:11 pm — Replies 0 — Views 2240

rules/guidelines for the new forum

2019-02-15T04:35:06+10:00

Hi Friends,
It's time to write the rules and guidelines for the new forum. If anyone here is interested, please contact me. You can reply below, or PM me or email me, or however you want to do it.

No particular skills or knowledge is required for this. Just some experience in forums, and desire to help the new forum get "off the ground" and to help it become the best it can be.

I don't forsee this taking a lot of time. But it really depends on how complex and detailed this group wants the rules and guidelines to be. Personally, I would prefer as simple as possible. But we'll make a concensus about it. (It's not like I'm the boss, I'm just making sure it gets done, and has all the needed info.) Anyway, the time is a bit up in the air, until the group can meet and we get an idea what everyone wants.

I'm not sure the modality we'll use. Possibly something like Framapad, or possibly old school and just exchange ODT or DOC files. Or apparently there's some kind of feature in GitLab. I've been referred to it, but haven't read up on it yet. I'll be doing that shortly. In any case, whatever group is assembled to do this task will decide how they want to do it.

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:35 am — Replies 3 — Views 2670

SCALE 17x Hackfest - the first Inkscape Hackfest for 2019

2019-01-18T15:37:20+10:00

Hi Friends,
Current development plans for Inkscape include a few hackfests this year. So much for the "annual hackfest", huh?!

The first Inkscape hackfest for 2019 will be held in the 3 days before the 17th annual Southern California Linux Expo, aka "SCALE 17x". That will be March 4th through 7th, at the Pasadena City College; with SCALE 17x on March 7th through 10th, at Pasadena Convention Center.

Here's an article about the upcoming hackfest, if you'd like to learn more about it.

If you'd like to attend the hackfest and help with development of Inkscape, you can find info here in the Inkscape wiki.

Or if you'd like to make a donation, to help make it possible for more developers to attend, please find the Donation button on this page.

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:37 pm — Replies 0 — Views 2619

spread your Inkscape love - new Inkscape store!

2019-01-18T14:26:48+10:00

Inkscape fans, show everyone how you feel about Inkscape, and make a little donation at the same time!

Announcing a new Inkscape store, where you can get different kinds of clothing and other items with the Inkscape logo.

Visit Spreadshirt Inkscape Merch and have a look around!

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:26 pm — Replies 6 — Views 2847

Announcing Inkscape 0.92.4

2019-01-18T11:07:16+10:00

That's right, we are moving in giant steps.
The download page is available here.

Let's see some of the highlights.

•speeeeeeed -no lagging on deselecting paths
•faster filter rendering
•bugfix, bugfix everywhere
•more align and distribute options
•printing the actual size is working with most common printers -Canon, EPSON, Konica Minolta

Important notes:
This new version is the first to drop Windows XP support to the past. Sorry guys if you missed out.
On the other hand, Mac users building with Homebrew can enjoy the latest build with an up-to-date poppler library 0.72.0.

See the rest in the
release notes.

Also, reporting bugs is migrated from launchpad to gitlab.
If you found an issue or have a feature request, don't hesitate to check the inbox:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/issues/

Congrats to everyone involved!

More info, link to the 1.0 alpha release can be found here.

Statistics: Posted by Lazur — Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:07 am — Replies 6 — Views 3621

the future of this forum

2018-12-15T07:38:36+10:00

Hi Friends,
There have been some sad, some interesting, and imo, some exciting developments, since the last time we posted about this: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=33639

Unfortunately, we have had no response from microUgly, despite multiple messages being sent, over the past 7 months. So using this forum as a starting place for the new forum seems like a lost cause. However, doctormo, and some other Inkscape developers have been busy little bees, and have created a Django-based forum, on the website. (Django is the....well it's either code or software, I'm not sure which, which the Inkscape website is made from.) This means that members of the website (gallery) are automatically members of the forum (and vice versa).

Using such a brand new forum would unfortunately mean that it will not include the contents which we have created here, day by day, and year by year. But we think they will not be lost. Work is underway, as we "speak," to create an archive from this forum, and it will be available in the new forum, as a resource. (Of course, the Wayback Machine would be available as well.) Since this new archive is technology beyond my understanding, I can't say much about it. But from what I've seen, it looks and acts just like this forum, except it's read-only -- it can't be posted in.

So keeping in mind that we would not be losing the contents of this forum as a resource, we'd like you to have a look at the new forum, and help us to develop it better (than we can do without your help). (And when I say "we"....well, you know I don't mean that I'm helping with the coding ) The main thing to remember at this point, is that it contains the main features which we use here, day in and day out. It doesn't necessarily look super great yet.

