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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Saving Projects

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

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! :)

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] printing problems

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

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!

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Saving Projects]

[Amy <am...@wo...>]

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
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Saving Projects

[Sandra L G. <sg...@ro...>]

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
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Saving Projects

[Pap <pa...@gm...>]

On 2/14/07, Sandra L Grubb <sg...@ro...> 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!




 Hi
My only solution at this problem is: in TuXPaintConfig I selected as saving
directory a directory named "xxxxxxx" created in Documents. Maybe it is not
an optimal solution, but it works. Of course I should be very happy to
select a directory in our server too.  Do you have any suggestions about it?


Paola
Primary School Teacher, Rome, Italy

[Tuxpaint-users] Saving Projects

[Sandra L G. <sg...@ro...>]

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!

Sandy Grubb
Instructional Technology Specialist
sg...@ro...

[Tuxpaint-users] printing problems

[JIM D. <jim...@ms...>]

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.

Anyone have any ideas?

I'm dying to use this with my 1st graders!

Jim Dunnigan

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[kjarrett <kja...@co...>]

Only in 1024x768 - thanks!
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[Phil A. <pam...@gm...>]

Do you have the problem when using it in 800x600 mode? Or only when
using a higher resolution? I was only having the print problem at
higher resolutions.

--Phil

On 1/4/07, kjarrett <kja...@co...> wrote:
>
> I have this same problem. I enabled the print dialog but our printer does not
> have a fit to page option. Our students' work is not really printable due to
> the truncation. Can someone help?
>
> -kj-
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[kjarrett <kja...@co...>]

I have this same problem. I enabled the print dialog but our printer does not
have a fit to page option. Our students' work is not really printable due to
the truncation. Can someone help?

-kj-
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Suddenly won't start in Win98

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

On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 05:31:27PM -0800, Sal wrote:
> 
> I successfully installed TuxPaint on a friend's Windows 98 machine
> and the program worked fine for months. But now when they click on the
> program icon 
> on the desktop or in "start/programs/TuxPaint" to start the program, nothing
> happens at all. 
> I uninstalled and reinstalled the program but it still won't start. 

Hi Sal.  Can you look in the folder containing the Tux Paint executable
file ("TuxPaint.exe"... probably in C:\Program Files\Tux Paint) and
see if you can find files named either:

  stdout.txt
or
  stderr.txt
?

If so, please send the contents of it/them back to the list.

If not, then you may want to open an MSDOS prompt on your system,
and then "cd" to the folder containing TuxPaint.exe and run it there,
and see if you get any output.

Did the _same_ version of Tux Paint work on your system before, and
then suddenly stop working?  Or had you upgraded to the latest Tux Paint?

Did you change anything about your system (e.g., install new software)
between the time Tux Paint worked, and now?

Thanks and good luck!  Happy new year, too!

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Suddenly won't start in Win98

[Sal <s_a...@bi...>]

Hi Ray,
I had another look at it yesterday, I had the newest version of Tux Paint
which I installed after uninstalling the old one but it still wouldn't work.
The only other program installed recently is a game called Construction
Zone. The PC is slower at startup than it was so I trimmed the Startup
programs through msconfig, the PC doesn't have internet access so I'm not
suspecting spyware. I'm going to install and run a registry cleanup program
in case the uninstalled Tux Paint has left behind a corrupt registry entry,
other than that I'm at a bit of a loss with this one.
Thanks for your help so far, I'll keep you posted.
Regards,
Sal.


Afton & Ray Still wrote:
> 
> Hello Sal,
> are there any other problems on the computer? eg., machine slowing down, 
> excessive popups, or other programs that aren't working right? also, have 
> any other changes been made that correspond to the time tuxpaint stopped 
> working?
> Ray
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>>
>> I successfully installed TuxPaint on a friend's Windows 98 machine
>> and the program worked fine for months. But now when they click on the
>> program icon
>> on the desktop or in "start/programs/TuxPaint" to start the program, 
>> nothing
>> happens at all.
>> I uninstalled and reinstalled the program but it still won't start.
>> I was just wondering if anyone else has come across the same problem and 
>> if
>> so
>> how they fixed it?
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Suddenly won't start in Win98

[Ray S. <ra...@sh...>]

Hello Sal,
are there any other problems on the computer? eg., machine slowing down, 
excessive popups, or other programs that aren't working right? also, have 
any other changes been made that correspond to the time tuxpaint stopped 
working?
Ray
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Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] Suddenly won't start in Win98


