trunk/pages/devel.html

title: Skencil / Development

See 
<a href="https://wald.intevation.org/projects/skencil/">Skencil's
project page on Wald</a> 
and the 
<a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/skencil/">old
project page on Savannah</a>. 


<h2><a name="N0" id="N0">Stable Version Branch</a></h2>

<blockquote>
<pre>
svn checkout https://scm.wald.intevation.org/svn/skencil/skencil/branches/skencil-0.6
</pre>
</blockquote>

<h2><a name="N1" id="N1">Development Version Branch</a></h2>

<p>Development versions have an odd minor release number. The
current development series is 0.7.x.</p>
<p>The main goals of this development series are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Port to GTK+</li>
<li>Multi-document interface</li>
<li>Multi font, fully integrated multi line text</li></ul>

There is a TODO file in the development source archive.
 
<p>If you're new to Skencil, please note that the user-interface in
the current development versions is very incomplete during
the porting of Skencil from Tk to GTK. To get an idea of what
Skencil already can do, please have a look at the stable releases
first.</p>

<!-- 
<h2>Status</h2>
<p>The current development version is 0.7.12. The most important
changes since version 0.7.11:</p>
<ul>
<li>Basic translucency support for raster images.</li>
<li>An export filter for EPS</li>
<li>The updates to the CGM filters and the bugfixes for the SVG and
CMX import filters that are also in 0.6.15</li></ul>
<br />
<br />
 
<p><a href="devnotes.html#N1">More detailed release notes</a>.</p>
<p>
<a href="<!--download root-->/src/sketch/sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz">sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz</a>
(587K).</p>
<p>To decrease the file sizes, I've split the font-metrics into a
separate file,
<a href="<!--download root-->/sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz">sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz</a>
(130K). The metrics in this file are the same as in the stable
series, so if you already have that, you don't need this file.</p>
<hr />
-->


<h2><a name="N2" id="N2">Sources</a></h2>
<p>The sources of the development branch of Skencil directly 
available from the 
<a href="https://wald.intevation.org/scm/?group_id=5"
>its SVN repository</a>.
<p>

To check out the main development branch out with
<blockquote>
<pre>
svn checkout https://scm.wald.intevation.org/svn/skencil/skencil/trunk
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>Later, you can use</p>
<blockquote>
<pre>
svn update 
</pre>
</blockquote>
 
<p>to update your copy of the sources to the latest version.</p>

<h2>Binaries</h2>

<p>Binaries of the development version of Skencil 
are available for the following platforms:</p>

<h3>Windows</h3>

    <blockquote>
    <p>
      An older development version
      is delivered for Windows as self-executable Python Distutils installer.
      See <a href="faq.html#FAQ5">FAQ</a> for answers and troubleshooting.
      Contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Joonas Paalasmaa</a>
      if you have questions regarding the Windows port.
    </p>
    <h4>
      Download:
    </h4>
    <p>
      <a href="http://www.hut.fi/~jpaalasm/files/Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe">
          Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe</a> (755 kb) <br/>
      See <a href="http://www.hut.fi/~jpaalasm/files/Releases">Releases</a> for the changelog.
    </p>
    <h4>
      Required components:
    </h4>
    <p><b>Python</b><br />
    Get Python from <a href="http://www.python.org/download/">Python download
    page</a>. The current version of Skencil works only with the version 2.3 of
    Python.</p>

    <p><b>Python Imaging Library</b><br />
    The Windows installer of PIL can be can be downloaded from
    <a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">PythonWare</a>.
    Download the newest version for Python 2.3.</p>

    <p><b>PyGTK</b><br />
    You can find a Windows installer of PyGTK at
    <a href="http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/">Cedric Gustin's
    web site</a>. Download any version that supports GTK+ version 2 and
    Python 2.3.</p>


    <p><b>GTK+ Runtime Environment</b><br />
    You can get the GTK+ runtime for Windows either from
    <a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/">Jernej Simoncic's GIMP page</a>
    or from <a href="http://www.dropline.net/gtk/download.php">Dropline.net</a>.
    If you use the former one, you can also run GIMP 2.0 on the same machine.</p>

    <p><b>LibArt</b><br />
    GnuWin32 project provides a Windows version of LibArt at their
    <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617&amp;package_id=52070">download page</a>.
Extract libart_lgpl.dll to any directory listed in the 'PATH' environment variable.</p>
    </blockquote>


