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1、InkscapeAUnionofContributionsMakesaDifferenceBryceHarringtonIhadtorereadBulia'semailthreetimes.Itwasoneofthosenigh-mythicaleventsthatyoureadhappensinOpenSourceprojects,butneverseeinperson.Yet,amazingly,hereitwas,andIknewFred'spatchwouldinstantlydoubleInkscape'sutility.ScalableVectorGraphicsa
2、ndtheOpenSourceCommunityInkscapeisaprogramforviewing,making,andeditingtwo-dimensionalvectordrawings.Thisisdifferentfrom"raster"drawing(figure1),asinMSPaint,Photoshop,orTheGIMP.Inthosetoolsyou'reessentiallyjust"painting"destructivelyonacanvas.By"vector"(figure2)drawingImeanthatwhenyoucreateas
3、hapelikearectangle,itretainsitsidentity.Youcaneasilygobackandresizeit,changeitscolor,ormoveitaroundwithoutdisturbingtherestofthedrawing.Vectordrawingiswhatyou'dbedoinginIllustrator,CorelDraw,Freehand,Dia,VisioorevenPowerPoint(eww...).TherehavebeenanumberofpopularOpenSourcevectorgraphicstools
4、suchastgif,idraw,Sketch,andxfig,butoneofInkscape'sdistinguishingfeaturesisthatitstoresitsdrawingsinaweb-friendlyXMLformat–SVG.SVG,anacronymfor"ScalableVectorGraphics",isaW3Cstandardthatisgainingsupportworldwide,inproprietaryandpublicsoftwarealike.TheOpenSourcecommunityisnowadoptingtheSVGform
5、atforeverythingfromdesktopiconsandcompanylogostowebpageanimationandartisticIllustration.Inkscape(bywayofLaurisKaplinski'spopularSodipodiproject)isderivedfromGill,oneofthefirstOpenSourceSVGeditors,andsofollowsalonghistoryofservingtheSVGneedsofthecommunity.InthefiveyearssinceRaphLevienbeganwor
6、konGill,ahugerangeoffeaturesandcapabilitieshadbeenaddedtothecodebase.Nodeediting,alphablendedgradients,objectalignment,texthandling,localizationandmorehadaugmentedthebasicunderlyingdrawingcapabilitiestomakethetoolpotentiallyusefulforrealdrawingwork.However,therewasoneglaringomissionforwhichw
7、eandscoresofusershadbeenseekingaremedy...TheContributionofBooleanOperationstoInkscapeIreadtheemailagainjusttobesure."I'vebeensentanewpatchthatimplementsbooleanoperations...The–licenseispublicdomain.It'sbeenuploadedtothepatchtracker."–Bulia,November
