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title: Skencil / Development |
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<p>As with many other Free Software projects, development of Skencil |
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takes place in a separate development series. This approach to |
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development allows substantial changes and experimental features |
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without loss of stability and usability for the end user.</p> |
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<p>Development versions have an odd minor release number. The |
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current development series is 0.7.x.</p> |
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<p>The main goals of this development series are:</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>Port to GTK+</li> |
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<li>Multi-document interface</li> |
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<li>Multi font, fully integrated multi line text</li></ul> |
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<p>See the |
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<a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/skencil/">Skencil |
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project page on savannah</a>. and the TODO file in the development |
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source archive.</p> |
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<p>If you're new to Skencil, please note that the user-interface in |
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the current development versions is very incomplete as I'm |
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currently porting Skencil from Tk to GTK. To get an idea of what |
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Skencil already can do, please have a look at the stable releases |
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first.</p> |
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<h2>Status</h2> |
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<p>The current development version is 0.7.12. The most important |
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changes since version 0.7.11:</p> |
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<ul> |
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<li>Basic translucency support for raster images.</li> |
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<li>An export filter for EPS</li> |
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<li>The updates to the CGM filters and the bugfixes for the SVG and |
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CMX import filters that are also in 0.6.15</li></ul> |
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<p><a href="devnotes.html#N1">More detailed release notes</a>.</p> |
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<p> |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/src/sketch/sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz">sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz</a> |
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(587K).</p> |
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<p>To decrease the file sizes, I've split the font-metrics into a |
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separate file, |
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<a href="<!--download root-->/sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz">sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz</a> |
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(130K). The metrics in this file are the same as in the stable |
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series, so if you already have that, you don't need this file.</p> |
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<h2><a name="N2" id="N2">Sources</a></h2> |
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<p>The sources of the development branch of Skencil are now |
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available in <a href="http://cvs.gnome.org/">GNOME CVS</a> as the |
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<a href="http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/rview.cgi?cvsroot=/cvs/gnome&dir=sketch"> |
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module sketch</a>. Even if you don't have an account there, you can |
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still checkout the sources via anonymous CVS:</p> |
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<p>First you have to set an environment variable that points to the |
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gnome CVS repository</p> |
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<pre> |
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$ export CVSROOT=':pserver:[email protected]:/cvs/gnome' |
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</pre> |
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</blockquote> |
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and login |
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<pre> |
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$ cvs login |
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</blockquote> |
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There is no password, just hit return. You only have to login once. |
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Next checkout the sources with |
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<pre> |
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$ cvs -z3 checkout sketch |
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<p>Later, you can use</p> |
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<pre> |
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$ cvs -z3 update -Pd sketch |
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</pre> |
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<p>to update your copy of the sources to the latest version in CVS.</p> |
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<h2>Binaries</h2> |
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<p>Binaries of the CVS version of Skencil are available for the following |
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platforms:</p> |
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<h3>Windows</h3> |
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The development version |
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is delivered for Windows as self-executable Python Distutils installer. |
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See <a href="http://speedloop2000.com/skencil/w32faq.html">FAQ</a> for |
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answers and troubleshooting. |
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Download: |
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<a href="http://speedloop2000.com/skencil/Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe"> |
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Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe</a> (755 kb) <br/> |
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See <a href="http://speedloop2000.com/skencil/Releases">Releases</a> for the changelog. |
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Required components: |
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<p><b>Python</b><br /> |
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Get Python from <a href="http://www.python.org/download/">Python download |
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page</a>. The current version of Skencil works only with the version 2.3 of |
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Python.</p> |
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<p><b>Python Imaging Library</b><br /> |
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The Windows installer of PIL can be can be downloaded from |
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<a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">PythonWare</a>. |
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Download the newest version for Python 2.3.</p> |
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<p><b>PyGTK</b><br /> |
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You can find a Windows installer of PyGTK at |
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<a href="http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/">Cedric Gustin's |
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web site</a>. Download any version that supports GTK+ version 2 and |
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Python 2.3.</p> |
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<p><b>GTK+ Runtime Environment</b><br /> |
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You can get the GTK+ runtime for Windows either from |
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<a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/">Jernej Simoncic's GIMP page</a> |
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or from <a href="http://www.dropline.net/gtk/download.php">Dropline.net</a>. |
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If you use the former one, you can also run GIMP 2.0 on the same machine.</p> |
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<p><b>LibArt</b><br /> |
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GnuWin32 project provides a Windows version of LibArt at their |
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617&package_id=52070">download page</a>. |
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Extract libart_lgpl.dll to any directory listed in the 'PATH' environment variable.</p> |
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<h2>Required software</h2> |
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<h3>Python, Python Imaging Library, XML (optional)</h3> |
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<p>These are basically the same as for the stable version, but |
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you'll need at least version 1.0 of the Python Imaging Library. You |
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need at least Python 2.1 (available from |
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<a href="http://python.org/download/">http://python.org/download/</a>. |
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The Python Imaging Library is available from |
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<a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm</a>.</p> |
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<p>For platform specific notes and binary packages, see the |
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<a href="download.html#N2">download page</a> for the stable |
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series.</p> |
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<p>If you want to use the SVG import filter, you also need the |
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<a href="http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/download.html">Python XML |
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package</a>. This package is optional, you don't need it for |
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anything other than the SVG import filter.</p> |
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<h3>GTK+, PyGTK and GNOME</h3> |
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<p>Skencil now uses GTK+ instead of Tk. You can get GTK+ from |
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<a href="http://www.gtk.org/">http://www.gtk.org/</a>, you need at |
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least GTK+ 2.x.</p> |
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<p>You also need version 2.x of |
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<a href="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/pygtk/">PyGTK</a>, the Python |
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bindings for GTK+.</p> |
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<p>For anti-aliased rendering you also need libart, the rendering |
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library used by the GNOME canvas. libart is part of the gnome-libs |
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package available at |
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<a href="http://www.gnome.org/">http://www.gnome.org/</a>, but it's |
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also <a href="http://www.artofcode.com/libart.html">available |
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separately</a>.</p> |
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