Hi Everypony!!

The patched version of Ponyscape 0.4 is here!!  Currently, the Windows, 64-bit Linux, Mac OS X 10.6,  10.7, and 10.8 packages are available!  The Linux package was built on Linux Mint 14, but it should work on most up-to-date distributions.  On Windows, download the zip file and extract it using 7zip or winrar and run ponyscape.exe.  On Linux, download the deb package and install it by running "sudo dpkg -i <filename>" or by using a GUI package installer of your choice.  On Mac OS X, open the dmg package, drag Ponyscape.app to the Applications folder, and launch Ponyscape.app from your Applications folder.  For this patch version, I revamped the Linux package so that everything is now installed in a separate directory from Inkscape and you now run "ponyscape" instead of "inkscape" from a terminal.  Additionally I revamped the Mac OS package so that it's now called Ponyscape.app (and I tweaked it a bit so it runs smoother).

You can get the binary packages here (md5's are provided for checksumming):

Windows: [link]
md5: f893672cf43313184b174b88bea3ee96

Linux: [link]
md5: d014652ec3b30b0d0365ac93333f9d11

Mac OS X 10.8 (x11): [link]
md5: e524242ff8bf619917ac36c0f7d329c1

Mac OS X 10.8 (non x11): [link]
md5: f955ca6d5ceab21f147b953281148990

Mac OS X 10.7 (non x11): [link]
md5: d96aee8ddf600141211422fc83ddc4dd

Mac OS X 10.6 (non x11): [link]
md5: 80da15a4f39830acf5759cf4bd9ca3a0

Alternatively, you can download the entire source code and compile from scratch.  I can confirm that compiling works on Windows and Linux, the Mac OS build requires some tweaking but should work if you replace the files in /packaging/macosx with the files found here: [link] .  Compilation instructions can be found on Inkscape's wiki ( [link] ).

Source: [link]
md5: d7a6e283b01a1677cecccfbccd3f9c15

Here's what's included in this patched release:

Fixed swatch button in Fill & Stroke Dialog

Increased size of the swatch bar at the bottom

Fixed some random swatch setting issues (thanks to ~tgolyi for a patch which helped with this!)

Fixed "Edit path on canvas" in Path-Effects dialog (patch by ~tgolyi, big thanks to him!)

Improved swatch efficiency!!

Included experimental path-effects in the Linux build

And now a quick legal disclosure (only because I have to ).  This software is provided as-is and without any warranty.  Misuse of this software or use of this software in an illegal nature is in no way the fault of the developer or the upstream Inkscape development team.  The developers are not responsible for any loss or damages that may occur while using the software.  This software is licensed under the GPL version 2.0, a copy of which will be provided upon request.  Inkscape itself is licensed under the GPL, and is free and open-source software, meaning I am allowed to modify and redistribute the source code and/or binaries.

I hope this patched release will fix any issues you guys may have been having from upgrading to 0.4!  I will be working on more bugfixes and improvements for 0.5, so if anyone has any feature suggestions, feel free to contact me!

=flutterguy317