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From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-05-10 18:18:58
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On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:09:10PM -0400, Terry Rieder wrote: > Can TuxPaint drawings be put into Powerpoint? If yes, how? Certainly! Power Point can include PNG images, and you can find them in Tux Paint's saved folder. The documentation (README and FAQ both, if I recall correctly) explain where things go, as it depends in your platform (Windows vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux...) This page sums it up for you, though: http://www.tuxpaint.org/gallery/submit/ Good luck! -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Terry R. <tr...@re...> - 2007-05-10 18:09:20
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Can TuxPaint drawings be put into Powerpoint? If yes, how? Terry |
From: Mark K. K. <mkk...@gm...> - 2007-04-01 19:44:53
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 12:30:20AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:20:06PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:10:07PM +0900, Cheol-Hee Kim wrote: > > > see Korean Menu. However I cannot input Korean Letters but English > > > Alphabet in Tux Paint. > > > > You can't input Korean Letters yet. Sorry. Maybe in the future. > > I just saw this pass over the SDL mailing list, which may be useful: > > http://sdl-im.csie.net/SDL_imm/ > > I have not yet looked at it closely. The site is down right now but guess what I found: http://kldp.org/node/68530 It's from the Korean LDP site. Translation: A daughter asks her dad to make Tuxpaint work with Korean keyboard, so he finds a Korean font that lets you input Korean into Tuxpaint with minimal code modification. Screenshot: http://kldp.org/files/tuxpaint-direct.PNG The font makes use of the 3-Bul Keyboard Layout, which isn't as common as the 2-Bul Keyboard Layout, but the 3-Bul layout has one-to-one keyboard_key-to-Korean_alphabet mapping which makes it possible to input Korean into Tuxpaint with no code modification. The produced text isn't as natural looking as the usual way of producing Korean, and it's sort of like asking someone to learn the Dvorak keyboard to use English, but it works. Kids that haven't quite learned 2-Bul keyboards aren't likely to mind a 3-Bul keyboard layout. (Interesting factoid: Korean text on the Apple II used the same technique, though Apple II's were rather slow to render font in software thus needed an add-on card.) The font is in the public domain, according to the website. The URL to the font is: http://paero3.myzip.co.kr/applications/fonts/direct.ttf Font information: Creator: Yong Mook Kim Font type: True Type Date: July 22, 2002 License: Public File size: 7.82KB But it doesn't stop there. They start having discussion on the forum and they end up patching Tux Paint 0.9.15 with SDL_im 1.2.9: Screenshot: http://kldp.org/files/tuxpaint+SDL_im.PNG Patch to Tux Paint 0.9.15: http://kldp.org/files/tuxpaint-0.9.15b+SDL_im-1.2.9-20060329.diff.txt Executable: http://kldp.org/files/tuxpaint-0.9.15b+SDL_im-1.2.9-20060329.zip -Mark!!! |
From: Calcutta S. K. P. <in...@ca...> - 2007-03-27 12:19:20
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I saw a dog painting on your site using Tux software so I wanted to invite any and all artists to submit dog-themed art using Tux software! All original art framed and ready to hang are accepted for a one day dog-themed art show at News Lounge in Boston on Saturday, April 7th. Open to all artists, students and non-artists over 21. No entry fee. Artist participation fee of $25 for first piece ($10 each additional piece) includes installation costs, full color postcard, and champagne reception. All artists receive a gift bag valuing $20 and selected artists will receive juried awards and additional prizes. This is a great way to exhibit your artworksell existing work and. We have over 300 people on the guest list for this evening. Prices will be set by artists, with 60% going to the artist and 40% as the suggested donation to the recipient charity, Calcutta Street Kids Project. Please send up to three JPG submissions for consideration. Please indicate dimensions. Participating fees must be sent by Check or PayPal immediately upon notification of acceptance to secure a place in the show. |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-03-19 07:30:23
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:20:06PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:10:07PM +0900, Cheol-Hee Kim wrote: > > see Korean Menu. However I cannot input Korean Letters but English > > Alphabet in Tux Paint. > > You can't input Korean Letters yet. Sorry. Maybe in the future. I just saw this pass over the SDL mailing list, which may be useful: http://sdl-im.csie.net/SDL_imm/ I have not yet looked at it closely. -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Mark K. K. <mkk...@gm...> - 2007-03-17 03:20:07
