Inkscape Wiki - User contributions [en]

Help wanted

2007-01-29T03:50:23Z

Mlt: Update page

== Help Wanted ==

This page lists easy, entry-level type tasks where help is needed.
These tasks focus on non-coding, or light-coding activities that are
desperately needed right now.

If you complete one of these tasks, please mark it (DONE) with your
name (so we know who to give thanks to!) If you discover other tasks
that you think others could do, please list them here.

=== Inkscape Planning ===

One of Inkscape's secrets to success is that we plan our work out, track tasks carefully, and work to keep all the todo lists trim and under control. Obviously, no coding experience is needed here. You'll need to have an eye for order, and it helps to know a bit about what's going on with Inkscape development but that isn't required.

* Update the Inkscape [[Roadmap]] - Compare what's listed there with what's been recently added to the [[ReleaseNotes]], and to recently closed Feature Requests and Bugs in the Inkscape Tracker. Mark things done in the roadmap as appropriate (and indicate who did them).
* Find more tasks to add to [[HelpWanted]]
* [[UpdatingTrackerItems|Update Tracker Items]] - See that page for details. Inkscape prides itself in keeping good track of bugs, features, and patches. No coding ability is required. This is an excellent way to help keep Inkscape chugging along. In particular:
** The low priority bugs (level 3) should be reviewed. Some may be fixed by now, others may be out of date or irrelevant.
** Try recreating the new bugs (those at level 5). Add a comment whether you can or cannot recreate them.
** Search for duplicate or redundant feature requests, and mark the dupes.
* Go through [[NewFeatureProposals]] and pull in ideas from the Feature Request task tracker. Add more details (be creative!) to expand and unify the ideas. Sketch out some mockups if you so desire. Add a comment to the Feature Request with a pointer to the wiki page that discusses it.

=== Wiki Updating ===

The inkscape wiki is always in need of editing and maintenance. Inkscape depends on its community (that's you!) to keep the wiki organized and useful.

Items in need of updating:
* Ensure the formatting of different wiki pages is consistent. Make sure each page has a title, uses wiki syntax, etc.
* Search for spam. Easy, take a look at [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]], review what people have posted, delete any spam.
* Remove useless pages. There's a bit too many links on the main wiki page, so trimming will help reduce the clutter. Move pages to [[WikiAttic]] or move their contents into more useful sections.
** [[InkscapePopularity]] - appears abandoned and unfinished - maybe combine with another page?
** [[Free Desktop Graphic Suite]] - seems abandoned and unfinished
** [[AccessibleGraphics]]
** [[ModalInterfaces]] - maybe fold the basic ideas into [[DeveloperManual]]?
** [[TextUsability]] - maybe should be moved into the [[Roadmap]]?
** [[KeyboardShortcuts]] / [[KeyboardShortcutsToDo]] / [[KeyboardProfiles]] - maybe combine all of these? Docco seems to have been moved elsewhere
* Create a nicely laid out Inkscape Developer Wiki area
** Move the items that are extremely specific to Inkscape development into it. Don't move everything in the Developer Documentation section, though, as some of that is useful to users that are simply trying to troubleshoot problems. Items to move:
*** [[DeveloperManual]]
*** [[WorkingWithCVS]]
*** [[HandlingPreferences]]
*** [[AddSPObject]]
*** [[ReprListeners]]
*** [[InkscapeJanitors]]
*** Coding Style Discussion
*** [[FileTypes]]
*** Icons
*** [[InkscapeColor]]
*** [[PrintingSubsystem]]
*** SVG Tiny Compliance
*** CSS Support
*** [[TranslationInformation]]
*** [[ObjectManager]]
*** [[DialogsReorganization]]
*** Statusbar API
*** [[SubsystemRearchitecture]]
*** [[GtkMMification]]
*** [[PathRepresentaiton]]
*** Cairoification
*** [[ScribusInteroperability]]
*** Animation-(Timeline)
*** [[NewFeatureProposals]]
*** [[ExtensionArchitectureProposals]]
** Distinguish between development ideas/proposals, plans/specs, and documentation/techniques
** Add other useful links for reference documentation on topics of relevance to Inkscape development
*** [[OpenVG]]
*** [[OpenDocument]]
* Flesh out the [[DeveloperManual]] - we want to expand this into something that will provide a useful reference for new (and old!) developers.
** Pull in [[ErrorsAndWarnings]], [[DebuggingTips]], [[HandlingPreferences]], [[AddSPObject]], [[ReprListeners]]
** Look through other wiki pages for docs that really should be included in the [[DeveloperManual]] and move them there.
** Browse through the Inkscape-devel mailing list for development tips/tricks/suggestions to add
** Draw some diagrams or relevant pictures to include in the manual, to help break things up
** Create a Table of Contents
** Review and update the docs to more accurately match the state of the codebase
** Skim through the inkscape codebase for comments worth adding to the [[DeveloperManual]]

