[ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 42, Issue 9

Mohammed Sayanvala mo.sayan at gmail.com
Wed Dec 10 06:54:18 GMT 2008


Hi people

My name is Mohammed. I am a South African and I am new to this mailing
list. Can somebody give me a brief breakdown on the current projects
and if there's anything I can do?
Thanks

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>    1. Re:  Problem with SVG files (spg76)
>    2.  [Breathe] applications-internet (spg76)
>    3. Re:  [Breathe] applications-internet (Michael Stephenson)
>    4. Re:  [Breathe] applications-internet (Thorsten Wilms)
>    5. Re:  [Breathe] applications-internet (spg76)
>    6. Re:  [Breathe] applications-internet (David)
>    7. Re:  Problem with SVG files (Ryan Prior)
>    8. Re:  Problem with SVG files (Ryan Prior)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:29:37 -0300
> From: spg76 <sebastianporta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Problem with SVG files
> To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Thank you, Kenneth.
> I'll search for a reported bug against libsvg.
>
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> 2008/12/8 Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com>
>
>> But what's the problem? :) The green check symbol in the upper right? If
>> so, I think it's a tag you accidentally added somewhere along the way.
>> The properties dialog should show a way to fix.
>>
>> -Cory K.
>>
>>
>>
> The problem it's on the second images (The green check it's a symbol from my
> Dropbox folder :).
> In "applications-games" you can see that the heart it's gone and the shadow
> it's not right.
> In "applications-graphics" the difference it's more subtle. The blur it's
> not applied.
> It's not only an issue in Nautilus. I have the same problem If I use these
> files as custom icons for any file or folder (or Awn).
> --
> Seba (AKA spg76)
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:34:34 -0300
> From: spg76 <sebastianporta at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-internet
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> I uploaded to the wiki icons for applications-internet.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:33:04 +0000
> From: "Michael Stephenson" <mickstephenson at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-internet
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> 2008/12/9 spg76 <sebastianporta at gmail.com>
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>> I uploaded to the wiki icons for applications-internet.
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions
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>> --
>> Seba (AKA spg76)
>> http://www.ubuntu-ar.org
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>> --
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>> Although I like the look and style of your grid, you can tell it is just
>> an
> approximation.
> Your parallels are good, but your meridians don't look right, for example
> the second and third meridian from the left appear parallel in the southern
> hemisphere.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection
> Some of the maths here may be of use to you, is it possible to code that
> kind of thing with svg?
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> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:35:17 +0100
> From: Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-internet
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> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 12:34 -0300, spg76 wrote:
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>> I uploaded to the wiki icons for applications-internet.
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions
>
> The grid is off. One could use an UVSphere in Blender as template. If
> you want to try that and need help. ask me off-list.
>
> I wonder if we should show any landmasses at all, as half of the world
> can't be shown and residents of the respective countries might not like
> that.
>
> So how about a more abstract globe, with a grid that gives an impression
> of light/electricity?
>
>
> --
> Thorsten Wilms
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> thorwil's design for free software:
> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:35:50 -0300
> From: spg76 <sebastianporta at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-internet
> To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> 2008/12/9 Michael Stephenson <mickstephenson at googlemail.com>
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>>
>> Although I like the look and style of your grid, you can tell it is just
>> an
>> approximation.
>> Your parallels are good, but your meridians don't look right, for example
>> the second and third meridian from the left appear parallel in the
>> southern
>> hemisphere.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection
>> Some of the maths here may be of use to you, is it possible to code that
>> kind of thing with svg?
>>
>> --
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>> ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
>>
>>
> Yeah, I had some trouble with the grid. I tried several things (mostly with
> tile clones in Inkscape) and I finally decided to do it by hand.
> I'll look into this and try to improve the grid.
> Thanks for the comment.
> --
> Seba (AKA spg76)
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 18:53:09 +0000
> From: David <ashford.david at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] applications-internet
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> 2008/12/9 spg76 <sebastianporta at gmail.com>
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>> I uploaded to the wiki icons for applications-internet.
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions
>>
>> --
>> Seba (AKA spg76)
>> http://www.ubuntu-ar.org
>>
>>
> I really like the idea but the landmasses seem to be further south than
> normal and larger
> in comparison to the size of the globe. For example, Greenland's location
> and size make
> me do a double take. I think Thorsten's idea of an 'agnostic' globe might be
> easier and
> better from a technical and PR point of view.
>
> Again, it's a really good idea and you've made fantastic contributions so
> keep it up!
>
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:28:34 -0600
> From: "Ryan Prior" <ryanprior at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Problem with SVG files
> To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" <ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> I've noticed over time that many, many SVGs render differently in Nautilus
> than they do in Inkscape. I always just figured the Nautilus SVG renderer is
> half-assed and that nobody really cares -- the same seems to be true of
> Firefox, which renders SVGs very differently from Inkscape as well.
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>> On Monday 08 December 2008 22:48:59 Kenneth Wimer wrote:
>> > On Monday 08 December 2008 22:19:34 spg76 wrote:
>> > > Hi.
>> > > I have a bit of a problem and maybe someone could help me.
>> > > For some reason, SVG files that I created in Inkscape doesn't display
>> > > properly in Ubuntu.
>> > > I show you a couple of examples.
>> > >
>> > > applications-graphics in Inkscape:
>> > > http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1228770070.png
>> > > applications-graphics in Nautilus:
>> > > http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1228770083.png
>> > >
>> > > applications-games in Inkscape:
>> > > http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1228771049.png
>> > > applications-games in Nautilus:
>> > > http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1228771052.png
>> > >
>> > > I have the same problem with the user-trash icon from the Breathe icon
>> > > theme (and some other files).
>> > > I don't know how I can avoid this to happen.
>> >
>> > I do not see what the problem is...if you mean the nautilus only shows
>> the
>> > graphics inside the canvas, this is not a bug but a feature. If I
>> > misunderstood, sorry :-)
>>
>> Erm, now I see the problem in the second pics. My guess is that this is a
>> bug
>> in librsvg (which is what renders the svg files). Perhaps someone has
>> already
>> reported this bug against librsvg, taking a look might be worthwhile.
>>
>> --
>> Ken
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> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 22:29:49 -0600
> From: "Ryan Prior" <ryanprior at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Problem with SVG files
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> Also, sorry for top-posting. I've seen some people get in a huff about it
> here -- I've never heard a complaint anywhere else so it's a new thing for
> me, and I don't understand why it's harmful in the first place. (It's the
> default behaviour in many email clients, to boot.)
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