<h2>Required software</h2>

<h3>Python, Python Imaging Library, XML (optional)</h3>
<p>These are basically the same as for the stable version, but
you'll need at least version 1.0 of the Python Imaging Library. You
need at least Python 2.1 (available from
<a href="http://python.org/download/">http://python.org/download/</a>.
The Python Imaging Library is available from
<a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm</a>.</p>
<p>For platform specific notes and binary packages, see the
<a href="download.html#N2">download page</a> for the stable
series.</p>
<p>If you want to use the SVG import filter, you also need the
<a href="http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/download.html">Python XML
package</a>. This package is optional, you don't need it for
anything other than the SVG import filter.</p>

<h3>GTK+, PyGTK and GNOME</h3>
<p>Skencil now uses GTK+ instead of Tk. You can get GTK+ from
<a href="http://www.gtk.org/">http://www.gtk.org/</a>, you need at
least GTK+ 2.x.</p>
<p>You also need version 2.x of
<a href="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/">PyGTK</a>, the Python
bindings for GTK+.</p>
<p>For anti-aliased rendering you also need libart, the rendering
library used by the GNOME canvas. libart is part of the gnome-libs
package available at
<a href="http://www.gnome.org/">http://www.gnome.org/</a>, but it's
also <a href="http://www.artofcode.com/libart.html">available
separately</a>.</p>
1	jpaalasm	606	title: Skencil / Development
2
3	bernhard	650	See
4			<a href="https://wald.intevation.org/projects/skencil/">Skencil's
5			project page on Wald</a>
6			and the
7			<a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/skencil/">old
8			project page on Savannah</a>.
9
10
11			<h2><a name="N0" id="N0">Stable Version Branch</a></h2>
12
13			<blockquote>
14			<pre>
15			svn checkout https://scm.wald.intevation.org/svn/skencil/skencil/branches/skencil-0.6
16			</pre>
17			</blockquote>
18
19			<h2><a name="N1" id="N1">Development Version Branch</a></h2>
20
21	jpaalasm	606	<p>Development versions have an odd minor release number. The
22			current development series is 0.7.x.</p>
23			<p>The main goals of this development series are:</p>
24			<ul>
25			<li>Port to GTK+</li>
26			<li>Multi-document interface</li>
27			<li>Multi font, fully integrated multi line text</li></ul>
28
29	bernhard	650	There is a TODO file in the development source archive.
30	jpaalasm	606
31			<p>If you're new to Skencil, please note that the user-interface in
32	bernhard	650	the current development versions is very incomplete during
33			the porting of Skencil from Tk to GTK. To get an idea of what
34	jpaalasm	606	Skencil already can do, please have a look at the stable releases
35			first.</p>
36
37			<!--
38			<h2>Status</h2>
39			<p>The current development version is 0.7.12. The most important
40			changes since version 0.7.11:</p>
41			<ul>
42			<li>Basic translucency support for raster images.</li>
43			<li>An export filter for EPS</li>
44			<li>The updates to the CGM filters and the bugfixes for the SVG and
45			CMX import filters that are also in 0.6.15</li></ul>
46			<br />
47			<br />
48
49			<p><a href="devnotes.html#N1">More detailed release notes</a>.</p>
50			<p>
51			<a href="<!--download root-->/src/sketch/sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz">sketch-0.7.12.tar.gz</a>
52			(587K).</p>
53			<p>To decrease the file sizes, I've split the font-metrics into a
54			separate file,
55			<a href="<!--download root-->/sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz">sketch-fontmetrics-0.7.0.tar.gz</a>
56			(130K). The metrics in this file are the same as in the stable
57			series, so if you already have that, you don't need this file.</p>
58			<hr />
59			-->
60
61
62			<h2><a name="N2" id="N2">Sources</a></h2>
63	bernhard	650	<p>The sources of the development branch of Skencil directly
64			available from the
65	bernhard	673	<a href="https://wald.intevation.org/scm/?group_id=5"
66	bernhard	650	>its SVN repository</a>.
67			<p>
68
69			To check out the main development branch out with
70	jpaalasm	606	<blockquote>
71			<pre>
72	bernhard	650	svn checkout https://scm.wald.intevation.org/svn/skencil/skencil/trunk
73	jpaalasm	606	</pre>
74			</blockquote>
75	bernhard	650
76	jpaalasm	606	<p>Later, you can use</p>
77			<blockquote>
78			<pre>
79	bernhard	650	svn update