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On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:10:07PM +0900, Cheol-Hee Kim wrote: > see Korean Menu. However I cannot input Korean Letters but English > Alphabet in Tux Paint. You can't input Korean Letters yet. Sorry. Maybe in the future. -Mark |
From: Cheol-Hee K. <ki...@kr...> - 2007-03-16 07:35:08
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Dear, First of all Thanks for the Tux Paint. I would like to know how could I define the picture name instead of default 'yyyymmddnnnnn.phg' when I save. Thanks & Regards... |
From: Cheol-Hee K. <ki...@kr...> - 2007-03-16 07:10:49
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Dear, First of all Thanks for the Tux Paint. I would like to know how could I input Korean Letters in the picture. I installed Korean Font, so I could see Korean Menu. However I cannot input Korean Letters but English Alphabet in Tux Paint. Thanks & Regards... |
From: <tor...@at...> - 2007-03-15 05:59:18
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Bill Kendrick skrev: > On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:49:45PM -0800, Richard Hubbell wrote: > >> I installed the stamps under the current users account >> and they are there under ~/Library/Application >> Support/TuxPaint/stamps/ >> >> But they don't show up when selecting the stamp tool. >> Only see the default stamps with tux on them. >> >> Thanks for any help. >> > > Hi Richard, sorry for your trouble. I'm Cc'ing this to the 'tuxpaint-devel' > list to see if anyone there may know what's up. > > I've not come across this issue before, unfortunately. > > Thanks and good luck! > > PS - sorry for the late reply from me -- newborn in the house! :^) > > It sounds like the problem I had, where I had used the config program to set up a different save directory, and TuxPaint looked in the save directory when trying to find the stamps. See: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30593748&forum_id=44504 That was on Windows however, so I don't know if it's the same problem. One solution was to move the stamps to the data\stamps folder under the TuxPaint program folder. The other solution was to move them to the save folder (in a data\stamps folder I think). Kind regards, Tore |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-03-14 10:54:20
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On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:49:45PM -0800, Richard Hubbell wrote: > I installed the stamps under the current users account > and they are there under ~/Library/Application > Support/TuxPaint/stamps/ > > But they don't show up when selecting the stamp tool. > Only see the default stamps with tux on them. > > Thanks for any help. Hi Richard, sorry for your trouble. I'm Cc'ing this to the 'tuxpaint-devel' list to see if anyone there may know what's up. I've not come across this issue before, unfortunately. Thanks and good luck! PS - sorry for the late reply from me -- newborn in the house! :^) -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Steinar B. <sb...@do...> - 2007-03-06 18:07:28
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>>>>> Ray Still <ra...@sh...>: > This might be stating the obvious, but what is likely happening is > that your printer is being fed a binary string, but it thinks it's > getting ASCII. Yes. Or rather that it gets something it doesn't recognize as PostScript because of the wrong magic number of somesuch. I was just hoping this was a known problem with an easy fix...;-) I'll try the ps2ps tip in another posting, and if that fails do some PostScript forensics on the generated file. > Every time it gets the form feed character (ASCII dec 12?) it goes > on to the next page. I'm just learning on Ubuntu, so I don't know > how helpful I can be, but if it was windows, I'd say either your > print drivers are messed up, they have a setting wrong, There isn't much of a printer driver, or even settings, in this case, since the printer is native PostScript (most CUPS "printer drivers" consist of GhostScript interpreting the incoming PostScript and turning into whatever the printer needs). > or your printer is toast. Nah... it prints from tuxpaint 0.9.16 on XP, and from other programs...:-) > p.s. the beauty of a child's drawing sure gets lost in this type of > translation ;) Indeed! :-) And as I've said: this is really a lovely little program. |
From: Steinar B. <sb...@do...> - 2007-03-06 17:56:57