Note that this is not fully featured forum software, like phpBB or SMF. That literally could take years to develop. We could use phpBB or SMF (or any other existing) forum software, on the Inkscape project's new servers. But they would not be integrated with the website. And forum members who wanted to upload images would need 2 accounts -- one for the forum and one for the gallery. With an integrated forum like this, only one account is needed for both.

What we would invite everyone to do, when you have a chance, is start "kicking the tires". Make sure that it contains all the features which we use here, which you can't live without.

I've been giving developers my comments over the last few weeks, and trying to think of everything that I think we can't live without. But I also know that we all use the forum differently. Each member here has some different combination of features which they depend on, to do their work quickly and efficiently. So we want to try and include as many features which we can't live without, as possible.

Here's the current front page: https://inkscape.org/forums/

As you're testing it out, if you have questions which might take a bit of discussion, please post them in the Vector Cafe board. You'll see that there already is a sticky topic there, where doctormo indicates he would like you to list any missing features in a single line (or list of single lines). But if you have questions or longer comments, please feel free to just start new messages. Sometimes the features might already be there, but you didn't find them yet, and that could take some discussion, as well as your suggestions for improving it might take some discussion.

Just for clarity, right now, we need missing forum features, as opposed to items which might fall under the category of styling or polish. Styling work is underway as well, but just not published or ready for review yet. Moderation features aren't available for everyone yet, unfortunately. But hopefully they soon will be.

Note that the existing boards in the new forum are mostly just made-up titles. When the time comes, we (our forum community, together with the larger Inkscape community) can collaborate to create the best combination of categories and boards for the new forum. My best guess is that they will look a lot like what we have here, because after all, it has stood the test of time! Although we all know some updating is needed, here and there.

And speaking of to-do list, we also still need to make the rules or guidelines or CoC, or whatever we will call them. Someday soon, we'll finally have it all together!

If you haven't already registered for the website, you will have to register there, to test the new forum. But if you're already registered, you should be able to log right in.

Please let us know what features you think are needed, to be able to use this new forum, in the same way which we now use InkscapeForum. Thanks for your help

Statistics: Posted by brynn — Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:38 am — Replies 14 — Views 5335

Hackfest 2018, in Kiel, results

2018-09-21T17:05:07+10:00

As announced previously, the Inkscape development team had their latest hackfest in Kiel, Germany.

What happened?

Besides the developer team having a meetup and building personal relationships?
Some serious work being done.

Just a few of the technical achievements amongst bug fixes and performance boosting:

• Centerline tracing - first steps for inclusion in Inkscape. There is no graphical user interface for it yet, but one step at a time.

• External SVG linking with real-time changeable resolution.

• A fix for Inkscape's coordinate issues. Coordinate system will flip back to the svg specs's.

Read the rest here:
official report

A summarising video of the hackfest is in post production, stay tuned.

Statistics: Posted by Lazur — Fri Sep 21, 2018 5:05 pm — Replies 1 — Views 6025

Free Inkscape Workshops for Makers and Noobs in Kiel, Sept. 8th and 9th 2018

2018-08-29T21:11:39+10:00

During Digitale Woche Kiel, there will be two free Workshops for Inkscape users:

In this talk with corresponding workshop, Jürgen Weigert or FabLab Nürnberg, Inkscape extension writer and maintainer, will introduce you to plotting techniques and useful extensions for making your maker dreams come true with Inkscape on Sept. 9th:
https://www.kieler-linuxtage.de/index.p ... 1536444000

Inkscape beginners can learn how to successfully make their very first greeting card with Inkscape from Samuel Albrecht on Sept. 8th:
https://www.kieler-linuxtage.de/index.p ... m.html#377

You do not need to register for the talk, but for any workshops, a registration is required.

Statistics: Posted by Moini — Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:11 pm — Replies 0 — Views 4000

Hackfest 2018, in Kiel

2018-08-03T07:53:50+10:00

This year, the development team is having another meetup live in Germany.
Why? Because the Boston Hackfest was so successful it's been decided the next major release will be the long awaited 1.0!

The brainstorming session will be held for five days, where community members are welcomed as well as core developers.

If you'd like to contribute with your presence or with a small donations, check out this link for further details:
Inkscape's Hackfest goes to Kiel, Germany, in September

Statistics: Posted by Lazur — Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:53 am — Replies 4 — Views 3234