Hi Alexandre, thanks for the feedback, I was wondering if some of the features I was reading about were actually going to be included as there wasn't any sign of them in the devel version of Inkscape. I will refine my ToDo list based on your comments and then send it back in to the group.
Regards, John On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 14:54 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM, John & Melonie Curwood wrote: > > > 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. > > This is perfectly fine. We reused released notes a lot during 1st > stage of work on the manual :) > > > Interface > > Update info on toolbars. (new toolbar, toolbars are > > resizeable...etc) > > But make the snapping options toolbar section short there. It's better > to still have a separate section on snapping IMO :) > > > SVG Fonts? (don't know if this would have high enough use to add) > > I can add this information, but first we need to be sure that this > will go to 0.47. It looks like this is a broken feature due to some > bugs in a third party library (Cairo). > > > Organising Objects > > Layers > > Chapter needs updating. > > Before you do this, we need to revert a cosmetic change in UI :) > > > Add Chapters For some of the new effects. > > e.g. Sketch, Hatches, von Koch, Knot, Perspective Paths, > > Spiro > > Splines, Envelope and lattice deformations...etc > > Not all of the ones mentioned in release notes will be in 0.47. > > > 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.) > > SVG Filters should be separate from Extensions > > > Advanced > > Input Devices/Device Configuration?? > > Nothing has changed there for 0.47. The new dialog won't be released this > time. > > > Updates to the inkscape preferences dialogue?? > > Yep > > > Colour Management > > Didi we have any changes there? IIRC even the Win32 bug wasn't fixed. > > > General notes and Topics I'm not sure where to add. > > Review all chapters for references to the effects/Extensions menu > > Yes > > > Linked bitmaps update – where to add – should there be a working with > > bitmaps section, which could include the tracing bitmaps chapter. > > Good point > > > Object Properties now include Title/Description/Interactivity > > attributes. - where to add? > > I wish I knew. Lemme think more. > > > 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??) > > Working with files, in my opinion > > Thank you very much for your work! > > Alexandre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