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>>>>> Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>: > Hi! It sounds like your printer is not set up to accept PostScript...? It's a native PostScript printer, actually (HP Color LaserJet 2550L). > Or, more likely, our PS is bogus. (It's known to not work correctly > for some people.) Ok. The PostScript generated by tuxpaint 0.9.16, running on XP, works fine on the same printer (via samba and CUPS). Ubuntu Dapper only has 0.9.15b. > One suggestion is to try piping the printout through "ps2ps". > (e.g., instead of "lpr", make it "ps2ps | lpr") That was a good idea. I'll try that. > You could also try setting it up to save the PostScript to a file > (e.g., change it from "lpr" to "cat > /tmp/tuxpaint.ps") and check > whether that PS file looks ok (say, in KPDF or some other viewer). I'll try that as well. Thanx! > Sorry for the trouble! Good luck! Oh, no trouble! :-) This is a lovely little program and both my 4 year old and my 5 year old loves it, and I've recommended it to a lot of other people. |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-03-05 00:08:21
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The Libre Graphics Meeting will be in Montreal, Canada this year: http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/ We've been invited to once again participate. (Cedric Gemy was kind enough to represent us in Lyon, France at last year's LGM.) With a full-time job and a newborn, it's very doubtful I'll be able to attend myself, but I wanted to extend the invitation to the other Tux Paint developers and users. Would anyone out here who is closer to Montreal like to attend on the project's behalf? :) Thanks! -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-03-04 07:28:03
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On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 04:36:15PM +0100, Steinar Bang wrote: > When I try to print from the above combination I get many pages > containg a few lines of garbage, as indicated under "Printing" in the > tuxpaint FAQ: http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/FAQ.html Hi! It sounds like your printer is not set up to accept PostScript...? Or, more likely, our PS is bogus. (It's known to not work correctly for some people.) One suggestion is to try piping the printout through "ps2ps". (e.g., instead of "lpr", make it "ps2ps | lpr") You could also try setting it up to save the PostScript to a file (e.g., change it from "lpr" to "cat > /tmp/tuxpaint.ps") and check whether that PS file looks ok (say, in KPDF or some other viewer). Sorry for the trouble! Good luck! PS - Worst case, you can print the PNGs from other apps, hopefully! -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Richard H. <ric...@ya...> - 2007-03-03 21:49:53
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I installed the stamps under the current users account and they are there under ~/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/stamps/ But they don't show up when selecting the stamp tool. Only see the default stamps with tux on them. Thanks for any help. ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail |
From: Richard H. <ric...@ya...> - 2007-03-03 02:12:00
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I installed the stamps under the current users account and they are there under ~/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/stamps/ But they don't show up when selecting the stamp tool. Only see the stamps with tux on them. Thanks for any help. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com |
From: Ray S. <ra...@sh...> - 2007-02-25 17:27:57
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This might be stating the obvious, but what is likely happening is that your printer is being fed a binary string, but it thinks it's getting ASCII. Every time it gets the form feed character (ASCII dec 12?) it goes on to the next page. I'm just learning on Ubuntu, so I don't know how helpful I can be, but if it was windows, I'd say either your print drivers are messed up, they have a setting wrong, or your printer is toast. hth? Ray p.s. the beauty of a child's drawing sure gets lost in this type of translation ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steinar Bang" <sb...@do...> To: <tux...@li...> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Printing problems on Ubuntu dapper > Platform: Intel Pentium M, > tuxpaint 0.9.15b-1ubuntu4 > cupsys-bsd 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 > HP Color Laserjet 2550L (native PostScript), connected via a > CUPS server, running cupsys 1.1.23-10sarge (OS is debian sarge) > > When I try to print from the above combination I get many pages > containg a few lines of garbage, as indicated under "Printing" in the > tuxpaint FAQ: http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/FAQ.html > > However the suggested fixes from the FAQ won't work: > > - The machine already have an lpr command supplied by the cupsys-bsd > package > > - The version number is 0.9.15 so it's supposed to print directly to > lpr instead if the "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr" command > > I tried using the "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr" command anyway, but that > just gave me the following error message to the console when trying to > print: > pngtopnm: input file not a PNG file > pnmtops: EOF / read error reading magic number > lpr: Error - stdin is empty, so no job has been sent. > > Has anyone else seen similar problems? Does anyone have any > suggestions to what I can do (so that my daughter gets to print her > painting :-) )...? > > Thanx! > > > - Steinar > > PS this was a lovely little program. My kids loved it. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-users mailing list > Tux...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-users > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/699 - Release Date: 2/23/2007 > 1:26 PM > |