>
> I successfully installed TuxPaint on a friend's Windows 98 machine
> and the program worked fine for months. But now when they click on the
> program icon
> on the desktop or in "start/programs/TuxPaint" to start the program, 
> nothing
> happens at all.
> I uninstalled and reinstalled the program but it still won't start.
> I was just wondering if anyone else has come across the same problem and 
> if
> so
> how they fixed it?
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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[Tuxpaint-users] Suddenly won't start in Win98

[Sal <s_a...@bi...>]

I successfully installed TuxPaint on a friend's Windows 98 machine
and the program worked fine for months. But now when they click on the
program icon 
on the desktop or in "start/programs/TuxPaint" to start the program, nothing
happens at all. 
I uninstalled and reinstalled the program but it still won't start. 
I was just wondering if anyone else has come across the same problem and if
so
how they fixed it? 
Thanks.



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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Urgent! Stamps won't stamp on starter I made...HELP!

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

On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 06:56:42AM -0800, Kevin Jarrett wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We use Tuxpaint in my K-4 computer lab. I designed a lesson starter. I copied the .PNG file from my teacher machine to the student (lab) machines. I can open it fine, and draw on it, but the stamps won't appear. I can stamp on other starters and on a blank page. Any idea what could be wrong? Please help asap!

Interesting... you can draw on it, but not stamp on it?  You should be able
to do both (if the starter was made correctly), or NEITHER.

Would you be willing to send one of the defective PNGs to me via email, or
better yet, post it somewhere online and reply back to this list, including
the URL of the image (so someone else can take a peek, if I'm too busy)...

The one main rule to remember: your starter image should have a _transparent_
background... not a solid (opaque) white one!

Good luck!

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[Tuxpaint-users] Urgent! Stamps won't stamp on starter I made...HELP!

[Kevin J. <kja...@nc...>]

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[Phil A. <pam...@gm...>]

John,

Thanks! I get the print config dialog when I click on "Print".

Now I just have to set "fit to page" and the default for the printer
or show my kids how to set it up in the dialog.

-Phil

On 11/26/06, John Popplewell <jo...@jo...> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 04:03:06PM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick response!
> >
> > I'm using both Windows XP and Windows 2000. It sounds like a "fit to
> > page" option in the printer preferences should work.  But, I can't get
> > the printer window to pop up.  I tried running Tuxpaint in a window
> > (not fullscreen) and I tried having it always display the print
> > window, but nothing pops up.
> Hi Phil,
>
> for reasons which escape me right now, there is a Windows-only option
> called --printcfg which you need to add to the shortcut when launching
> Tux Paint. This causes the "Show Printer" options in Tux Paint Config to
> be honoured.
>
> For example, the desktop shortcut "Target:" should be changed to this:
>
> "C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.exe" --printcfg
>
> Alternatively, create a file in the TuxPaint directory above named
> "tuxpaint.cfg" and put this line in it:
>
> printcfg=yes
>
> this will affect all users.
>
> I guess this is a bug,
>
> cheers,
> John.
>
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --Phil
> >
> > On 11/26/06, Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > First, a big thanks to the Tuxpaint developers!  My kids really enjoy
> > > > the program.
> > > >
> > > > Second,  I have a print problem:  The left and right edges of the
> > > > image are getting cut off when printing.  It seems that this only
> > > > occurs when the resolution is set greater than 800x600. Does anyone
> > > > know how to make it print right at higher resolutions?
> > >
> > > Hi Phil.  What platform is this on?  I know there are still issues
> > > printing from Tux Paint under OSX.
> > >
> > > Have you tried adjusting print settings?  (Hold the [Alt] or
> > > [Option] key as you click the 'Print' button in Tux Paint.)
> > > Something like "fit to page" might be useful...?
> > >
> > > Thanks and good luck!  Sorry for the bug! :(
> > >
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Printing in Tuxpaint

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

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:07:22AM +0100, Hans Petter wrote:
> hi,
> I have for a long time had a printing problem in Tuxpaint. Currently I
> use Tuxpaint 0.9.15b in Ubuntu 6.10 but this has been the case for at
> least a year. Now my kids and I are really tired of it, and since it was
> not solved in the last upgrade I must get some help.
> 
> The problem is that I am not able to print in colour. Whatever I do,
> Tuxpaint only prints in greyscale. I have tried to leave tuxpaint.conf
> with the default values, and also just using "lpr" as print command.
> Unnecessary to say, all other programs can print in colour.

Hrm, I tried setting set the "print command" to something that saves the
postscript output from Tux Paint ("cat > /tmp/tp.ps"), and then views it
("kpdf /tmp/tp.ps"), and it didn't even work.

