WhiteBoard

2011-12-16T20:30:37Z

Brucevdk: disabled since 0.47

'''NOTE:''' The Whiteboard functionality discussed in this articled was [http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47#No_more_Whiteboard disabled in 0.47] (due to its broken state)

Pedro is the name of the whiteboard on inkscape, it allow to share the canvas, and work at several people on a same picture.

==Status==
Please, if you add test on the status, finish your post with a 4 times ~ (this is a mediawiki signature, with date) for understanding tests chronology

===(05/02/08)===
* Pedro can be used to register new user
* chat to another buddy works
* connection can be established with another inkscape
* In my case, two computers behind the same NAT router, with two accounts, the connction for sharing drawing works, but any test for drawing on canvas result to a read socket error on other canvas, then write socket error on the userd canvas.
[[User:Popolon2|Popolon]] 21:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

===(10/01/08)===
Can connect to im.apinc.org. I tried to google.com xmpp server few month ago it worked (but I lost my login informations).(Inkscape SVN)

This error was in the SVN version in september 2007 with aping.org too, and was corrected since :
Tried with jabber.linux.it, it establishes rightly a connection and can see my buddy list; it works for chatting, but I have no-one to try sharing a draw (In parallel I've had a pidgin session, with didn't experience any trouble).
CANT connect to jabber.org:5222, SASL error.

After the dev, Dale Harvey : When I stopped working on the whiteboard it wasnt stable but was able to share most document changes, but didnt share defs / metadata etc

===(16/01/06)===
<p>Can connect to both gristle.org and jabber.org using pedro, on establishing a whiteboard connection the reciever crashes</p>

== How to have whiteboard enable ==
You must compile inkscape with the configure option --enable-whiteboard

./configure --prefix=/my/installed/inkscape/path/ --enable-whiteboard &&
make &&
make install
# (or 'make install-strip' to remove debug symbols, but we could need it here).

then launch Inkscape.

=== launching Pedro whiteboard ===
there is a menu '''Whiteboard''' between Effects and Help menues.

Choose '''Whiteboard=>Instant Messaging...'''

A new window pop up called '''Pedro XMPP Client'''.

=== connecting to the server ===
Use menu '''File=>Connect''' to connect to the server.
Enter commons jabber parameters (if you have no jabber account you can test the creation of a new one), then connect.
* If you already have contact with your account, they will be displayed in the Buddies window.
* If your evereyday jabber IM client is launched, you will see yourself with this client. resource.

Then start the conversation with your friend, or start to share your canvas...

=== Sharing the canvas ===
'''Click'' on your friend or contact '''buddy''' with '''right mouse button''' and choose from '''contextual menu''': '''share whiteboard'''

A new window will popup requesting you to choose which document to share :
* The current document (the name of the actual document in the list).
* A new document (Blank Document on the list).

select it and click on Open. A new window will popup with 'Inkboard session (youruser@server/resource to otheruser@server/resource).

This is the working whiteboard....

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