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We had a KSVG meeting last week, I made a small report here: http://www.rwlbuis.nl/photos/ksvgmeeting/

On friday, after a lot of anticipation, my Macbook Pro finally arrived :) It was a reward for contributing to webkit(http://webkit.opendarwin.org/blog/?p=44). It is the first Apple computer I own, using one or two for work is not the same:) After playing around with it, it is clear that it is a very nice machine. A lot of other laptops look clunky and big next to it, especially my old (windows) laptops. One of the things I like most right now is the media centre and being able to use the remote, that is obviously something really nice to demonstrate :) Read More

Just a short note that I have experimented with svg embedded inline in xhtml. Taking the code from webkit+svg, I did a prototype bundling khtml2 and ksvg2 on top of kdom, and making sure the svg elements use render objects this time. I also used just one backend, which uses the qt4 painter. Even though I did not get to implement all features (markers, text), it clearly shows that inlining of svg in xhtml is very possible! Here are examples of rendering of xhtml+svg docs: Read More

Well, holidays have started, and it is about time since the last months of work were very busy. Now I am taking a small break from ksvg2 hacking to work again on KOffice and Karbon, fixing bugs and small annoying problems. I think I'll wait with large redesigns/ui changes until after the next release though. Read More

Again a long time since last blog... This week, monday until thursday, there was SVG Open in Enchede, the Netherlands. I got an invitation to be part of the svg implementators panel by the organising team. I took a long time deciding to go, but had I known it would be this much fun, I would have visited more days, not just the final day! Read More

I realize now my previous blog about khtml2 lacked explanation and introduction, sorry for this :| The idea is not that WildFox and myself can do better than khtml on the html front. In fact we know more about svg than html. So the idea is not to add new functionality to khtml, but keep the functionality like it is. Read More

I promised to report on the khtml2 progress, on behalf of WildFox, since he didn't find the time to report himself, having to go on a well deserved holiday :) Basically a lot of code is "ported", and Niko started on a lot of RenderObject related code. Because of this, a lot already shows up in screenshots, like lists, tables, general text, divs. etc. Have a look at these screenshots (I am not able to put them inline, since most are too big... ) : Read More

I am not always the optimistic kind, but "today was a good day". A lot of code was added to ksvg2 and kdom that I can feel content with. It is never a good feeling to leave code lying there that you know is hacky. So yes, lots of refactoring of views, parts, zoom and pan etc. Then also some fixes for clipping, which seems always tricky. Read More

Well, I decide to give blogging a go ;-) There are so many interesting things going on right now (qt4, kdom stuff) that this may be the best time to start. Hopefully this way we ksvg devs can also improve the external communication, since we unfortunately did not give many updates in a while, while lots of coding did take place. Hopefully we can start by updating svg.kde.org a bit :) Read More