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  1. Information about trunk:
  2. ========================
  3. Since the package is based on trunk (development branch, HEAD), here a
  4. few links related to its status and to known issues:
  6. Release notes for 0.91, contains summary of the major changes
  7. since the release of the stable series 0.48.x:
  8. <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.91>
  10. Release notes for 0.92 (Draft, not very detailed yet), contains summary
  11. of major changes for future releases based on the next series 0.92.x:
  12. <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92>
  14. Milestone pages with links of issues known to be addressed in trunk:
  15. <https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.91>
  16. <https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92>
  19. Bug reporting:
  20. ==============
  21. If you encounter regressions with the OS X builds which seem unrelated
  22. to packaging and are not among those already reported, please consider
  23. filing a report in the bug tracker - please don't forget to provide
  24. information about which package was used (branch name and revision
  25. number is helpful for bug triage) when the bug occurred ;-)
  26. <https://launchpad.net/inkscape>
  28. If you encounter issues which are likely related to packaging (e.g. with
  29. the menu bar, keyboard shortcuts, extensions failing to work, etc.) -
  30. please report them directly to me for now. A short list of known issues
  31. and missing features is listed on the branch page, but there are
  32. certainly countless others.
  34. Exchange of data with other native apps via clipboard doesn't work as
  35. seamlessly as with earlier RC packages of Inkscape 0.48.4 discussed on
  36. the developer's mailing list because the GTK+ stack used for the package
  37. is not patched (this ought to be fixed upstream first).
  40. A few details about the package:
  41. ================================
  43. Settings
  44. --------
  45. The application packages based on current osxmenu branch store the
  46. settings here:
  47. "$HOME/Library/Application Support/org.inkscape.Inkscape/"
  48. and cache files here:
  49. "$HOME/Library/Caches/org.inkscape.Inkscape/"
  50. If you want to reset the preferences, quit Inkscape and rename or delete
  51. the two folders.
  54. Fonts
  55. -----
  56. The package is currently configured to load fonts from
  57. /System/Library/Fonts/
  58. /Network/Library/Fonts/
  59. /Library/Fonts/
  60. and
  61. $HOME/Library/Fonts/
  62. $HOME/.fonts/
  63. You can add additional directories by editing this file:
  64. "$HOME/Library/Application Support/org.inkscape.Inkscape/fontconfig/fonts.conf"
  65. (the format should be self-explanatory)
  68. Default font (sans-serif)
  69. -------------------------
  70. Current settings differ from Inkscape 0.48.x - the list of fallbacks for
  71. the generic 'sans-serif' font has been modified to match what
  72. (presumably) browsers on OS X use:
  73. <alias>
  74. <family>sans-serif</family>
  75. <prefer>
  76. <family>Helvetica</family>
  77. <family>Arial</family>
  78. <family>Lucida Grande</family>
  79. <family>Verdana</family>
  80. </prefer>
  81. </alias>
  82. This has the side-effect that SVG files with text likely render
  83. differently in the osxmenu-based package compared to Inkscape 0.48.2
  84. (X11) and earlier 0.48.4 RC packages (Quartz). I'm not sure what
  85. would be the better default... (same in Inkscape independent of
  86. platform/packaging, or same as in other SVG viewers on the
  87. specific platform).
  90. Theme
  91. -----
  92. The default theme right now was changed on user request to a dark theme
  93. with symbolic icons. The theme can be changed via custom extension, installed
  94. as 'Extensions > Inkscape on OS X > Change theme ...'.
  96. NOTE: custom theme is temporaily disabled with newest packages.
  99. Command-line support
  100. --------------------
  101. Command-line support (e.g. for use in scripts or makefiles) should have
  102. improved: relative paths to input and output files now work, and the
  103. script can be called via alias or even as symlink.
  105. Basic usage in the terminal:
  106. $ /path/to/Inkscape.app/Contents/MacOS/inkscape -V
  109. Debugging
  110. ---------
  111. The current package does not contain debug symbols (backtraces are of
  112. limited use). To run the main binary via debugger none-the-less (if you
  113. have Xcode and CLT installed), use these steps:
  115. $ # on Mavericks
  116. $ export INK_DEBUG=lldb
  117. $ /path/to/Inkscape.app/Contents/MacOS/inkscape
  119. then at the lldb prompt, type 'r' to run the app, and 'bt' to create a
  120. backtrace (after a crash).
  123. Extensions
  124. ----------
  125. Included helper apps: ps2pdf, UniConvertor 1.1.5, pstoedit, convert
  126. (ImageMagick).
  127. The package also includes a couple of custom extensions (for testing
  128. purposes) which are not part of a default Inkscape installation.
  131. Experimental SVG features
  132. -------------------------
  133. The builds offered for download have all experimental features enabled:
  134. - unstable (and buggy) experimental LPEs (in parts they are old, and
  135. unmaintained)
  136. - mesh gradient tool (no documentation available for basic usage)
  137. - CSS blend and compositing modes: <http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=1016>
  138. - SVG2 paint-order: <http://tavmjong.free.fr/blog/?p=1090>
  140. Note that experimental SVG(2) features are likely to only work on-canvas
  141. and for bitmap export, and not for cairo-based export formats like
  142. PDF/PS/EPS. Don't expect them to be supported by other SVG renderers either.
  144. Note that these features will not be enabled in stable release packages
  145. (unless they are no longer considered experimental).
  149. ================================
  150. 2015-03-01 <suv-sf at users.sf.net>
 
 

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