Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

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

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 07:44:50AM -0700, Anat Caspi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you both for your active engagement with our tuxpaint issues!
> We have both problems, actually. But resizing the targets would be a good
> start. I mean, those keys are too small even for my fingers when I use the
> tablet in touch mode (and I have decently slender fingers)! We'll try to
> memorize the keyboard key locations if we cannot see them until you find a
> different option... haha

FYI, it's also possible to construct your own keyboard layouts,
though I'm realizing now that it's not really documented at all.
(I think it would be good to add to the "EXTENDING" documentation,
like we do for Input Methods.)

I'll see what I can I do about that, soon.

This could allow constructing a keyboard that has a more suitable
layout for eye-tracking or tapping purposes.  (And if anyone does so,
and they might be useful for others, we can consider adding them
to Tux Paint itself.)


> As for the other two problems: thank you for pointing out the
> documentation. I was able to work through the "starters." Of course the
> school district created horrible permissions for all those tux paint
> subfolders and it took me a while to circumvent that (when the school owns
> the tablets, they tend to lock students out of pretty much everything other
> than the downloads folder). On windows 10 there is something a little like
> a unix softlink, so I had to change 'starters' to soft-link point to
> another folder for which I did have permissions. But this seems like it's
> tenuous and the next time we update tux paint it is likely to break.
> I know in the configurations one is able to change the folder in which the
> artwork is saved. Is it also possible to point 'starters' to a different
> folder?

Yes, definitely.  Tux Paint has a "savedir" option that can be supplied
via the configuration file, or on the command-line (i.e., in the application
launcher shortcut in Windows).

See the "OPTIONS" documentation for all of the various things you can ask
Tux Paint to do.  I've tried to make sure LOTS of things are configurable.
(Including simplification options and options to disabling new features,
as we add any that I feel might be a bit too confusing for younger users.)


> Thanks for all your help!

Happy to help!

-bill!