[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2019-01-22 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
And now also pulled in the Debian packaging (for now only uploading in Debian experimental, will reach Ubuntu 19.10 only most likely). ** Changed in: inkscape (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Committed ** Changed in: inkscape (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Mattia Rizzolo (mapreri)

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-09-12 Thread ottadini
Magnificent :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape: Fix Committed Status in inkscape package in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-09-12 Thread Thomas Holder
This long standing issue has been fixed during the Inkscape Hackfest in Kiel. Those who offered money are welcome to donate to the Inkscape Fund via the Software Freedom Conservancy. Your donations will be used for example for Hackfest travel reimbursements which make such developer meetings

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-09-12 Thread Thomas Holder
** Changed in: inkscape Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-09-10 Thread Patrick Storz
** Changed in: inkscape Milestone: 1.0-old => 1.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape: Confirmed

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-05-13 Thread Thomas Holder
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/merge_requests/250 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-05-04 Thread Thomas Holder
** Changed in: inkscape Assignee: Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk) => Thomas Holder (speleo3) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-05-03 Thread Thomas Holder
@tweenk mind if I assign this to myself? I'd like to work on this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-03-16 Thread Brenda Collins
I too LOVE all the new features and the stability of Inkscape 62.2 but... but I use Inkscape for label design and the wonky design and inversion of the x-y coordinates makes trying to mentally invert all the label alignments makes my head explode... just sayin! -- You received this bug

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2018-02-02 Thread ionut stoica
@yharrow man, can you bring back your patch from the dust, even if it is just visual/fake representation, it still is something, do you have link somewhere ? @kednar it is good in this state, it was in Triaged since 2003, I am not here to complain, but instead of adding new ui and new buttons,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2017-12-18 Thread kednar
Sorry I accidentally changed the bug status to Confirmed and can't put it back to Triaged. Also came to say that I love Inkscape and this is a most wanted feature. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2017-12-18 Thread kednar
** Changed in: inkscape Status: Triaged => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2017-12-07 Thread paradisaeidae
Heartbeat comment to keep this love-rage active! Inkscape I love you -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2017-06-17 Thread Mathieu Virbel
When you use Gimp to translate mockup to code that uses OpenGL coordinates (Y 0 is bottom), it's sad not to be able to reverse the ruler! Right now, i'm just flipping the image on Y... One day! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2017-06-13 Thread BlackDalek
I'd like to see this change too. Every other design program I've used has had the origin at top left because that is how we read a page (top to bottom). This isn't a mathematical graph we're wanting to draw here (usually) :P -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2016-08-16 Thread Adrian Carter
You know.. I appreciate theres probably tons of other issues that have been knocked over... but in what, 12 years? , you'd hope they could have closed this out by now. Is there any progress other than the declined patch to date ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2016-05-11 Thread vaifrax
@ yharrow I did create a patch to just visually change the ruler and coordinate display, but more experienced devs pointed out that this was not the best way to address the issue (see #76). Time has passed, I don't know how much work is still necessary. I'd also love to see a fix and still

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2016-05-10 Thread yharrow
@vaifrax While I do understand your approach as a programmer. From a design perspective (particularly web-design in which the bottom is not always clearly defined) it's often easier to think of coordinates as originating from the top left corner. Creating web design mock-ups in inkscape without

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2016-02-18 Thread vaifrax
@Thorjelly I wrote scripts writing out geometries at scale (in mm). For debugging and other purposes it is most useful if the numeric values in the document stay these numbers and the rulers also show the same numbers. This is not only useful for the scale but also where on the page the origin is

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2016-02-17 Thread Thorjelly
This might seem very naive, but why do you actually have to change the internal coordinate system? Can't you add an option in user preferences or document preferences, which in the latter case could be added as metadata to not affect backwards compatibility, to where 0,0 should be and have it only

