Re: [Tuxpaint-users] select 'save' directory

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

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 01:05:16PM -0700, Fleischer, Paula wrote:
> Hello - I'm new to tuxpaint.  We are considering using it at school,
> where our students each have their own folder for their computer
> work.  I found the command where you can change the directory where
> work is saved, but is there any way for the standard "Save In"
> dialog box can come up so students can select their own folder
> location?

Hi Paula.  At this time, Tux Paint itself doesn't have a way of bringing up
the file dialog from the underlying environment (Windows, Mac OS X, KDE, etc.)

However, earlier this year I began working on a tool which brings up a
dialog _before_ Tux Paint is launched, asking where to save files.
It then sends that choice to Tux Paint via its "savedir" option.

You can find it here, for Linux and Windows:  (unfortunately, nothing for
Mac OS X yet...  finding OS X developers is like pulling teeth, it seems!)

  ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/


As seen in the README file there:

  The solution:
  -------------
  This tool simply shows a small dialog containing a list of student's names
  (or class rooms, or other identifying information), each of which correspond
  to a particular directory.

  Using the students from the example above, even though "Billy" and "Suzy"
  both have the same directory on the file server mounted as their PC's "H:"
  drive, this tool can cause Tux Paint to save its files in either
  "H:\billy\" or "H:\suzy\", depending on which name they pick from a list.

  It does this simply by calling the Tux Paint executable (e.g.,
  "tuxpaint.exe") with the "--savedir" command-line argument.
  (It's the same as the directory choice found in the "Tux Paint Config"
  GUI tool, except it's not coming out of a configuration file.)


Let me know if that helps in the interim!


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-bill!
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