Re: [Tuxpaint-users] cannot exit full screen mode with flatpak installation on ubuntu

[Aryeh W. <ar...@cc...>]

On 15/02/2022 10:47, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 02:25:19PM +0200, Aryeh Weiss wrote:
>> Thank you for your reply. I found the relevant conf file and that works.
>>
>> However, now I see that while lang hebrew works for 0.9.23, it does
>> not work for the flatpak distribution 0.9.27 .
>>
>> Not just Hebrew -- other languages also do not work.
>>
>> Best regards
>> --aryeh
> Hi again!  I dug around, and discovered you should be able to do this:
>
>    flatpak config --set extra-languages "XX;YY;ZZ;..."
>    flatpak update
>
> Where "XX", "YY", etc. are 2-letter locale codes (e.g., "he" for Hebrew,
> "es" for Spanish, etc.)
>
> That will install, among other things, an "org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint.Locale"
> package.
>
> Then, you can run, e.g.:
>
>    flatpak run org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint --fullscreen=no --lang=hebrew
>
> I think I need to add this stuff to an FAQ! :)
>
> -bill!

Thank you - this worked and now the flatpak distro implements the hebrew 
language option

best regards
--aryeh

>
>>
>> On 11/02/2022 13:11, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 08:31:25PM +0200, Aryeh Weiss wrote:
>>>> Tuxpaint installed from flatpak opens in full screen mode, and I
>>>> cannot figure out how to get out of full screen mode.
>>>>
>>>> If I install from apt (apt install  tuxpaint), then it works fine
>>>> but the version is 0.9.23
>>>>
>>>> The flatpak is 0.9.27, which is the latest version. However , I
>>>> cannot pass it arguments (even if I track down the flatpak link to
>>>> the executable), it does not appear affected by
>>>> /etc/tuxpaint/tuxpaint.conf , and I cannot get it out of full screen
>>>> mode.
>>> The Flatpak has its own environment, so would not be looking in /etc.
>>> (On my machine, I see, for example:
>>> /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint/x86_64/stable/[very-long-string]/files/etc/tuxpaint/tuxpaint.conf)
>>>
>>> However, you _can_ override config file options via the command-line,
>>> e.g.:
>>>
>>>    flatpak run org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint --fullscreen=no
>>>
>>>> What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>> A second question - is there any way to move objects after they are
>>>> drawn? For example, if I put down a stamp, can the image be
>>>> translated on the canvas?
>>> No. The only objects that can be moved after the fact are Labels.
>>>
>>> Stamps get applied to the canvas just like any other 'object' (brush
>>> strokes, lines, shapes, regular Text, Magic tools that 'paint' things,
>>> like bricks, grass, traintracks, etc.), and hence can then be
>>> painted or stamped over, manipulated by Magic tools (blur, blocks,
>>> emboss, tint, waves, etc!)
>>>
>>>
>>>> I saw a similar question asked in 2015, but I did not see an answer
>>>> there, and perhaps by now something has changed.
>>> Sorry, not at this time.  It is unlikely that it ever will.
>>> (The feature that became "Labels" was requested by numerous teachers
>>> who wanted kids to be able to edit any misspellings, so we gave in and
>>> added it. :) )
>>>
>>>
>>> Take care,
>>>
>>> -bill!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tnx in advance,
>>>> --aryeh
>>>>

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Aryeh Weiss
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