Completed items: (historical record)
* Merge [[ApplicationIcons]] and [[Icons]]. Also looks like these need editing and update in general. Merge Done --[[User:GigaClon|GigaClon]] 09:35, 21 June 2006 (PDT)
* Remove useless pages. There's a bit too many links on the main wiki page, so trimming will help reduce the clutter. Move pages to [[WikiAttic]] or move their contents into more useful sections.
** [[CPlusPlus]] / [[Pangoification]] - these are both done, the pages aren't really useful anymore. Done --[[User:GigaClon|GigaClon]] 07:45, 18 June 2006 (PDT)

=== Inkscape Promotion ===

Believe it or not, there are still people in the world who don't know about Inkscape. Your job is to fix this! Here are some ideas for helping to spread the word about Inkscape:

* Update [[InkscapeFeatures]] - Review recent changes to [[ReleaseNotes]] and make sure [[InkscapeFeatures]] capture all the major features we've got.
* Contact magazine publishers and ask that they include Inkscape coverage and/or copies of Inkscape in their magazine CD's

=== Inkscape Documentation ===

Inkscape users love having new tutorials, guides, and references.

* Help author, edit, translate, and review tutorials
* Join the Inkscape Manual team. This aims to compile a complete reference, so if writing Wikipedia articles appeals to you, you'll love this!
* Write more content for the website or wiki
* Get articles published about Inkscape on FootNotes, DeviantArt, FreshMeat, or other community sites

=== Making Screenshots ===

For a user, screenshots are perhaps the most important resource at inkscape.org. It's what most people look at first: they want pretty pictures.

Please see the [[MakingScreenshots]] page for fuller explanation of this topic and instructions on how to make screenshots and submit them to the [http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php gallery].

=== Inkscape Janitors ===

If you can code (even if you're new to coding), check out [[InkscapeJanitors]] for specific coding requests. Code it up, create a patch, and upload it to the patch tracker. Easy!

Category:About Inkscape

2006-09-13T06:19:19Z

Mlt: Remove german writeup and refer to other language wikis

Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's ([[W3C]]) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, PostScript, JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

For some great examples of what Inkscape can do, see the [[Galleries|galleries]]. Or why not jump right in, [http://www.inkscape.org/download.php grab a copy], then try the [http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html tutorial]!

To understand more about Inkscape, view the [[InkscapeFeatures|feature list]] and [[ProjectInfo|project information]].

=== About Inkscape in other languages ===
[[Quant_a_l%27Inkscape|Català]]

[[UeberInkscape|Deutsch]]

[[Acerca_de_Inkscape|Español]]

[[Sobre_o_Inkscape|Português]]

[[Category:Topics]]

Features of Inkscape

2006-04-25T04:58:13Z

Mlt: No-one has bothered to add any "planned features", so just remove it.

It is difficult to assess a program without knowing what it can and cannot do. Here is an overview of the features that are available in Inkscape, as well as features which are planned for the near future.

== Current Features ==

=== Object creation ===

* Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bezier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes)
* Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals
* Text tool (multiline text, full on-canvas editing)
* Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects)
* Clones ("live" linked copies of objects), including a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones

=== Object manipulation ===

* Affine transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values
* Z-order operations
* Grouping objects, with a way to "select in group" without ungrouping, or "enter the group" making it a temporary layer
* Layers, with a way to lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc; layers can form a hierarchical tree
* Copying and pasting objects
* Alignment and distribution commands

=== Fill and stroke ===

* Color selector (RGB, HSV, color wheel)
* Color picker tool
* Copy/paste style
* A gradient editor capable of multi-stop gradients
* Pattern fills (bitmap/vectors)
* Dashed strokes, with many predefined dash patterns
* Path markers (e.g. arrowheads)

=== Operations on paths ===

* Node editing: moving nodes and Bezier handles, node alignment and distribution, etc.
* Converting to path (for text objects or shapes), including converting stroke to path
* Boolean operations
* Path simplification, with variable threshold
* Path insetting and outsetting, including dynamic and linked offset objects
* Bitmap tracing (both color and b/w)

=== Text support ===

* Multi-line text
* Uses any installed outline fonts, including right-to-left scripts
* Kerning, letterspacing, linespacing adjustments
* Text on path (both text and path remain editable)
* Text in shape (fill shape following stroke)

=== Rendering ===

* Fully anti-aliased display
* Alpha transparency support for display and PNG export
* Complete "as you drag" rendering of objects during interactive transformations

=== Misc ===

* Live watching and editing the document tree in the XML editor
* PNG and [[PostScript]] export
* Command line options for export and conversions
* Perfectly compliant SVG format file generation and editing

:''The above lifted from the'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape Wikipedia].

== [[SourceForge]] Tracker ==

[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=604309&group_id=93438&func=browse Feature Requests on the [[SourceForge]].net tracker]

About Inkscape

2006-04-25T04:44:02Z

Mlt: Remove advertising and clean up sentence

Inkscape is an open source drawing tool that uses the World Wide Web Consortium's ([[W3C]]) scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include basic shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, and grouping. In addition, Inkscape supports Creative Commons' metadata, node-editing, layers, complex path operations, text-on-path, text-in-shape, and SVG XML editing. It also imports several formats like EPS, [[PostScript]], JPEG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

For some great examples of what Inkscape can do, see the [[Galleries|galleries]]. Or why not jump right in, [http://www.inkscape.org/download.php grab a copy], then try the [http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html tutorial]!