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2015-04-19 Thread anatoly techtonik
Still not there in Inkscape 0.91 r13725 ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape: Vector Graphics Editor:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2014-09-02 Thread timfinley24
I was wondering if this is still an issue. I am currently using .48 and don't want to hassle if it wont fix it. I've been using inkscape for years and love it. I have only recently noticed that this is an issue. If there were a python script out there, that would be cool. I'm not very versed in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2014-03-09 Thread Jayson Bourne
Having read all that is written here over several years I came to the following conclusion: Surely somewhere someone must be sitting laughing at us, because they know something we don't. Every time someone tries to address this issue it gets shot down. Without explanation! The developers don't

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2014-03-09 Thread ScislaC
Jayson: Thank you for adding absolutely nothing of value here other than whining that a free piece of software isn't the most perfect tool for you personally. It HAS been discussed about why various attempts to fix this over the years have been shot down... basically we need to maintain

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2014-03-09 Thread lemasney
ScislaC++ I love all that you (and team) do, always. I use Inkscape every day, and love all of it, even the parts that are not perfect, because it's free, it's ours, and if I wanted to, I could learn how to fix it myself. I certainly would not complain about any piece of open source software not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-10-18 Thread Krzysztof Kosinski
** Changed in: inkscape Status: In Progress = Triaged ** Changed in: inkscape Milestone: None = 1.0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-28 Thread vaifrax
I tried looking at the svg side and I'm a little confused. How about, as a first step, modifying inkscape so that rulers and mouse pointer coordinate status use the origin that is indirectly defined by the viewbox? What about the viewbox units? Second step would be a gui to actually configure

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-28 Thread lemasney
I was not able to compile for Mac OS. I'm sure it's no fault of anyone but me, but this is why I have not been able to test. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:34 PM, vaifrax 170...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: I tried looking at the svg side and I'm a little confused. How about, as a first step,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-27 Thread Krzysztof Kosinski
The patch by vaifrax does not address the actual issue, which is that Inkscape internally uses 'desktop coordinates' in many places. These 'desktop coordinates' are hardcoded as an Y-grows-upwards system that starts at the bottom left corner of the page. A proper solution will be composed of two

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-26 Thread Jarl Arntzen
@vaifrax: Hi! I havn't been able to build this on my system yet due to other commitments. I would however like to pay you for your efforts so far and I'd like to encourage you to keep up the good work. I'll pay my original pledge now and make a new one so you can keep on improving this. However,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-26 Thread vaifrax
@jarl-arntzen: Thanks. Even though I spent many days trying to get this little bit of patch working (mainly because of lack of experience), I'm not sure if this idea of mine will be an accepted solution and make it into the official build. I'm not against receiving money but especially in this

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-16 Thread Jarl Arntzen
I'll get around to test a build tonight or tomorrow. Sorry about the delay. Den 16. feb. 2013 00.40 skrev lemasney 170...@bugs.launchpad.net følgende: Exciting! Can't wait to test. On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:19 PM, vaifrax 170...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: oops, found some debugging

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-16 Thread vaifrax
another update, in case you use autotools the new files were not compiled, fixed now (thanks ~suv) ** Patch added: added new files to Makefile_insert for building with autotools https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+attachment/3531626/+files/bugfix170049_partial2.patch -- You

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-15 Thread vaifrax
I rewrote the gui code and hopefully fixed all issues, please test. Use the patch or branch https://code.launchpad.net/~vaifrax/inkscape/bugfix170049 future work: - for convenience, add buttons to set origin relative to page (see #62) - for convenience, add draggable origin (see #61, #63) - use

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-15 Thread vaifrax
oops, found some debugging messages I forgot, updated now ** Patch added: removed some more debugging messages https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+attachment/3530900/+files/bugfix170049_partial2.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-15 Thread lemasney
Exciting! Can't wait to test. On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 5:19 PM, vaifrax 170...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: oops, found some debugging messages I forgot, updated now ** Patch added: removed some more debugging messages

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-14 Thread vaifrax
Due to some problems I have with the gui and to make future changes easier, I'm rewriting the gui code I had so far. @jarl-arntzen: have you tested my partial solution? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu.

