Hi,
After my last talk with Joshua about updating the manual for the .47
release, I came across the pending release notes for .47. Using these I
made a list of updates or modifications that should be made to existing
or new chapters so the manual will line up with version .47. So I would
like a review and some recommendations made and then may be we could get
the list made into a to-do list on the FM inkscape page. The list that
I made was created from the material in the release notes for .47 not
from comparing .46 to .47 and I have noticed that some of the features
mentioned in the release notes are not present in my devel version.
whether these are still to be added or dropped I don't know.
I have pasted the list below.
Cheers,
John
Some Ideas For a to-do list
Sections
Introduction
Working With Files
Add: Auto-save
Modify: Clipboard is system wide, PS/PDF EPS Import/export
Interface
Update info on toolbars. (new toolbar, toolbars are
resizeable...etc)
Hovering over swatch shows name of swatch.
Toolbox
NodeTool
Add improvements – Especially Auto Node
Node tool able to edit clipping Paths/Masks without
releasing(maybe
add to multiple object ops section)
Tweak Tool
Add New Modes to Tweak tool Chapter
Add Mode Modifications to Tweak tool Chapter
Calligraphy Tool
Add: Modifications
Eraser Tool
Complete Chapter and Add to Section – Done
Review Chapter
Pen Tool
Add: 3 new modes, note on vector brushes
Pencil Tool
Add: note on vector brushes, Pencil sketch mode.
Modify: Smoothing parameters.
Text Tool
modify: PageUp/PageDown
Dropper Tool
modify: ToolControlBar for Dropper tool.
Toolbar operations need to be updated for several tools.
Paths
Boolean Path Operations
This chapter needs to be translated to English and finished
Add: Combine now works on groups.
Text
Add to Section:
Spell Checker,
Converting text to paths (in Text and Paths Chapter?),
SVG Fonts? (don't know if this would have high enough use to add)
Multiple Object Operations
Clip and Mask
Add: can edit nodes without releasing paths
Copy, Clone, and Duplicate
Add: command for re-linking clones, auto re-linking with
duplicate,
clone/original visualisation.
Positioning Objects
Grids Guides and Snapping
Needs to be translated and added to Positioning Objects section
Add: Snapping (including toolbar)
modify: grid information, Guides (rotating)
Align & Distribute
Modify: ability to treat objects as a group without having to 'Group'
them
Add: something about the space out option used in the transform
diagram.
Organising Objects
Layers
Chapter needs updating.
Styling Objects
Stroke Style
Add: Gesture based stroke width adjustment
Fill and Stroke
Add: Patter Editing mods (don't know if this would have high
enough
use to add)
Live Path Effects
With all the improvements made to this aspect of Inkscape it might be a
good idea to review the whole section
Introduction
Add: Paste Path Effect/Remove Path Effect, Effects can be added
to the
sides of a 3D box, Pen/Pencil tools work correctly with paths that have
had and LPE added, Path type parameters can link to existing shapes and
Text, LPE can be assigned to Groups, LPE stacking
Pattern along path
Add improvements including Text as input.
Add Chapters For some of the new effects.
e.g. Sketch, Hatches, von Koch, Knot, Perspective Paths, Spiro
Splines, Envelope and lattice deformations...etc
SVG Filters
Maybe talk about new and improved extension in this section. e.g.
Arrange>Restack, Modify Path>Add nodes, Printing>Add Printing Marks,
Render>3D Polyhedron, Render>Alphabet soup...etc (Because there are so
many, I would recommend adding them all under one chapter rather than as
individual chapters.)
Introduction
Note Changes around filters (e.g. filter editor was filter
effects)
Location and development of “Filters” top level menu.
The “no filter” display mode
Advanced
Input Devices/Device Configuration??
Updates to the inkscape preferences dialogue??
Colour Management
add: doc props dialogue
General notes and Topics I'm not sure where to add.
Review all chapters for references to the effects/Extensions menu
Linked bitmaps update – where to add – should there be a working with
bitmaps section, which could include the tracing bitmaps chapter.
Object Properties now include Title/Description/Interactivity
attributes. - where to add?
Note around exporting of blured objects – which should now include all
of the blur and not accidentally cut it off. (under working with files
or filters??)
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