Inkscape

[Armagon]

• libSigc++
• GlibMM
• GtkMM

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Any chance of making these available? I'm trying to compile

http://icculus.org/~jcspray/GNUDoku/GNUDoku-0.93.tar.gz

-- cheers
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I'd be happy to (especially since it appears that this last bout of overtime is finished at work).

Obviously I'll need to make .ipks with the release libraries in them.  

What is the best way to make a dev package that works for both native and cross-compilation?  I presume that it'd be an .ipk and you just have to do a little bit of extra work to extract it on your PC.  (I do hope that the files are easily relocatable.)

Armagon

[desertrat]

Obviously I'll need to make .ipks with the release libraries in them. 

What is the best way to make a dev package that works for both native and cross-compilation?  I presume that it'd be an .ipk and you just have to do a little bit of extra work to extract it on your PC.  (I do hope that the files are easily relocatable.)

I only need the native stuff, as so far I do all my compilations on board. But regardless of what [standard] format you package them in I should be able to make use of it.

-- cheers

[Armagon]

The libraries used in building inkscape are now available at http://mail.pdaxrom.org/contrib/armagon/

These are:

• glibmm2: C++ wrapper for GLib
• gtkmm2: C++ wrapper for GTK+
• libgc: Boehm-GC - A garbage collector for C and C++
• libsigc++2: Typesafe signal and callback system for C++

The libraries come in normal and developer variants.

The rest of the post is for developers

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Most of the libraries use package config.  I have edited the /usr/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc files, so that instead of using

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prefix=/home/blackmore/Zaurus/Cross/installthey use

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prefix=/usrwhich should be appropriate for native development.  If you are cross-compiling, you will need to edit the .pc files.

Please note that I haven't tested these files.  I did a rudimentary check of the .so files, but I haven't tried developing with the -devel packages.  

I believe I got the important dependancies down; at some level a library doesn't really have dependancies, but the applications that use it do.

Note that glibmm-devel may depend on perl and Perl::XMLParser.  OTOH, that might just have been a requirement to compile it -- If someone can verify this, I'd appreciate it.  

Please let me know if you have any problems with these libraries.  I think they will work.

Armagon

PS.  My goodness, but it was a fair bit of work to compile and package everything.  How do Laze and Sash do it?

[Armagon]

May I suggest if you haven't tried it already... Dia is also a great tool to have on the Zaurus.. I have sodipodi for arty vector graphics and Dia for more serious diagrams.

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I just added dia 0.95-pre3 to OE. It crosscompiled cleanly and didn't need to many deps:

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So it shouldn't be too hard to compile it for pdaX.
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Sorry that I never replied to this ... I've been rather busy.  Anyways, I've just compiled dia 0.94 (and while I haven't tried running it yet, I think it built successfully).  I haven't packaged it up yet.  I'm not very familiar with CVS, but if someone would give me the command to get the 0.95-pre3 tree (as opposed to the latest, possibly unstable version), I'd be happy to try to compile it.

Armagon

[cycle_55]

DRUM ROLL PLEASE:

For your computing enjoyment, I give you: inkscape!

I have finally got it compiled and packaged up.  It should work on all the Zaurus models except the 5x00s.

There are two packages:

• inkscape_0.43-Z1_armv5tel.ipk - the actual program
  
• inkscape-data_0.43_armv5tel.ipk - tutorials and example files (see more about it, below)

Note: When I uploaded the files, the dashes were changed to underscores.  I don't know if that matters.

PERFORMACE:

I'm afraid inkscape really wants a more powerful machine than my C1000.  Not to scare you off, but:

• the window is larger than the screen, and can't be resized [thank goodness for alt-dragging!]
  
• it takes 30 seconds to start up
  
• if I try to load a tutorial file (from the data package), it uses up all my RAM and terminates.
  
• it really eats up the CPU!  It'll often be running at 100%, and it still seems unresponsive

On the plus side:

• it sure looks nice
  
• it will save and load files
  
• the calligraphy tool is great with a touch screen!

Note: I decided it didn't serve much point to have the data files if you couldn't load them, which is why I put them in a separate .ipk.

For best performance, I found (and I can't believe I'm recommending this) that it works better if you overclock your machine.  [20 seconds to load instead of 30!]  Also, I expect that if you had a swap partition that it would work better for you.


DEPENDANCIES:

I believe I entered the dependancies into the .ipk correctly.  But, if you are like me, and don't have automatic dependancies working, the following may be useful (note that all version numbers are from the 1.1.0beta1 feeds.  I have no idea if it'll work with earlier versions.):

You most likely need to install the following:

• libxslt_1.1.0_armv5tel.ipk
  
• gnome-vfs_2.10.0_armv5tel.ipk
  
• gconf_2.10.0-1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libbonobo_2.8.1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• orbit2_2.10.2_armv5tel.ipk

You probably don't need to install these dependancies, as I believe they come with the standard pdaXrom install.

• gtk2_2.6.2_armv5tel.ipk
  
• atk_1.10.1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• pango_1.10.0_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libstdcxx_5.0.5_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libxml2_2.6.13-1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libpng_1.2.5_armv5tel.ipk
  
• popt_1.7_armv5tel.ipk
  
• glib2_2.8.1-1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• xfree_4.4.0_armv5tel.ipk
  
• fontconfig_2.2.96_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libiconv_1.9.2_armv5tel.ipk
  
• freetype_2.1.9_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libz_2.3_armv5tel.ipk
  
• glibc_2.2.5_armv5tel.ipk
  
• libgcc_1_armv5tel.ipk
  
• expat_1.95.8_armv5tel.ipk

WHAT'S NEXT?

