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@@ -1,447 +0,0 @@ -583 lines -Inkscape 0.92 - -(definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) - -Release highlights - -Released on «YYYY-MM-DD». - -Manipulating Objects - -Objects Dialog - -New dialog for manipulating the object tree. - - • Drag and drop reordering of objects. - • Find, lock, and hide individual items. - • Shows individual objects as well as layers. - • Ability to change highlight color of objects. - • Ability to set blend mode per object. - -Imported from Ponyscape. - -Selection Sets Dialog - -New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by -document structure. - -Text - -Font Features - -It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative -glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must -also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. - -Vertical Text - -Support for vertical text layout has been improved. - - • The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now - rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. - • Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note - that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) - • The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in - rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. - -Accessibility - -Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. -This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to -reconstruct the text. - -Live Path Effects - -Now some suitable LPE's are applied to clips and mask. -Helper lines come again to live -Added to pen/pencil shape combo box the option to add a bend path directly - -Spiro Live - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ - -Extended video: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y> - -Based in Spiro Live Path Effect, now show result while drawing. - - • Nodes cusp (SHIFT) and Spiro. - • Handle append path on cusp and Spiro mode with helper preview path. - -Spirolive.gif - -BSpline - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ - -Extended video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE> - -Pen & Node mode - -Use BSpline Live Effect while creating and editing paths. - - • Pen and Pencil use - • Modes cusp(SHIFT) and BSpline while drawing. - • Handle append parhs with preview helper path. - • Handle weight of bspline (node tool) with handle movement. SHIFT key - required. - • Handle custom weight snaps with CTRL - -Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif - -Live Path Effect mode - -Bspline3.gif - - -The options in the Live effect dialog give you control on bspline paths. - - • Set to Default weight (0.3333 time of his curve segment). - • Make cusp nodes. - • Numeric input for weight. - • Steps with CONTROL snaps in node/handle editing. - • Ignore cusp nodes, affect to all other widgets changes and, for example, - retain cusp nodes when you change the power. - • Change only selected nodes, affect to all other widgets changes. - • Show a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. - - - -Roughen - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ -Roughen.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY - -This filter is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") -+ handle units. - -The parameters are similar to both extensions + a global randomizer. - - • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. - • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- - -Roughen.gif - -Simplify - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ -Simplify.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk - -Send the simplify command to a non-destructive live path effect. - - • Use on paths, shapes and groups of them. - • Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- - • User can change modify the threshold -preferences dialog- used by a numeric - parameter. - • Apply Simplify on stack. - -Simplify.gif - -Perspective/Envelope - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ -Perspective-envelope.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8 - -Apply both deformations by 4 points. - - • Two modes, perspective and envelope. - • Apply on paths, shapes and groups. - • Apply on vector clips and mask - -Perspective-envelope.gif - -Lattice Deformation 2 - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ -Latice2.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE -Symmetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig - -Add deformations by a mesh. -Vertical,horizontal or both symmetry. - - • Apply to paths, shapes and groups. - • Apply to vector clips and mask - -Latice2.gif - -Show Handles - -━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ -ShowHandles.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo - -A LPE version of Show Handles extension. - - • Work on paths, shapes and groups. - • Work on clones - • Node and Handle shapes resizeables - • If not a clone, is a destructive LPE, don't save styles, work on a copy! - -ShowHandles.gif - -Transform by two points - -TransformByTwoKnots.png - - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw -Extended video (Elastic rubber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM - -Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points -by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the -idea of the effect. - - • Work on paths, shapes and groups with less power. - • Allow snapping of both control points - • Allow fix angle or distance. - • Elastic mode to simulate a flex path - • From original width, set the control points based on bounding box - -TransformByTwoKnots.gif - -Rotate copies - -File:RotateCopies.png -170px - -Extended video (partial fuse path): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4 -Extended video (live editing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE -Extended video (kaleidoscope): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo - -Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points -by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the -idea of the effect. - - • Work on paths, shapes and groups. - • Allow fuse the result to make kaleidoscope - • Allow non 360 fuse. - • Live editing - -Mirror Simmetry - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo -Mirror a item - - • Work on paths, shapes and groups. - • Allow fuse result - • Different mirror line: Free, X, Y, Middle Document[X], Middle Document[Y] - -Spray tool - -Extended video 1 (No overlap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos -Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= -1eTG2U3qlb4 -Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= -aTdKu7mAZE8 -Extended video 4 (Pressure): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30 -Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= -Zn3vzf-yA_w -todo: a video showing all features joined - - • New mode eraser - • Add more pressure toggles - • No overlap option with optional multiple elements - • No overlap between colors - • Configurable offset for overlaps - • Color picker from center or average area - • Apply color picked to fill - • Apply color picked to stroke - • Invert picked colors - • Spray over transparent - • Spray over non-transparent - • Allow picker enabled sprays to use "Trace Clones" options - -Measure tool - -Extended video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM - - • Persistent measure - • Reposition of origin/end - • Convert to measure item - • Convert to guides - • Convert measure to quote - • Reverse origin/end - • Measure global - • Measure only current layer - • Add precision - • Add scale - -Geometric Construction Tool - - • Helps to create: line segments, circles by specific points, parallels, - perpendicular lines, angle bisectors, mirrored paths by applying a Live - Path Effect. - -[Needs usage instructions!] - -Align and Distribute - - • NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other - in node editing mode. - -File Format Support - - • The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes - from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults - to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. - -Extensions - -New - - • Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) - • Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808) - • Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained - -Plotter Driver - -Multiple Pens - -The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens -to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: - - • Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings - into it - • Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the - number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use - • The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu - -Serial Connection - -The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection -settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default -settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. - -HPGL Export - -The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same -multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. - -HPGL Import - -The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple -pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. - -PDF Import - -The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps -(interpolated or blocky). - -Miscellaneous Improvements - - • Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of - selected objects. - • Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. - • Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. - -Extension Development - - • It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes - (Bug #171287). - -Filters - -New - - • Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness - conditions. - -Other dialogs - -Document Properties: Licences - -All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. - -Filter Editor - -Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. - -Other user interface - -Node Snapping - -Snapping in the node tool has been improved: - - • When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes - will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections - • When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer - will now snap - -Checkerboard Background - -It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows -one to clearly see the transparency of objects. - -View Box - -One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets -the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user -unit (pixel size). - -Lock Guides - -Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. - -SVG and CSS - - • The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', - 'grad' and 'turn'). - • The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are - implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path - stroke color. - • The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is - implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a - path. - • The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, - allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. - • The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting - the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn. - • The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic - auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. - • The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike - through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. - • The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. - • The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was - added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. - • The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, - however, there is no GUI for these attributes. - • Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. - • Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' - attributes. - • Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. - -New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until -widespread support in browsers. - -New dependencies - -The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace -library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from -http://potrace.sourceforge.net - - -Translations - -New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, -Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts), -Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, -Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu -(Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). - - -For information on prior releases, please see: - http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0e511b5d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -0,0 +1,444 @@ +583 lines +Inkscape 0.92 + +(definitely not released yet - AnnouncePlanning092) + +Release highlights + +Released on ≪YYYY-MM-DD≫. + +Manipulating Objects + +Objects Dialog + +New dialog for manipulating the object tree. + +* Drag and drop reordering of objects. +* Find, lock, and