I have now merged the second phase of my Google Summer of Code project, unit support improvements, into the Inkscape trunk. Back in April when I proposed this project, I thought refactoring Inkscape’s unit support would be the easier part … Continue reading →

I have now implemented pages sizes using real world units as well as document units using a viewBox as described in my previous post. Although it is mostly working, there are a few known bugs when changing the document unit, … Continue reading →

Since my last update, my branch for phase one of my Google Summer of Code project, unit refactoring, has been merged into the Inkscape trunk. I have now created a new branch for phase two, improvement of unit support. In … Continue reading →

When I began working on phase one of my Google Summer of Code project, Inkscape’s unit handling code was scattered between multiple implementations with different files using different, incompatible implementations. I since consolidated this code into one implementation, residing in … Continue reading →

As I have never used GTK+/gtkmm before, I spent a few days reading documentation to familiarize myself with the library, after getting stuck on transitioning parts of the UI to Inkscape::Util::Unit. With a better understanding of how the UI worked, … Continue reading →