New feature proposals

2009-07-13T22:34:21Z

Gman beginner: /* Review Inkscape RFE's and SodiPodi's Tasks */

=== Proposals for New Features ===

This page is for links to pages describing concepts, proposals, and specs for new features, major
architectural changes, large scale codebase refactorings, etc. As they are implemented, these
links should be moved to more appropriate areas of the Wiki.
The idea here is to enable everyone to hash out requirements and design of a potential new feature
in detail prior to implementation. See also: [[InkscapeExperimental]] and [[Roadmap]].
* [[User:Davidhewitt|Bottom Tool-bar update proposal]]: Outlines my proposal for a UI facelift for the Bottom Tool bar. Also introduces a new mode of operation for the palette itself.
* [[User:Bats|A user's list of suggestions/wishes]]: I recently finished a web project using Inkscape (mainly). This is a list of the things I wished it had, the things I liked but wanted to tweak and other observations as I was working. Perhaps it will help the programmers to see what a designer sees. I hope.
* [[InkscapeNeeds]]
* [[FeatureNotePad]]: use this for small notes and enhancement ideas, or for temporarily dumping feature requests (e.g. from mailing lists) before they are thought over, categorized, and put into pages of their own

* [[DirectoryReorgProposal]] [DONE]
* [[NonRecursiveMakefile]] [DONE]
* [[NewTools]]
* [[NetworkedEditing]]
* [[SharingDefs]]: Not exactly new, but need conversion/upgrade
* [[AdvancedFileAccess]]
* [[DocumentLayers]]
* [[PlugIns]]: This could be script ideas as well.
* [[HUD]]: putting head up displays on the sp-canvas
* [[PathOps]]
* [[InfoPalette]]
* [[ColorPalette]]
* [[UnitConversion]]
* [[ScriptingLanguages]] & options for handling extensibility
* [[TestingFramework]]: Creating testing framework
* [[PreferencesDialog]]
* [[BreadthFirstUndo]]
* [[CadInteroperability]]
* [[FontKerning]]
* [[PathfinderPalette]]
* [[PreserveOverTransform]]
* [[GimpInteraktion]]
* [[ClipTemplates]] - svg templates
* [[StockLibraryInterface]]
* [[Cairoification]]: replace svg renderer
* [[OpenPublishingToolsOrganization]]
* [[HelpMenu]]
* [[FormObject]]
* [[AST]]
* [[SpellCheckForTextNodes]]
* [[XML repair]] service for broken or weird files
* [[MoreUsableWorkingFolders]]
* [[SplitPaneUI]] View
* [[Pre-installed gradients]]
* [[rotate group of path points(knots)]]
* [[Searching within Inkscape]]
* [[UsingTheConnectorTool]] (various improvements to the Connector tool)
* [[PureSVG]]: SVG that plays well with others

=== Review Inkscape RFE's and [[SodiPodi]]'s Tasks ===

Please review the following links, extract ideas, and develop them further for inclusion and discussion on this WIKI page.

* [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604309 Inkscape RFE's]
* [http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3?section=development/tasks [[SodiPodi]] Task List] -- I think this link is outdated and leads to a wrong page. The newest release of Sodipodi is of june 2004. Although there is some activity on the svn uploads I would recommend removing this link or replacing it by [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sodipodi Sodipodi on Sourceforge]. --[[User:Gman beginner|Gman beginner]] 22:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[[Category:Developer Discussion]]

PreserveOverTransform

2009-07-13T22:12:20Z

Gman beginner:

[[PreserveOverTransform]]: the ability to optionally preserve certain attributes whilst transforming an object.

A good example is be the stroke width of a path. When you resize the path, the stroke also gets resized, making it fairly awkward to maintain a regular stroke width across several objects that you might be manipulating. It would be nice to be able to preserve the stroke width so it does not become inconsistent.

This should be controlled by toggle buttons in the selector toolbar. Things to preserve/not preserve separately:

* stroke width

* gradient fill

* pattern fill

* bitmap fill (when we have it)

* mask (when we have it)

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I'll have to second that opinion. For me being a beginner with inkscape (btw. I'm pretty impressed, thank you guys!) it took some time to figure out that there are possibilities to resize without changing the stroke width (e.g. via the rectangle tool). In my opinion the natural place to look for that option however would have been beside the field where you put in the size of the stroke.
* suggesting: a small lock icon next to the stroke style -> width field

as far as I see it, the first 3 wishes of the previous poster have been fulfilled (at least in Inkscape 0.46)

--[[User:Gman beginner|Gman beginner]] 22:12, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

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PreserveOverTransform