Inkscape

Bug #337561
Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 337561

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Celt (celts-mail) wrote on 2009-12-16:

archive of preferences.xml 046, 047 for comparison Edit (11.5 KiB, application/zip)

XP Pro 32 SP3

Inkscape 0.47-3 r22583 Nov 21 2009

Aiptek Slim USB tablet (rebadged 'Medion' model MD 85637)

Tablet works fine in the GIMP ver 2.6.7 without configuration.

Tablet worked in Inkscape 0.46 without any configuration. It shows up as 'Aiptek Tablet Pressure Stylus' in "Input Devices". Preferences file attached for comparison (046_preferences.xml).

I uninstalled 0.46, tracked down and removed every trace of it I could find, then installed 0.47:

Test 1.

Start Inkscape with mouse; use toolbars, menus; draw with mouse; close Inkscape, restart Inkscape (with the mouse); no problem.

Test 2.

Start Inkscape with mouse. Use toolbars and menus with mouse or pen; draw with mouse, can't draw with pen. Close Inkscape, restart Inkscape (with the mouse), no problem (except the no drawing issue).

Test 3.

Start Inkscape with the pen, use toolbars and menus, can't draw with the pen. Close Inkscape, restart, no problem (except the no drawing issue).

Test 4.

Start Inkscape with the pen, go to 'Input Devices'. The field which says "Aiptek Tablet.... ' in 0.46 is now filled with gibberish. The 'Mode' field says 'screen'. Click on the gibberish twice; this will change the 'Mode' field to 'disabled'. Change it back to 'screen', click 'save' and 'close'. Pen can draw on canvas. Close Inkscape. Restarting Inkscape produces an error:

"The preferences file C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\inkscape\preferences.xml is not a valid XML document.
Inkscape will run with default settings, and new settings will not be saved."

Deleting preferences.xml fixes this, but only until one configures the pen again.

Preferences files attached for comparison (047_pre_tablet_preferences.xml,
047_post_tablet_preferences.xml)

Workaround to get autosave to work...

1) Find and delete C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\inkscape\preferences.xml
2) Start Inkscape.
3) Go to -> preferences, -> save, set autosave.
4) Close Inkscape.
5) Restart Inkscape.
6) Configure tablet.

(Note this may not be possible on low-end Vista because it locks \application data\ but it's worth a try.)

Archive attached contains:
046_preferences.xml
047_pre_tablet_preferences.xml
047_post_tablet_preferences.xml

XP Pro 32 SP3

Inkscape 0.47-3  r22583 Nov 21 2009

Aiptek Slim USB tablet (rebadged 'Medion' model MD 85637)

Tablet works fine in the GIMP ver 2.6.7 without configuration.

Tablet worked in Inkscape 0.46 without any configuration.  It shows up as 'Aiptek Tablet Pressure Stylus' in "Input Devices".  Preferences file attached for comparison (046_preferences.xml).

I uninstalled 0.46, tracked down and removed every trace of it I could find, then installed 0.47:

Test 1.

Start Inkscape with mouse; use toolbars, menus; draw with mouse; close Inkscape, restart Inkscape (with the mouse); no problem.

Test 2.

Start Inkscape with mouse.  Use toolbars and menus with mouse or pen; draw with mouse, can't draw with pen. Close Inkscape, restart Inkscape (with the mouse), no problem (except the no drawing issue).

Test 3.

Start Inkscape with the pen, use toolbars and menus, can't draw with the pen.  Close Inkscape, restart, no problem (except the no drawing issue).

Test 4.

Start Inkscape with the pen, go to 'Input Devices'.  The field which says "Aiptek Tablet.... ' in 0.46 is now filled with gibberish.  The 'Mode' field says 'screen'.  Click on the gibberish twice;  this will change the 'Mode' field to 'disabled'.  Change it back to 'screen', click 'save' and 'close'.  Pen can draw on canvas.  Close Inkscape.  Restarting Inkscape produces an error:

"The preferences file C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\inkscape\preferences.xml is not a valid XML document.  
Inkscape will run with default settings, and new settings will not be saved."

Deleting preferences.xml fixes this, but only until one configures the pen again.

Preferences files attached for comparison (047_pre_tablet_preferences.xml,
047_post_tablet_preferences.xml)

Workaround to get autosave to work...

(Note this may not be possible on low-end Vista because it locks \application data\ but it's worth a try.)

Archive attached contains:
046_preferences.xml
047_pre_tablet_preferences.xml
047_post_tablet_preferences.xml