Hi everyone, First, I want to thank Denis and Andreas for writing, maintaining, and rewriting an awesome cross-platform inking application. It is very liberating not to have to use Windows when working with digital ink.
I used Windows Journal extensively over the last four years as I was completing my PhD. The reason I didn't switch to Xournal until recently was, in part, due to the fact that it missed a few features that I have grown very used to in Windows Journal. Key among them were the lasso tool and image support. I often insert plots and other clippings into my notes, and I often copy/paste strokes that are in close proximity to other strokes, so having both image and lasso tools was important. Thus, I got to work modifying code and applying patches. The result is up on github at https://github.com/leoalekseyev/xournal. I would very much welcome any feedback and / or bug reports. In my current branch, the following patches were applied: 1. Image support: I had written most of my own image-handling code, starting with Victor Saase's insert image patch, before remembering that Simon Guest had written a comprehensive image patch. I used Simon's PDF-exporting code, changed to his way of serializing images; overall, our patches should be quite similar. I'd welcome testing and/or code review of the patch (particularly from Simon). 2. Lasso patch from Ian-Woo Kim: I found that it triggers a bug in libgnomecanvas that resulted in segfaults. I've isolated that bug and dropped in a fixed version of the broken function. Some code was refactored to maximize reuse between rectangle and lasso selection. 3. Autosave: I modified Timo Kluck's modification of code from Edward Z. Yang and Paulo Neves. Autosaves are now stored in central location; in addition, autosave now works on Windows (PIDs are obtained from Windows process API via psapi.dll). 4. I included the updated automake files and Windows build instructions from Georg Wechslberger (https://github.com/tauu/xournal/) to improve the build process on Windows. 5. My starting point for Xournal hacking was Daniel German's github branch (https://github.com/dmgerman/xournal), so all of his modifications in the current master branch are included. The following features were added by me: - resize selection improvements: 1. fixed aspect ratio when resizing selection by dragging its corner 2. larger margin for grabbing a corner handle 3. (cosmetic) added small selection box padding - pressing stylus button-2 and dragging duplicates selection In the process of writing the image patch, I've done the following code cleanup: - Separated out image, selection, and clipboard functionality into their own files (xo-image.c, xo-selection.c, xo-clipboard.c). - Put include guards into all headers. - Refactored much of the clipboard copy/paste code. These changes are described in a bit more detail in the README (https://github.com/leoalekseyev/xournal/blob/master/README.org). I intend to keep maintaining this branch and would be happy to accept pull requests from people. In particular, I'd love to see more of the functionality that currently exists in the form of patches on Sourceforge integrated into my current codebase. In closing, I'd like to remind everyone that has ever worked on Xournal that people really appreciate this piece of software and enjoy using it -- just look at the comments of the sourceforge project page. It looks good, works well, is stable, is cross-platform, and can give Windows Journal a run for its money. But you can also see frustration with the fact that many features are scattered across different patches. It would be nice to have a beta or a dev branch of Xournal, where we could push our patches, maintaining a consistent version for everyone. If this is too difficult to arrange on Sourceforge, I propose my github branch as such a venue, as it currently seems to have the most patches in it, including the often-requested image and lasso support. Check it out, test it, let me know what you think! Wishing everyone a Happy (belated) New Year, --Leo Alekseyev ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Xournal-devel mailing list Xournal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xournal-devel