Well, I'd like to hear how well it works for you.  If you'd like to mirror the files, go right ahead.  I hope to look at the code and see if I can make it work better for the Z, but I'm not giving any guarantees that it can be made to work better.

Oh, and I hope to post some more build notes, for anyone who is interested.

Armagon
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Not sure if this is the right place to put this but on my C3100 running 1.1.0beta1 inkscape starts up in under 11 seconds and other than the large screen it's great, just what I needed. Thanks for all your hard work.

cycle_55

[Armagon]

Not sure if this is the right place to put this but on my C3100 running 1.1.0beta1 inkscape starts up in under 11 seconds and other than the large screen it's great, just what I needed. Thanks for all your hard work.

cycle_55
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Wow!  I'm envious.  Glad to hear it works so well.  

Thanks for the feedback -- it is always nice to know one's work is appreciated.

Armagon

[Jon_J]

I know this is a really old post, but I cannot save my preferences under "Documents Preferences".
Should there be an [OK] or [Close] or [Apply] button. there is a large area at the bottom of the dialog, that is blank.
I'm trying to set my paper size, and using the enter key on my zaurus, doesn't close the dialog.
If I close the dialog, using the 'x' at the top, after setting my paper size, it doesn't save the preferences.
I also tried holding my pointer over the blank spot where a button should be, and clicking it or using enter on the keyboard.
There seems to be an absence of the button there.

Thanks for this really cool app! This is the closest thing to CorelDraw I have found for the Zaurus
There used to be some very basic, simple vector draw programs around during the Windows 3.1 days, but they have all seemed to have disappeared...

[desertrat]

If I close the dialog, using the 'x' at the top, after setting my paper size, it doesn't save the preferences.

It works for me (v0.43). Does the paper size change immediately (ie before you close dialog)?

Inkscape seems to follow its own demented rules for gui design and the absence of [OK] / [Cancel] appears to be intentional.

[Jon_J]

Yes the paper size is saved, but if I start inkscape at a later time, I have to input my paper size and orientation once again, unless I open a previously saved file.
It doesn't remember that I use inches for paper size. I guess I'll have to get used to it, I'm used to Coreldraw. It saved all preferences  for all documents, unless you told it not to.
I'm using the one downloaded from this thread, I had to look in package manager, cause help about didn't open. it's 0.43-Z1

[Jon_J]

Is there a way to import Coreldraw graphics into inkscape?
Is there a place I can get all the graphics file import/export filters all at one location?

EDIT: These extensions are not present.
I edited this post, but decided to leave this long list of extensions here for reference.
This is a copy of /home/root/.inkscape/extension-errors.log (just after install and first run)

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Extension "GIMP Gradients" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: plugin
  location: path
  string: gimpgrad

Extension "Dia Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: dia
  description: In order to import Dia files, Dia itself must be installed.  You can get Dia at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/

Extension "Text Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: perl

Extension "EPSI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: ps2epsi

Extension "AI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: gs

Extension "PDF Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: ps2pdf

Extension "AI Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: perl

Extension "DXF Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: dxf2svg
  description: dxf2svg may come with Inkscape, but is also at http://dxf-svg-convert.sourceforge.net/

Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: pstoedit

Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: extension
  location: path
  string: org.inkscape.input.ps

Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: gs

Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: skconvert

Extension "Windows Metafile Input" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: wmf2svg

Extension "DXF Output" failed to load because a dependency was not met.
Dependency::
  type: executable
  location: path
  string: pstoedit
  description: pstoedit must be installed to run see http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit

[Drake01]

Yes the paper size is saved, but if I start inkscape at a later time, I have to input my paper size and orientation once again, unless I open a previously saved file.
It doesn't remember that I use inches for paper size. I guess I'll have to get used to it, I'm used to Coreldraw. It saved all preferences  for all documents, unless you told it not to.
I'm using the one downloaded from this thread, I had to look in package manager, cause help about didn't open. it's 0.43-Z1
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The man page suggests that you may be able to edit the config file.  If this is a "saveable" preference, it would probably be listed in this file.  You could try editing this file directly and see if that buys you anything.

From the [a href=\"http://inkscape.modevia.com/inkscape-man.html]Unix man page:[/url]
The preferences.xml configuration file located in ~/.inkscape/ is used to customize the application settings for the user.

[Jon_J]

Thanks, that doesn't help me because it's not a plain text file. it's an xml file. it's formatted in a way that is unfamiliar to me, but thanks anyway. I'm a complete newb when it comes to editing files other than plain text files. I was hoping for some hidden setting in inkscape itself, buried in a menu somewhere.

[desertrat]

Yes the paper size is saved, but if I start inkscape at a later time, I have to input my paper size and orientation once again, unless I open a previously saved file.

Maybe create a (some) blank document(s) with your commonly used defaults?

Is there a way to import Coreldraw graphics into inkscape?

I wish there was. I don't think there are any CDR converters around. What I did once was to write a coreldraw script which went through all the clipart files and exported them as WMF (so I could use them in OOo).

[Jon_J]

one last question desertrat.
What about *.cgm files?
These used to be very popular and I have a ton of them besides my 5 to 6 versions of Coreldraw CD's laying around, going back to 3.0
EDIT: Is there a complete list of import/export filters for inkscape somewhere?

[Meanie]

one last question desertrat.
What about *.cgm files?
These used to be very popular and I have a ton of them besides my 5 to 6 versions of Coreldraw CD's laying around, going back to 3.0
EDIT: Is there a complete list of import/export filters for inkscape somewhere?
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on the inkscape website?