Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Tuxpaint-users Digest, Vol 23, Issue 1

[Shih-Chin Y. <sya...@gm...>]

Hi, Misty:
Many thanks for your encouragement! I would see if I could arrange one
prototype for you.

Best regards,
Shih-Chin

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:17 AM, Misty <mis...@ho...> wrote:

> I would LOVE to have a tablet to play on tux paint with... I mean so my
> KIDS
> can play on tux paint of COURSE lol. I am 29 there is no way you can prove
> that I play on Tux paint lol. (Okay okay I LOVE LOVE LOVE tux paint lol. )
>
> But yes I would pay 40 bucks for the tablet... and I think it is an awesome
> idea!! And I too would test a prototype LOL.
>
> Misty
>
>
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> >   1. Stamps not all loading (Debbie Schiel)
> >   2. Re: Stamps not all loading SOLVED (Debbie Schiel)
> >   3. An experimental tablet for TuxPaint (Shih-Chin Yang)
> >   4. Re: Stamps not all loading SOLVED (Bill Kendrick)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:21:53 +0000
> > From: Debbie Schiel <deb...@ho...>
> > Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Stamps not all loading
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> > Hi There,
> >
> > I've used tux paint on my own PC before with the whole set of stamps, but
> > here on the school PCs (windows XP) Tux starts up but only loads the
> first
> > folder of stamps ('animals' in the data folder). The rest are in their
> > folders but they do not appear in the tux program.
> >
> > Any ideas on what could be wrong?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Debbie
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> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:31:12 +0000
> > From: Debbie Schiel <deb...@ho...>
> > Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Stamps not all loading SOLVED
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> >
> > Sorry - searched the tuxpaint archive and found out that the stamps are
> > all there, but that they are now categorised instead of in one long list,
> > and I just need to click on the arrows to get to the other stamps!
> >
> > From: deb...@ho...
> > To: tux...@li...
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 02:21:53 +0000
> > Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Stamps not all loading
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi There,
> >
> > I've used tux paint on my own PC before with the whole set of stamps, but
> > here on the school PCs (windows XP) Tux starts up but only loads the
> first
> > folder of stamps ('animals' in the data folder). The rest are in their
> > folders but they do not appear in the tux program.
> >
> > Any ideas on what could be wrong?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Debbie
> >
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> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:31:47 +0800
> > From: "Shih-Chin Yang" <sya...@gm...>
> > Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] An experimental tablet for TuxPaint
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> > Dear all:
> > I found Tuxpaint to be a very good software for kids, but it might be a
> > bit
> > difficult for kids to use mouse to draw on TuxPaint,
> >
> > I have been working on a technology to offer an economic tablet for kids.
> > For the prototype, you could see the video demo at
> >
> > http://www.imareader.com/coopaint.html
> >
> > The tablet indeed has several distinct features from a Wacom tablet, such
> > as
> > . Fully transparent;
> > . No sensor board ;
> > . Large area;
> > . Low cost.
> >
> > I plan to make a product using the technology, but think I had better to
> > do
> > some market research before doing. Do you think if parents would buy a
> > $39.99 tablet for kids to explore their creativity using TuxPaint?
> >
> > I know this is a E-mail list for users, not for market research. But
> since
> > most of you are experts in TuxPaint, so I hope that you don't mind I ask
> > such a question here.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Shih-Chin
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> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:27:10 -0700
> > From: Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>
> > Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Stamps not all loading SOLVED
> > To: Tux Paint Users <tux...@li...>
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> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 02:31:12AM +0000, Debbie Schiel wrote:
> >>    Sorry - searched the tuxpaint archive and found out that the stamps
> >> are
> >>    all there, but that they are now categorised instead of in one long
> >> list,
> >>    and I just need to click on the arrows to get to the other stamps!
> >
> > :^)  Glad you found 'em!  More are coming, too!
> >
> > -bill!
> >
> >
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:14:13 -0700
> > From: Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>
> > Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] An experimental tablet for TuxPaint
> > To: Discussion list for Tux Paint developers
> > <tux...@li...>, Tux Paint Users
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> > (Responding to both -devel and -users.)
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> > On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 02:30:26PM +0800, Shih-Chin Yang wrote:
> >>    Hi, Bill:
> >>    Many thanks for your  comments.
> >>
> >>    As a matter of fact, I would like to make the tablet as simple as
> >>    possible, but with features like large drawing area, transparent. The
> >>    tablet would still require a tethered stylus, but not pressure
> >> sensitive.
> >
> > Ok, so it's technology closer to a Wacom tablet than a Koala Pad drawing
> > tablet or a touchscreen (e.g., a CRT at an Automated Teller Machine)
> >
> >
> >>    Even though the prototype work for windows only for now, but with
> >> proper
> >>    drivers, it could also support Linux, Mac OS etc. And it could work
> >> with
> >>    any software other than TuxPaint.
> >
> > How does Windows see the device?  I would imagine it would not need to
> act
> > much different from a plain pointer input device (like a mouse or
> > trackball).
> > Is it (going to) connect(ed) by USB?
> >
> > The Koala Pad on the Atari 8-bit acted as two Paddle controllers
> > (potentiometers), one representing X, the other Y.  The two buttons on
> > the Koala Pad acted as Paddle fire buttons (digital on/off).
> >
> > Once upon a time I had a little device a friend and I made which allowed
> > me
> > to connect Atari Paddle controllers to a PC's joystick port (the kind you
> > used to find on sound cards like the SoundBlaster).  I imagine I could
> > have
> > used the X/Y/Fire of the joystick input on the PC (say, under Linux) to
> > utilize the Koala Pad.
> >
> > Unfortunately, at the time, I had no Koala Pad.  And these days, PCs
> don't
> > have the old-style analog joystick input.  I've got a StellAdapter
> > (Atari video game/computer system controller to USB converter), but I
> > don't
> > recall if it supports Paddle inputs... it may only do joystick
> > (which were 4 digital values on the Atari).
> >
> >
> >>    What hardware features(buttons) do you think might help to put on the
> >>    tablet? Other than a plain transparent board?
> >
> > Honestly, I don't know!  I think keeping it simple would be the best and
> > most flexible route.
> >
> > Have you looked at the Digital Arts and Crafts Studio's drawing tablet?
> > It includes an assortment of buttons for choosing colors, tools, etc.
> > I can map most of those to controls within Tux Paint, but really, Tux
> > Paint
> > can do so much more than the DACS software can (in some ways, at least),
> > so those buttons are more of a burden. :)
> >
> > What do others out here think of Shin-Chin's device?
> >
> > PS - I'd happily accept a prototype to play with. :^D
> >
> > -bill!
> >
> >
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