christian wilcox dot com http://christianwilcox.com accelerating toward a code future Wed, 09 May 2012 04:22:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 My first Firefox extension: writefile http://christianwilcox.com/2011/04/my-first-firefox-extension-writefile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-first-firefox-extension-writefile http://christianwilcox.com/2011/04/my-first-firefox-extension-writefile/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:53:49 +0000 Christian http://christianwilcox.com/?p=165 Continue reading →]]> writefile is a Firefox extension [1] which waits for an event from the current page and upon receiving notification of that event writes the contents of the calling element to a new file on the computer running the browser.

The source and a download link can be found on Bitbucket.

[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Extensions

]]> http://christianwilcox.com/2011/04/my-first-firefox-extension-writefile/feed/ 0 Fun with Inkscape http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/fun-with-inkscape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fun-with-inkscape http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/fun-with-inkscape/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:38:45 +0000 Christian http://christianwilcox.com/?p=125
It’s an illustrated version of me, brought to you as an SVG path. Hover over the black fill and the path outline (stroke) will grow and turn green.

]]> http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/fun-with-inkscape/feed/ 0 Raphaël test http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/raphael-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=raphael-test http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/raphael-test/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:20:28 +0000 Christian http://christianwilcox.com/?p=88 Hover over Bucky and the W fill changes from white to red.

http://raphaeljs.com/


]]> http://christianwilcox.com/2011/01/raphael-test/feed/ 0 Inkscape 0.48 brings multipath editing http://christianwilcox.com/2010/08/inkscape-0-48-brings-multipath-editing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inkscape-0-48-brings-multipath-editing http://christianwilcox.com/2010/08/inkscape-0-48-brings-multipath-editing/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:40:50 +0000 Christian http://christianwilcox.com/?p=22 Continue reading →]]> Highlights from the latest Inkscape release: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.48

  • Multipath editing: you can now drag select a group of path nodes and edit them together. This was not possible in earlier releases.
  • Windows command line improvements
  • Improved stability: expect fewer crashes when importing files.
  • SVG text now supports baseline-shift: now you too can enjoy superscript and subscript text.

Multipath editing is the big win here. This is the kind of feature Inkscape needed to be a serious alternative to the mainstream tools.

Inkscape has been a key part of my graphics work. Paired with Raphaël, you have a very powerful toolset for cross platform (optionally animated) vector graphics on the web.

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