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title: Skencil, a vector drawing program |
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<h2>Latest news</h2> |
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<b>2006-03-28:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID20" |
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>Skencil mailinglists migrated to wald.intevation.de</a> |
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<b>2006-03-08:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID19" |
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>Debian Sarge backport available</a> |
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<b>2006-02-18:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID18" |
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>Daniel Baumann official Debian Maintainer</a> |
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<b>2006-01-03:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID17" |
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>New Softproof plugin (colour management); |
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updated Debian packages and screenshots</a> |
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<b>2005-10-30:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID16" |
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>New Gallery Image: Anna04</a> |
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<b>2005-09-20:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID15" |
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>Build notes for Mac OS X</a> |
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<b>2005-07-12:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID14" |
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>New Binaries and request for packaging help</a> |
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<b>2005-06-19:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID13" |
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>New stable version, Skencil 0.6.17</a> |
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<b>2005-03-10:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID12" |
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>Experimental binary packages for 0.6.17pre3</a> |
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<b>2005-01-20:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID11" |
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>Waratah plant drawing new in gallery</a> |
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<b>2004-12-06:</b> <a href="news.html#newsID10" |
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>German Manual updated</a> |
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<p><a href="news.html">More news...</a></p> |
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<h2>Introduction to Skencil</h2> |
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<p>Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing |
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appliction. Known to run on |
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<a href="platforms.html">GNU/Linux and other |
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UNIX-compatible systems</a>, it is a flexible and |
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powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other |
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purposes.</p> |
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<p>A somewhat unique (for a drawing program) feature of |
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Skencil is that it is implemented almost completely in a |
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very high-level, interpreted language, |
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<a href="links.html">Python</a>. Python is powerful, |
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object-oriented and yet easy to use.</p> |
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<p>Just a few highlights about Skencil's features</p> |
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<li>Bézier Curves</li> |
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<li>Transformed text and images</li> |
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<li>Bézier curves, rectangles and ellipses can |
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be used as guides</li> |
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<li>Gradient fills</li> |
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<li>Blend groups</li> |
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<li>Writes EPS files</li> |
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<li><a href="features.html#N2">Text along a |
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path</a></li> |
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<li><a href="features.html">many more...</a></li> |
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<h2>Status</h2> |
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<p>The current stable release is 0.6.17. Skencil is quite |
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usable already, even for production use, in my opinion. |
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The low version number is mainly due to lack of some |
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important features such as good text support.</p> |
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<p>The 0.6.x series will likely see minor improvements |
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over time, but no major changes to the core. There may be |
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more improvements in the import and export filters, |
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though.</p> |
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<p>Real development takes place in the unstable 0.7.x |
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<a href="devel.html">developer series</a>. Among the |
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major goals of this series is a port to GTK+, better text |
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support and a multi document interface.</p> |
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<p>The 0.7.x series of Skencil also supports more operating systems |
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(including Microsoft Windows) because GTK+ is ported to many platforms.</p> |
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<h2>Features</h2> |
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<p>In addition to the standard features (rectangles, ellipses, curves, text |
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etc.) that you expect from a vector drawing program, Skencil also has some |
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more advanced features like possibility to bend text along a path. See the |
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<a href="features.html">features page</a> for a comprehensive list of |
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features.</p> |
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<h2>Requirements</h2> |
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<p>Apart from the sources of Skencil, you need some |
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additional software. See the |
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<a href="download.html">download page</a> for details |
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on what software and where you can get it.</p> |
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<p>For Skencil to work properly with transformed text, |
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you also need an X-server capable of scaling and |
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transforming fonts. (XFree86 does support this. |
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Otherwise, you need X11R6 as far as I know).</p> |
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<p>Skencil currently supports only TrueColor visuals with |
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depths of 15, 16, 24 or 32 bits and 8-bit PseudoColor |
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visuals.</p> |
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<h2><a name="N2" id="N2">Contact & Mailing |
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list</a></h2> |
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<p>There's a mailing list for all Skencil-related topics. |
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You can subscribe to it via the web-interface at |
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<a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sketch-list"> |
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http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sketch-list</a> |
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or by sending a mail with the word subscribe in the |
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subject to |
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[email protected]</a>.</p> |
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<p>You can also |
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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">contact |
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me directly</a>, although I'd prefer to discuss things on |
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the mailing list.</p> |
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<p>If you want to report bugs, please have a look at the |
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=100828&group_id=828&func=browse"> |
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bug tracker</a> first.</p> |
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<p>New versions are announced on the mailing list, on the |
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SourceForge |
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<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sketch">Skencil |
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page</a> and on |
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<a href="http://freshmeat.net/">freshmeat</a>.</p> |
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<h2>License</h2> |
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<p>Skencil itself is published under the terms of the |
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<a href="LGPL">GNU Library General Public License |
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(LGPL)</a>. Some of the code distributed with Skencil is |
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not directly part of Skencil and is distributed under a |
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Python-style license.</p> |
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<p>I've put it under the LGPL, because many parts of |
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Skencil can be used as a library (and are used by Skencil |
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that way), and the LGPL is less restrictive than the |
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normal GNU General Public License when it comes to |
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distributing an LGPL'ed library with software covered by |
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a different license.</p> |
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