80	jpaalasm	606	</pre>
81			</blockquote>
82
83	bernhard	650	<p>to update your copy of the sources to the latest version.</p>
84	jpaalasm	606
85			<h2>Binaries</h2>
86
87	bernhard	650	<p>Binaries of the development version of Skencil
88			are available for the following platforms:</p>
89	jpaalasm	606
90			<h3>Windows</h3>
91
92			<blockquote>
93			<p>
94	bernhard	650	An older development version
95	jpaalasm	606	is delivered for Windows as self-executable Python Distutils installer.
96	jpaalasm	613	See <a href="faq.html#FAQ5">FAQ</a> for answers and troubleshooting.
97			Contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Joonas Paalasmaa</a>
98			if you have questions regarding the Windows port.
99	jpaalasm	606	</p>
100			<h4>
101			Download:
102			</h4>
103			<p>
104	jpaalasm	630	<a href="http://www.hut.fi/~jpaalasm/files/Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe">
105	jpaalasm	606	Sketch-2004-01-20.win32-py2.3.exe</a> (755 kb) <br/>
106	jpaalasm	630	See <a href="http://www.hut.fi/~jpaalasm/files/Releases">Releases</a> for the changelog.
107	jpaalasm	606	</p>
108			<h4>
109			Required components:
110			</h4>
111			<p><b>Python</b><br />
112			Get Python from <a href="http://www.python.org/download/">Python download
113			page</a>. The current version of Skencil works only with the version 2.3 of
114			Python.</p>
115
116			<p><b>Python Imaging Library</b><br />
117			The Windows installer of PIL can be can be downloaded from
118			<a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">PythonWare</a>.
119			Download the newest version for Python 2.3.</p>
120
121			<p><b>PyGTK</b><br />
122			You can find a Windows installer of PyGTK at
123			<a href="http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/">Cedric Gustin's
124			web site</a>. Download any version that supports GTK+ version 2 and
125			Python 2.3.</p>
126
127
128			<p><b>GTK+ Runtime Environment</b><br />
129			You can get the GTK+ runtime for Windows either from
130			<a href="http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/">Jernej Simoncic's GIMP page</a>
131			or from <a href="http://www.dropline.net/gtk/download.php">Dropline.net</a>.
132			If you use the former one, you can also run GIMP 2.0 on the same machine.</p>
133
134			<p><b>LibArt</b><br />
135			GnuWin32 project provides a Windows version of LibArt at their
136			<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617&package_id=52070">download page</a>.
137			Extract libart_lgpl.dll to any directory listed in the 'PATH' environment variable.</p>
138			</blockquote>
139
140
141
142
143
144
145			<h2>Required software</h2>
146
147			<h3>Python, Python Imaging Library, XML (optional)</h3>
148			<p>These are basically the same as for the stable version, but
149			you'll need at least version 1.0 of the Python Imaging Library. You
150			need at least Python 2.1 (available from
151			<a href="http://python.org/download/">http://python.org/download/</a>.
152			The Python Imaging Library is available from
153			<a href="http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm">http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm</a>.</p>
154			<p>For platform specific notes and binary packages, see the
155			<a href="download.html#N2">download page</a> for the stable
156			series.</p>
157			<p>If you want to use the SVG import filter, you also need the
158			<a href="http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/download.html">Python XML
159			package</a>. This package is optional, you don't need it for
160			anything other than the SVG import filter.</p>
161
162			<h3>GTK+, PyGTK and GNOME</h3>
163			<p>Skencil now uses GTK+ instead of Tk. You can get GTK+ from
164			<a href="http://www.gtk.org/">http://www.gtk.org/</a>, you need at
165			least GTK+ 2.x.</p>
166			<p>You also need version 2.x of
167	jpaalasm	613	<a href="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/">PyGTK</a>, the Python
168	jpaalasm	606	bindings for GTK+.</p>
169			<p>For anti-aliased rendering you also need libart, the rendering
170			library used by the GNOME canvas. libart is part of the gnome-libs
171			package available at
172			<a href="http://www.gnome.org/">http://www.gnome.org/</a>, but it's
173			also <a href="http://www.artofcode.com/libart.html">available
174			separately</a>.</p>
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