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-14 Thread lemasney
I'm also willing to test. Was there a link to a patch or build? I'm on a Mac, so it may diversify the test. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:57 AM, vaifrax 170...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: Due to some problems I have with the gui and to make future changes easier, I'm rewriting the gui code I had so

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-14 Thread vaifrax
@lemasney: here is a partially working first step to a possible solution which only affects rulers and mouse pointer status coordinates: https://code.launchpad.net/~vaifrax/inkscape/bugfix170049 You can find text boxes in the document properties; in the current state keyboard input does not

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-11 Thread Jarl Arntzen
@vaifrax: Cool stuff. I look forward to testing this out. The main task is to make the origin move at all and to make sure that the rest of the app still works as it should. E.g. moving origin to top left corner and then enter some positive numeric x/y values should work but I'm willing to test

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-10 Thread lemasney
So to be clear. Where the vertical ruler and the horizontal ruler meet in the upper left hand corner, click and drag out as though you were dropping a grid line. Instead of a grid line, you'd set the origin of the ruler. It would also set the origin of the grid. Units and other measurements should

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-09 Thread vaifrax
I have partly implemented what I described in #57, I still have work to do on the GUI elements. See attached image for how it could look like (this is also the easiest to implement that I can think of for now). @lemasney: I did not quite understand, click and drag on that corner then moves the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-08 Thread paul
Bounty for this fix including adding dpi to the ruler scale is now at $170. http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/127/inverted-ruler-co-ordinate-system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu.

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-08 Thread lemasney
It's my pleasure. In regards to the way in which it should be implemented, it's been resolved in other systems, like Corel Draw, with a click and drag from corner where rulers meet to set origin. I think this would work perfectly. On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:36 AM, paul pchristi...@gmail.com wrote:

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-07 Thread lemasney
I just sponsored the freedomsponsors project for $30. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape: A Vector

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-07 Thread vaifrax
I tried to simply add a multiplier and an offset for each ruler which seems to work as expected. (I did not yet manage to link scalar input values of the gui to the actual values but this should not be hard.) This idea could solve the problem of some users I guess, however there would be a few

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-07 Thread paul
Thanks for joining the bounty group, Lemasney. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to inkscape in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/170049 Title: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-07 Thread paul
Vaifrax - below is an attempted patch which may give you approach insight. https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170049/+attachment/1261051/+files /invert-ruler-v1.diff I know it broke others things, but not exactly sure what. After that there has been no real effort described. Just so you

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-02-06 Thread paul
This issue now has 3 people offering a bounty for a fix totaling $65 at: http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/127/create-moveable-ruler- origin-in-inkscape-inverted-co-ordinate-system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-01-15 Thread Jarl Arntzen
Well. One proposal could be to put a bounty on FreedomSponsors.org . Let's put it there and make some noise :) . Gimp will get a vastly improved resizing tool thanks to sponsors there. I've had this gripe with Inkscape for as long as I've used it too. I'm coping, thought, no problem. Actually,

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-01-15 Thread Jarl Arntzen
Hi everyone. I need this bug/feature so much that I'm willing to pay 30.00 bucks for it. This offer is registered at FreedomSponsors (http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/127/create-moveable-ruler-origin-in-inkscape-inverted-co-ordinate-system). Once you solve it (according to the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-01-15 Thread Jarl Arntzen
Hi everyone. I registered this issue in the kickstarting section on FreedomSponsors. This means that if you need this issue that bad, you can go to http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/127/create-moveable- ruler-origin-in-inkscape-inverted-co-ordinate-system and offer a few bucks for it. I'm

Re: [Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-01-15 Thread paul
Thanks for the feedback . . . Thinking out loud, I'm willing to put a bounty pledge in if someone on the Inkscape dev leadership team can come up with scope. Anyone interested in seeing if we can crowd fund this issue to the point we get leading stakeholders of Inkscape involved ? ? ? In the

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 170049] Re: Inverted ruler co-ordinate system

2013-01-13 Thread paul
7 years watching this. I concur, its sad this is not addressed. It is a block on following SVG standards and a block of serious nag to many would be user's. What can us non-dev folks do to help make this happen? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop