Re: [Xournal-devel] Convert *to* .xoj?

2015-03-11 Thread romanocomp
I checked it and it works really well --- so much that I suggest to add it to the xournal sources. I just used the default parameter (minus the x and y one, given that my notes were in landscape format) and had a really nice editable xournal file, handy to cut-and-paste on my own documents. Th

[Xournal-devel] Convert *to* .xoj?

2015-03-10 Thread romanocomp
Hi, I have a .SVG file that was converted by Inkscape from a scanned hand-written notes. The file is basically composed by simple segments (or I can probably force it to be by passing through .eps and xfig formats). Is there any tool in the wild to convert this documents to an editable .xoj f

[Xournal-devel] Batch preparing files?

2014-10-03 Thread romanocomp
Hi, I am using xournal (thanks!) to correct and grade a bunch of homework; it is a very nice tool for it. I basically have to 1) open a file called Something.pdf with xournal, then saving it as Samething-correction.xoj; 2) editing it; 3) exporting to PDF the final file to send it back to the st

Re: [Xournal-devel] xournal touchscreen updates / windows to-do

2014-05-30 Thread romanocomp
Hi, On 2014-05-27 22:50, Denis Auroux wrote: > > It would be great if some of you with various touch/pen devices can > test > in the coming days and confirm that the new behavior doesn't cause any > annoying regressions, and that the various new options do make life > with > a touchscreen somew

Re: [Xournal-devel] Low hanging fruits... this time for real.

2014-04-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-04-24 17:36, Denis Auroux wrote: > > It was added in the repository in November 2012, so it's more recent > than the standard 0.4.7 release. > Need to definitely compile it... what was the repository/branch again? Will try as soon as I have a bit of time. > Just in case, try changing

Re: [Xournal-devel] Low hanging fruits... this time for real.

2014-04-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-04-24 15:59, Denis Auroux wrote: > Options -> Pencil cursor? > (this doesn't change colors but at least it's bigger and remains > visible even when you decide to draw in white). Could not find it... see screenshot below. Am I blind? > With a tablet at least, no drawing is ever a single p

[Xournal-devel] Low hanging fruits... this time for real.

2014-04-24 Thread romanocomp
Hi, about "low hanging fruits..." thread --- I have posted till now not-so-low suggestions (filled rectangles and similar things), but that one is quite, I think... low. ;-) I would really like the option of a bigger cursor when drawing. The dot is quite challenging especially in clear colors

Re: [Xournal-devel] Problem with Xournal on Windows?

2014-04-01 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-31 22:13, Shuhao Wu wrote: > Does anyone here experience problems with Xournal on Windows (the > official download) where antialias and other settings will occasionally > get disabled and magically reenabled. Also clipboard image content will > not get copied after it is copied once (so

Re: [Xournal-devel] fixed aspect and other snappy features

2014-03-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-24 21:36, Denis Auroux wrote: > >> I have a *really* hard time to trigger shape recognition with my wacom >> tablet. I advocate for a normal "add triangle, rectangle, circle" >> shape. > > Rectangles and circles are certainly worth doing -- the ruler should > be expanded into a larger

Re: [Xournal-devel] fixed aspect and other snappy features

2014-03-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-24 19:21, dmg wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:54 PM, wrote: >> On 2014-03-23 15:51, Denis Auroux wrote: >> I basically agree with Denis. One thing that I miss a lot, anyway, is >> the ability to create *filled* rectangles and circles... or it's me >> that >> can't make my mind aro

Re: [Xournal-devel] fixed aspect and other snappy features

2014-03-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-23 15:51, Denis Auroux wrote: > Hi Gerhard, > > Thanks for all the very good suggestions for how to make xournal > competent at precision technical drawing. As you have probably noticed, > the initial focus was very much on quickly jotting handwritten notes, > i.e. the model is NOT draf

Re: [Xournal-devel] another annoyance: show layers above current

2014-03-24 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-22 22:46, Denis Auroux wrote: [layer visibility] > > Ultimately ultimately, there should just be something smarter, where > one > has the ability to make layers visible/invisible independently of each > other, and also to change the order of layers or flatten several layers > onto one.

[Xournal-devel] Fwd: Re: low-hanging fruit for 0.4.8 release?

2014-03-22 Thread romanocomp
Original Message Subject: Re: [Xournal-devel] low-hanging fruit for 0.4.8 release? Date: 2014-03-22 13:19 From: romanoc...@rgtti.com To: Denis Auroux On 2014-03-22 00:27, Denis Auroux wrote: > On 03/21/2014 10:14 PM, romanoc...@rgtti.com wrote: >> And while a it, a pony^H^H^

Re: [Xournal-devel] low-hanging fruit for 0.4.8 release?

2014-03-21 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-21 16:03, Denis Auroux wrote: > Daniel, I think you have opinions on both of these items; let me know > what you think. Also, any other items that seem similarly highly > desirable, easy to implement (or review if already implemented > somewhere), and useful to many users? I remember a

Re: [Xournal-devel] fixed aspect and other snappy features (was: low-hanging fruit for 0.4.8 release?)

2014-03-21 Thread romanocomp
Quoting Denis Auroux : > On 03/21/2014 03:25 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote: >> How about fixed aspect ratio resize? Very useful for images... > > Perhaps. What is the proposed UI mechanism? My suggestion would be to make the corners doing fixed ratio resize, and forcing to drag the borders for a

Re: [Xournal-devel] new page was: low-hanging fruit for 0.4.8 release?

2014-03-21 Thread romanocomp
On 2014-03-21 16:19, D M German wrote: > Denis Auroux twisted the bytes to say: > > Hi Denis, > > I am going to split the two features into two threads so we don't > ignore > one for the other > > > > Denis> - An option to make the creation of new pages use default style > paper > Denis> (

[Xournal-devel] Introduction and a request.

2014-02-26 Thread romanocomp
Dear xournal developers, thank you for this great software. let me introduce myself: my name is Romano Giannetti, I am a quite old (really) Unix/Linux user (since 1988, no less), and I recently acquired a wacom tablet and since then I am heavily using Xournal for preparing notes fo