hide individual items. +* Shows individual objects as well as layers. +* Ability to change highlight color of objects. +* Ability to set blend mode per object. + +Imported from Ponyscape. + +Selection Sets Dialog + +New dialog that allows the creation of selection sets that are not affected by +document structure. + +Text + +Font Features + +It is now possible to take advantage of OpenType tables to select alternative +glyphs from a font. Note that browser support is still limited. Inkscape must +also be linked with a recent version of the Pango library. + +Vertical Text + +Support for vertical text layout has been improved. + +* The default behavior for Latin bases glyphs has been changed. They are now + rotated sideways as required by the SVG 1.1 standard. +* Support for the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property has been added. (Note + that this property is not yet fully supported by browsers.) +* The CSS 3 values for the 'writing-mode' property are supported in + rendering. Saving still uses the deprecated SVG 1.1 values. + +Accessibility + +Converting text to a path will save the text in the 'aria-label' attribute. +This is useful for accessibility and could eventually be used by Inkscape to +reconstruct the text. + +Live Path Effects + +Now some suitable LPE's are applied to clips and mask. +Helper lines come again to live +Added to pen/pencil shape combo box the option to add a bend path directly + +Spiro Live + +--- + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFakiI5f0-Y) + +Based in Spiro Live Path Effect, now show result while drawing. + +* Nodes cusp (SHIFT) and Spiro. +* Handle append path on cusp and Spiro mode with helper preview path. + +Spirolive.gif + +BSpline + +--- + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV0DHvA-OE) + +Pen & Node mode + +Use BSpline Live Effect while creating and editing paths. + +* Pen and Pencil use +* Modes cusp(SHIFT) and BSpline while drawing. +* Handle append parhs with preview helper path. +* Handle weight of bspline (node tool) with handle movement. SHIFT key + required. +* Handle custom weight snaps with CTRL + +Bspline.gif Bspline2.gif + +Live Path Effect mode + +Bspline3.gif + + +The options in the Live effect dialog give you control on bspline paths. + +* Set to Default weight (0.3333 time of his curve segment). +* Make cusp nodes. +* Numeric input for weight. +* Steps with CONTROL snaps in node/handle editing. +* Ignore cusp nodes, affect to all other widgets changes and, for example, + retain cusp nodes when you change the power. +* Change only selected nodes, affect to all other widgets changes. +* Show a helper path with the final shape and the generated new nodes. + + + +Roughen + +--- +Roughen.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130Dbt0juvY) + +This filter is a semi-clone of two extensions, ("add nodes" and "jitter nodes") ++ handle units. + +The parameters are similar to both extensions + a global randomizer. + +* Apply to paths, shapes and groups. +* Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- + +Roughen.gif + +Simplify + +--- +Simplify.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaWujN_iTSk) + +Send the simplify command to a non-destructive live path effect. + +* Use on paths, shapes and groups of them. +* Apply to clip and masks -if are vectors- +* User can change modify the threshold -preferences dialog- used by a numeric + parameter. +* Apply Simplify on stack. + +Simplify.gif + +Perspective/Envelope + +--- +Perspective-envelope.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKGatyxTZ8) + +Apply both deformations by 4 points. + +* Two modes, perspective and envelope. +* Apply on paths, shapes and groups. +* Apply on vector clips and mask + +Perspective-envelope.gif + +Lattice Deformation 2 + +--- +Latice2.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlK9L88_tWE) +[Symmetry video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhuVjqFA6ig) + +Add deformations by a mesh. +Vertical,horizontal or both symmetry. + +* Apply to paths, shapes and groups. +* Apply to vector clips and mask + +Latice2.gif + +Show Handles + +--- +ShowHandles.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ul_PR9XYo) + +A LPE version of Show Handles extension. + +* Work on paths, shapes and groups. +* Work on clones +* Node and Handle shapes resizeables +* If not a clone, is a destructive LPE, don't save styles, work on a copy! + +ShowHandles.gif + +Transform by two points + +TransformByTwoKnots.png + + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLmYdWoXXIw) +[Extended video (Elastic rubber)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOWTeZC_LjM) + +Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points +by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the +idea of the effect. + +* Work on paths, shapes and groups with less power. +* Allow snapping of both control points +* Allow fix angle or distance. +* Elastic mode to simulate a flex path +* From original width, set the control points based on bounding box + +TransformByTwoKnots.gif + +Rotate copies + +File:RotateCopies.png +170px + +[Extended video (partial fuse path)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpI8gRbkTu4) +[Extended video (live editing)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQpvfgT4mE) +[Extended video (kaleidoscope)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfMixSKy3Eo) + +Transform a element by two control points. You can position the control points +by bounding box or by original path node index. Thanks Ivan Louette for the +idea of the effect. + +* Work on paths, shapes and groups. +* Allow fuse the result to make kaleidoscope +* Allow non 360 fuse. +* Live editing + +Mirror Simmetry + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo) +Mirror a item + +* Work on paths, shapes and groups. +* Allow fuse result +* Different mirror line: Free, X, Y, Middle Document[X], Middle Document[Y] + +Spray tool + +[Extended video 1 (No overlap)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uehj4ATOWos) +[Extended video 2 (No overlap multiple items)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eTG2U3qlb4) +[Extended video 3 (Over visible, pick color)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdKu7mAZE8) +[Extended video 4 (Pressure)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdQnxd_z30) +[Extended video 5 (Trace -clones- dialog)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn3vzf-yA_w) +todo: a video showing all features joined + +* New mode eraser +* Add more pressure toggles +* No overlap option with optional multiple elements +* No overlap between colors +* Configurable offset for overlaps +* Color picker from center or average area +* Apply color picked to fill +* Apply color picked to stroke +* Invert picked colors +* Spray over transparent +* Spray over non-transparent +* Allow picker enabled sprays to use "Trace Clones" options + +Measure tool + +[Extended video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE0cVDGCzbM) + +* Persistent measure +* Reposition of origin/end +* Convert to measure item +* Convert to guides +* Convert measure to quote +* Reverse origin/end +* Measure global +* Measure only current layer +* Add precision +* Add scale + +Geometric Construction Tool + +* Helps to create: line segments, circles by specific points, parallels, + perpendicular lines, angle bisectors, mirrored paths by applying a Live + Path Effect. + +[Needs usage instructions!] + +Align and Distribute + +* NEW: drop-down chooser with options to align nodes relative to each other + in node editing mode. + +File Format Support + +* The default PostScript level for exporting from the command line changes + from 2 to 3 (consistent with the user interface PS exporter which defaults + to level 3). Level 3 is required for gradient support. + +Extensions + +New + +* Render > Seamless Pattern (Screencast) +* Images > Set Image Attributes (Bug #1357808) +* Render > NiceCharts (github repo, not maintained + +Plotter Driver + +Multiple Pens + +The Plotter driver (Extensions -> Export -> Plot) can now handle multiple pens +to create colorful drawings on Pen Plotters: + +* Create a layer for every pen to use and move the corresponding drawings + into it +* Name the layer with a title like "Pen 1" or "MyLayerName Pen 1", where the + number corresponds to the pen number the plotter should use +* The layer name always overrides the standard pen setting in the plot menu + +Serial Connection + +The connection settings now allow you to specify rarely used serial connection +settings like byte size, stop bits and parity. Most plotters use the default +settings, so only change these if you know what you are doing. + +HPGL Export + +The HPGL export (File -> Save as -> HP Grafics Language file) has now the same +multiple pens feature as the #Plotter Driver. + +HPGL Import + +The HPGL import (File -> Open -> Select .hpgl file) can now import multiple +pens into corresponding layers, see #Plotter Driver for more information. + +PDF Import + +The image 'interpolate' value is now used to determine how to display bitmaps +(interpolated or blocky). + +Miscellaneous Improvements + +* Arrange > Restack has new options to reverse and shuffle the z-order of + selected objects. +* Render > Random Tree has new option to omit redundant segments. +* Visualize Path > Measure Path has additional text layout options. + +Extension Development + +* It is now possible for an extension to retrieve a list of selected nodes + (Bug #171287). + +Filters + +New + +* Color > Color Blindness filter allows to simulate different color blindness + conditions. + +Other dialogs + +Document Properties: Licences + +All selectable licences have been updated to most current version. + +Filter Editor + +Filter list now displays how often a filter is used. + +Other user interface + +Node Snapping + +Snapping in the node tool has been improved: + +* When double clicking to insert new nodes, the position of these new nodes + will snap to for example path intersections and to path-guide intersections +* When grabbing a segment of a path and dragging it to deform it, the pointer + will now snap + +Checkerboard Background + +It is now possible to use a checkerboard background when editing. This allows +one to clearly see the transparency of objects. + +View Box + +One can now set the SVG 'viewBox' attribute from the GUI. This attribute sets +the scale of the drawing by determining the real-world value of the SVG user +unit (pixel size). + +Lock Guides + +Now guides can be locked and unlocked globally or individually. + +SVG and CSS + +* The 'marker-orientation' property now recognizes units ('deg', 'rad', + 'grad' and 'turn'). +* The new SVG 2 'context-fill' and 'context-stroke' properties are + implemented which allows the auto-matching of arrowhead fill color to path + stroke color. +* The new SVG 2 marker orientation attribute value 'auto-start-reverse' is + implemented. This allows one arrow marker to be used for both ends of a + path. +* The new CSS 3 'mix-blend-mode' and 'isolation' properties are implemented, + allowing setting the blend mode between objects without using filters. +* The new SVG 2 'paint-order' property is now supported. This allows setting + the order in which the fill, stroke, and markers are drawn. +* The new SVG 2 'mesh' paint server is supported, including bicubic + auto-smoothing. A primitive GUI is available. +* The SVG 1.1 'text-decoration' property is now rendered (underlines, strike + through, etc.). CSS 3 'text-decoration' properties are also rendered. +* The new SVG 2 'hatch' paint server is now supported. +* The CSS 'white-space' property is now supported. Use of this property was + added in SVG 2 to replace the now deprecated 'xml;space' attribute. +* The SVG 1.1 'textLength" and 'textAdjust' attributes are implemented, + however, there is no GUI for these attributes. +* Rendering of the Component Transfer filter primitive has been corrected. +* Units are now recognized in the text and tspan 'x', 'y', 'dx', and 'dy' + attributes. +* Percentage values are now interpreted correctly for shapes. + +New SVG 2 and CSS 3 features are generally not enabled in the GUI until +widespread support in browsers. + +New dependencies + +The Paintbucket and Trace Bitmap tools now use an external copy of the Potrace +library, which is available in many Linux distributions or can be obtained from +* http://potrace.sourceforge.net + + +Translations + +New UI translations for Assamese, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, +Kashmiri (Perso-Arabic and Devanagari), Kokani (Roman and Devanagari scripts), +Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri (Meetei Mayek and Bengali scripts), Marathi, +Odia, Santali (Devnagari and Ol-Chiki scripts), Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Urdu +(Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts). + + +For information on prior releases, please see: +* http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Inkscape |