Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [Tuxpaint-maintainers] Tux Paint will now _require_ SDL2_Pango [0.9.30 & beyond]

[Mark K. <mar...@gm...>]

> sizing options, which appear as a little triangularly-shaped
> set of buttons (similar to what we've had for Stamps scaling,

I don't see any triangularly shaped buttons when I select one of the tools
that is supposed to have this feature (googly eyes).  (Screenshot below.)

> Most (if not all) tools only offer this in the "paint" mode
> (versus the full-canvas / entire-picture / MODE_FULLSCREEN mode),

Maybe I need to figure out how to get into this "paint" mode but I'm
unclear what mode this is, because... isn't the normal mode the paint
mode?  I mean... it's in the name of the application :)

I checked Tux Paint config but don't see any mode called "paint" mode under
the Video tab.  Just full screen and different window sizes.


This is what I see when I select Googly Eyes:
[image: image.png]

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 4:41 PM Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:

> On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 07:15:05AM -0400, Mark Kim wrote:
> > > Awesome!  Did you happen to toy with the new size functionality
> > > of the Magic tools?  Any feedback?
> >
> > I'm sorry but how do you use it? I couldn't figure it out.
>
> Many of the tools (see docs/CHANGES.txt for a list) now offer
> sizing options, which appear as a little triangularly-shaped
> set of buttons (similar to what we've had for Stamps scaling,
> slideshow playback speed (and animated GIF export speed), and
> brush spacing).
>
> Most (if not all) tools only offer this in the "paint" mode
> (versus the full-canvas / entire-picture / MODE_FULLSCREEN mode),
> as they affect the radius of the application of the Magic tool's
> effect (be it filter-like tools, such as Blur, Darken, Lighten;
> or drawing-like tools, like Kaleidoscope and the Symmetry painting
> tools, Toothpaste, and Light).
>
> For other tools, the sizing option doesn't apply (e.g., Zoom, Shift,
> or Fold (folded paper corner)) or there were other ways to change the
> size or intensity of the effect (e.g., Waves & Wavelets, and Blind
> (window blinds)).
>
> Tux Paint accepts a "--nomagicsizes" command-line option, or
> "nomagicsizes=yes" config. file option (also exposed and manipulable
> by Tux Paint Config.) which disables this feature.  Magic Tools,
> for the most part, revert back to the behavior seen in earlier
> versions of Tux Paint.
>
> In two cases, this actually causes the plugin to act differently.
> (During "..._init()", plugins are informed whether or not this feature
> has been deactivated.)  Both the Bricks and Googly Eyes tools now each
> only appear as a single tool, with various sizing options, rather than
> as two separate tools that draw "small" or "large" bricks or eyes.
> HOWEVER, if the sizing feature is disabled, they go back to appearing
> as two separate tools each like they had done previously.
>
> One way I've tracked down a few bugs was to basically 'spam' Tux Paint,
> by just scribbling all over and flipping between the different tools,
> their modes (paint vs fullscreeen), the different sizes, etc.
> This of course makes it a little hard to determine how to reproduce
> the issue.  (Perhaps I should use a screen recorder!)  The side effect
> is sometimes I come up with interesting abstract art. :-D
>
> HTH!
>
> PS - Also note that a few other Magic tools were updated slightly,
> beyond adding support for sizing.  They're also noted in docs/CHANGES.txt,
> if anyone feels like hammering on them. :)
>
> -bill!
>
>
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