From: Steinar B. <sb...@do...> - 2007-02-24 16:13:21
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Platform: Intel Pentium M, tuxpaint 0.9.15b-1ubuntu4 cupsys-bsd 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06 HP Color Laserjet 2550L (native PostScript), connected via a CUPS server, running cupsys 1.1.23-10sarge (OS is debian sarge) When I try to print from the above combination I get many pages containg a few lines of garbage, as indicated under "Printing" in the tuxpaint FAQ: http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/html/FAQ.html However the suggested fixes from the FAQ won't work: - The machine already have an lpr command supplied by the cupsys-bsd package - The version number is 0.9.15 so it's supposed to print directly to lpr instead if the "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr" command I tried using the "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr" command anyway, but that just gave me the following error message to the console when trying to print: pngtopnm: input file not a PNG file pnmtops: EOF / read error reading magic number lpr: Error - stdin is empty, so no job has been sent. Has anyone else seen similar problems? Does anyone have any suggestions to what I can do (so that my daughter gets to print her painting :-) )...? Thanx! - Steinar PS this was a lovely little program. My kids loved it. |
From: JIM D. <jim...@ms...> - 2007-02-15 03:22:40
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Thanks Bill. I switched to Rosetta mode and it works great! ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bill Kendrick<mailto:nb...@so...>=20 To: Discussion list for parents and teachers using Tux = Paint<mailto:tux...@li...>=20 Cc: jim...@ms...<mailto:jim...@ms...>=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] printing problems On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:03:41PM -0800, JIM DUNNIGAN wrote: > I have used Tux paint just fine on laserjet printers. > I am now trying to print to a Ricoh Postscript printer and I cannot = get it to print correctly. >=20 > Black letter looks green and outlined. > colors don't print correctly. >=20 Jim - What platform are you trying to print from? If it's an = Intel-based Mac, this page has a temporary solution that may help: = http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/known_issues/<http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/k= nown_issues/> Good luck! --=20 -bill! bi...@ne...<mailto:bi...@ne...> http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/<http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/> |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-02-14 22:06:23
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:34:04PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > This options are easily altered by editing the Python source-code (script), > but that then means you need Python itself installed to run this tool > using its script. I need to make it easier to set this up using a simple > config file. (Assuming this tool actually ends up being useful for people > at all :^) ) So looking at my old, old source code for this script, I actually bothered making note of places that need improvement, so I'll do my best to whip something together tonight and release a new version of this tool for people to try out. :) -bill! |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-02-14 21:35:25
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 01:27:51PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > I put it together a while ago, and it's not perfect, but should be a good > stop-gap solution for MOST people. You can download it for Windows here: > > ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/win32/tuxpaint-savedir-2005-02-11_1.zip Actually, this ZIP version (with a Windows EXE inside) has locations hard-coded, unfortunately. It, by default, saves to folders underneath "C:\tuxpaint-users", and assumes Tux Paint is in "C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\" This options are easily altered by editing the Python source-code (script), but that then means you need Python itself installed to run this tool using its script. I need to make it easier to set this up using a simple config file. (Assuming this tool actually ends up being useful for people at all :^) ) -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-02-14 21:27:55
