Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Tuxpaint query

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 03:26:08PM +1000, Meg Johnson wrote:
>    Folks, I have subscribed to the Tux Paint Users mail list but have yet to
>    receive confirmation.  Meanwhile, I am very anxious to have an answer to
>    my question, so I hope you don't mind my sending a query without
>    necessarily being on board as a member.

I've subscribed Meg manually.  Hopefully she'll get messages from the list
itself, at least! :)


>    Is it possible to have any control over the saving of pictures; that is,
>    saving pictures to a particular drive rather than using the default
>    TuxPaint folder?

As Caroline said, you can probably just use the 'Tux Paint Config.'
program (called "Configure Tux Paint" in the Start menu in Windows).

Go to the "Saving" tab (near the top right), then check the checkbox
next to "Use Alternative Save Directory".  Then click the "Browse" button
under that, and select a folder to save into.

Another alternative (if you just want to get quick access to the saved
files) is to simply create a shortcut (Windows), a.k.a. alias (Mac),
a.k.a. symbolic link (Linux) to the folder where Tux Paint saves.

In other words, you can create an item on your desktop (or under
"My Documents" or wherever), call it "Tux Paint Pictures", and simply
make it point to Tux Paint's "saved" folder.

This page briefly explains where Tux Paint saves its files, on each
platform:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/gallery/submit/

(Note that you may need to ask your file browser -- "Windows Explorer"
on Windows, "Nautilus", "Konqueror", "Dolphin", etc. on Linux,
or the "Finder" on Mac -- to show you any hidden files, before you can
actually navigate to Tux Paint's saved-files folder.)

Sorry for being long-winded, but hopefully that covers everything! :^D

-bill!
Cc'ing Meg directly, just in case she doesn't get the list message.
(Let me know if you DON'T get the 'tuxpaint-users' list copy of this,
so we can figure out what's going on with our listmail to you.)