To understand more about Inkscape, view the [[InkscapeFeatures|feature list]] and [[ProjectInfo|project information]].

=== German ===

Inkscape ist ein kostenloses, open source, vektororientiertes Zeichenprogramm (SVG). Es ist vergleichbar mir Illustrator, Freehand und [[CorelDraw]]. Es werden viele SVG features unterstützt (Standardformen, Pfade, Text, Alpha, Transformationen, Gradienten und Gruppierung). Inkscape kann verschiedene Formate importieren (z.B. EPS, Postscript, JPEG, PNG, BMP,TIFF). Es exportiert PNG und verschiedene andere vektororientierte Grafikformate.

Inkscape

2006-04-21T23:44:17Z

Mlt: Remove Indian-specific google page

This is a freeform area for Inkscape development and discussion.
Curious about [[WikiSyntax]]?
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=== About Inkscape ===
* [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape Homepage]
* [[AboutInkscape]]
* [[InkscapeFeatures]]
* [[FAQ]] - Frequently Asked Questions
* [[ProjectInfo]]
* [[SupportedOperatingSystems]]
* [[Tools]] - Supporting Tools and Applications
* [[Galleries]]
* [[ArticlesAndPresentations]]
* [[TestimonialComments]]
* [[InkscapePopularity]]
* [[ContactInfo]] our heroes

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=== User Documentation ===
* [[InkscapeTerminology]]
* [[UserManual]]
* [http://inkscape.org/doc/basic/tutorial-basic.html Tutorial:Basic]
* [[InkscapeSVG]] vs. Plain SVG
* [[GettingExtensionsWorking]]
* [[GettingEffectsWorking]]
* [[WhatEffectsDo]]
* [[UsingTheConnectorTool]]
* [[Installing Fonts as a User]]

* [[ReleaseNotes]] for 0.44 and past
* [[PressRelease]] for 0.43 and past
* [[ArticleIntroducingInkscape0_40|Introducing Inkscape 0.40]]

* [[InkscapeTipWiki]]
* [[OtherProjects]] (outside links)
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=== Help Inkscape Without Coding ===

* [[PrintingConsensusPoll]]
* [[HelpWanted]]
* [[CreatingDists]]: how to build packages
* [[WebsiteEditing]]
* [[WritingNews]]
* [[UpdatingTrackerItems]]
* [[TutorialIdeas]]

* [[TestingInkscape]]

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=== Developer Documentation ===
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==== General ====
* [[DeveloperManual]]
* [[CompilingInkscape]]
* [[WorkingWithSVN]]
* [[HandlingPreferences]]: creating and using preference values
* [[AddSPObject]]: how to add a new SPObject type
* [[ReprListeners]]: responding to XML doc changes
* [[ErrorsAndWarnings]]: how to deal with reporting errors, warnings, and other messages
* [[DebuggingTips]]: random tips to help debug problems

* [[DeveloperTitles]]: terms for various roles in Inkscape
* [[InkscapeJanitors]]: small tasks that need doing
* [http://livarot.sourceforge.net/ Livarot]: for boolean ops
* [[ExtensionAttributes]]: currently defined attributes in Inkscape's XML namespace and what they do
* [[ExtensionsRepository]]: an Internet central for Inkscape Extensions

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==== Development Discussion ====
* [[Roadmap]]: the main todo list
* [[NewFeatureProposals]]
* [[ExtensionArchitectureProposals]]
* [[Coding Style|Coding Style Discussion]]
* [[FileTypes]]
* [[Icons]] (Application + Interface)
* [[ApplicationIcons]] ( more application + interface )
* [[InkscapeColor]]
* [[PrintingSubsystem]]
* [[SVG Competitors Plan]] - MS WVG vs SVG, etc
* [[SVG Tiny Compliance]]
* [[SVG Test Suite Compliance]] - [[W3C]] full test suite
* [[CSS Support]]
* [[OpenVG]] Standard (draft)
* [[OpenDocument proposal]]
* [[Googles Summer Of Code]]

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==== User Interface Discussion ====
* [[TranslationInformation]]
* [[AccessibleGraphics]]
* [[ObjectManager]]
* [[DialogsReorganization]]
* [[DialogReplacement]]
* [[ModalInterfaces]]
* [[TextUsability]]: text tool /dialog dialog
* [[KeyboardShortcutsToDo]]
** [[KeyboardProfiles]]: how you can help
* [[StatusbarAPI]]
* [[Animation-(Timeline)]]
* [[Free Desktop Graphic Suite]]

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==== Rearchitecture Discussion ====
* [[SubsystemRearchitecture]]
* [[CPlusPlus]]: Convert to C++
* [[Pangoification]]: replace font rendering subsystem
* [[GtkMMification]]: replace C boilerplate with gtkmm objects
* [[PathRepresentation]]
* [[Cairoification]]
* [[ScribusInteroperability]]

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* [[WikiAttic]]: pages that are no longer relevant but kept for historical value

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