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:25:27AM -0600, Sandra L Grubb wrote: > Our school would like to use this program and save the projects to our > students' individual folders on our server. Have any of you been able > to accomplish this, and if so, how? We are assuming this option is not > possible using this version. Thanks! Along with the solutions others mentioned about altering the "Save Directory" in Tux Paint Config, you can actually tell Tux Paint where to save right when you launch it (via a command-line option, "--savedir"). Now, this is not a user friendly way of doing it on Windows, BUT, you can create Shortcut icons that have the "Target" property changed, or you can have MSDOS Batch files that launch Tux Paint, and pass it the arguments on the command-line. In fact, I actually created a small tool in the Python programming language that does this in a graphical way. You provide a text file to the tool that includes a list of items -- students, teachers, classes, periods, projects, etc. -- and each item maps to a different location for Tux Paint to save files to. So, instead of running Tux Paint directly, the students click this "launcher", pick one of the items from the list, and Tux Paint is then fired up and given the corresponding folder, via the "--savedir" option. I put it together a while ago, and it's not perfect, but should be a good stop-gap solution for MOST people. You can download it for Windows here: ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/win32/tuxpaint-savedir-2005-02-11_1.zip (There is also a Kdialog-based solution for KDE users in ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/kde ) This file explains exactly what it does and how to use it: ftp://ftp.billsgames.com/unix/x/tuxpaint/savedir/README.txt I'm very interested in hearing how this works for folks. Thanks! :) -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Bill K. <nb...@so...> - 2007-02-14 20:40:38
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:03:41PM -0800, JIM DUNNIGAN wrote: > I have used Tux paint just fine on laserjet printers. > I am now trying to print to a Ricoh Postscript printer and I cannot get it to print correctly. > > Black letter looks green and outlined. > colors don't print correctly. > Jim - What platform are you trying to print from? If it's an Intel-based Mac, this page has a temporary solution that may help: http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/known_issues/ Good luck! -- -bill! bi...@ne... http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ |
From: Amy <am...@wo...> - 2007-02-14 20:13:57
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I mapped the network drive needed on the computer, (which is a tuxpaint folder in our students share folder) and then in the tuxpaint configuration, under saving, you can configure an alternate save directory. When I browse and go to My Computer, the mapped network drive is there, and I choose that. After that, it saves to the network folder automatically. The only problem I've found is that you can't get to one students folder specifically, it's all in one network folder or nothing, and all of the students can open other students' work. This helps if your kids don't use the same computer all of the time, or you want their work to be saved in a central location, but it doesn't help if you want them to have INDIVIDUAL folders, unless you have kids at the same computer all of the time, and you map a drive to their individual folders so that you can choose that as a default directory under their specific login or something (assuming Windows usage). I don't have specific logins for every student at this point, so that wasn't an option for me right now. That's something I'm looking at down the line. I dualboot all of our machines with Ubuntu, however, and I have had more trouble with Ubuntu and network drives, probably because Samba is involved. I've had problems with some programs showing up samba linked Windows network drives, like GIMP and Tuxpaint. Our file server is a Windows 2003 machine, there are issues to overcome there, I suspect. Sandra L Grubb wrote: > We followed your suggestion and will take it a step further. The > students will save their projects in the documents and settings folder > and copy and save to their own folder on the server. The file name will > include their student number. Thanks for your help! > > Sandy Grubb > Instructional Technology Specialist > sg...@ro... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-users mailing list > Tux...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-users > |
From: Sandra L G. <sg...@ro...> - 2007-02-14 15:59:52
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We followed your suggestion and will take it a step further. The students will save their projects in the documents and settings folder and copy and save to their own folder on the server. The file name will include their student number. Thanks for your help! Sandy Grubb Instructional Technology Specialist sg...@ro... |