Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Tuxpaint-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

[Michael W. <mic...@co...>]

Hi Pere,

you are right, we are using 0.9.20. I used the config tool and this
created the entry with an absolute path.
I was a little confused that I did not see the pictures I have copied
to the folder. I than created and saved a new picture and realized that
TuxPaint created a folder "saved" in the folder that is given in the
config file. I copied the existing pictuers there and everything is
fine now.
I am still wondering why the default is a hidden folder.
Prior to implementing your suggestion I created a link to the default
folder, that of course works, too.

Thanks again for your help.


Regards,

Michael


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Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:50:58 +0100
From: Pere Pujal i Carabantes <pe...@fo...>
Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] savedir does not work
To: Discussion list for parents and teachers using Tux Paint
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El dg 21 de 03 de 2010 a les 12:01 -0400, en/na Michael Werner va
escriure:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> we are using tuxpaint on a debian system for a short while and learned
> that the pictures are saved to the hidden folder ~/.tuxpaint/saved. I
> onder why this is done? I browsed a little bit and figuered out that
> this can be changed by writing a .tuxpaintrc manually.  

You can also create this file with the tuxpaint-config tool which comes
in its own package in Debian.
Also, the stamps comes in its own package.

>  I created that
> file in the home directory and added those lines:
> fullscreen=native
> savedir=~/pictures
> 
> I than started tuxpaint and it came up in full screen mode, so the
> configuration file was read. However the pictures are still saved in
> the default directory. Any ideas why this happens?   

I guess you have Tuxpaint 0.9.20 (a bit outdated) which is what comes
with Debian stable, if I recall right, it has a bug with the "~" symbol
in the directory path.

You can either write the full path in the .tuxpaintrc file or try to
install tuxpaint 0.9.21 from  testing or try compile and install by
yourself.


> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michael
>   

Hope this helps
Pere