I then tried using "ps2ps" to re-generate a new postscript file
("ps2ps /tmp/tp.ps /tmp/tp2.ps"), and was able to view that file with KPDF.

So my .tuxpaintrc file ended up with:

printcommand=cat > /tmp/tp.ps ; ps2ps /tmp/tp.ps /tmp/tp2.ps ; kpdf /tmp/tp2.ps

and that seemed to work.  Replacing "kpdf" with "lpr" (assuming your printing
system supports PostScript) should get it to print.

Obviously, it'd be best to create a shell script for this, and it should
remove the temp files at the end.  Temp files could be named something more
unique, too.  (Sadly, ps2ps doesn't read from stdin, or write to stdout, so
the temp files are needed.)  But... this should help, hopefully.

Sorry for the trouble! :(

-bill!

[Tuxpaint-users] Printing in Tuxpaint

[Hans P. <ha...@bl...>]

hi,
I have for a long time had a printing problem in Tuxpaint. Currently I
use Tuxpaint 0.9.15b in Ubuntu 6.10 but this has been the case for at
least a year. Now my kids and I are really tired of it, and since it was
not solved in the last upgrade I must get some help.

The problem is that I am not able to print in colour. Whatever I do,
Tuxpaint only prints in greyscale. I have tried to leave tuxpaint.conf
with the default values, and also just using "lpr" as print command.
Unnecessary to say, all other programs can print in colour.

Best regards,
Hans Petter Birkeland

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[John P. <jo...@jo...>]

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 04:03:06PM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> Thanks for the quick response!
> 
> I'm using both Windows XP and Windows 2000. It sounds like a "fit to
> page" option in the printer preferences should work.  But, I can't get
> the printer window to pop up.  I tried running Tuxpaint in a window
> (not fullscreen) and I tried having it always display the print
> window, but nothing pops up.
Hi Phil,

for reasons which escape me right now, there is a Windows-only option
called --printcfg which you need to add to the shortcut when launching
Tux Paint. This causes the "Show Printer" options in Tux Paint Config to
be honoured.

For example, the desktop shortcut "Target:" should be changed to this:

"C:\Program Files\TuxPaint\tuxpaint.exe" --printcfg

Alternatively, create a file in the TuxPaint directory above named
"tuxpaint.cfg" and put this line in it:

printcfg=yes

this will affect all users.

I guess this is a bug,

cheers,
John.

> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> --Phil
> 
> On 11/26/06, Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> > On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > First, a big thanks to the Tuxpaint developers!  My kids really enjoy
> > > the program.
> > >
> > > Second,  I have a print problem:  The left and right edges of the
> > > image are getting cut off when printing.  It seems that this only
> > > occurs when the resolution is set greater than 800x600. Does anyone
> > > know how to make it print right at higher resolutions?
> >
> > Hi Phil.  What platform is this on?  I know there are still issues
> > printing from Tux Paint under OSX.
> >
> > Have you tried adjusting print settings?  (Hold the [Alt] or
> > [Option] key as you click the 'Print' button in Tux Paint.)
> > Something like "fit to page" might be useful...?
> >
> > Thanks and good luck!  Sorry for the bug! :(
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[Phil A. <pam...@gm...>]

Thanks for the quick response!

I'm using both Windows XP and Windows 2000. It sounds like a "fit to
page" option in the printer preferences should work.  But, I can't get
the printer window to pop up.  I tried running Tuxpaint in a window
(not fullscreen) and I tried having it always display the print
window, but nothing pops up.

Any ideas?

--Phil

On 11/26/06, Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > First, a big thanks to the Tuxpaint developers!  My kids really enjoy
> > the program.
> >
> > Second,  I have a print problem:  The left and right edges of the
> > image are getting cut off when printing.  It seems that this only
> > occurs when the resolution is set greater than 800x600. Does anyone
> > know how to make it print right at higher resolutions?
>
> Hi Phil.  What platform is this on?  I know there are still issues
> printing from Tux Paint under OSX.
>
> Have you tried adjusting print settings?  (Hold the [Alt] or
> [Option] key as you click the 'Print' button in Tux Paint.)
> Something like "fit to page" might be useful...?
>
> Thanks and good luck!  Sorry for the bug! :(
>
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

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

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:17:12AM +0200, Phil Americus wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First, a big thanks to the Tuxpaint developers!  My kids really enjoy
> the program.
> 
> Second,  I have a print problem:  The left and right edges of the
> image are getting cut off when printing.  It seems that this only
> occurs when the resolution is set greater than 800x600. Does anyone
> know how to make it print right at higher resolutions?

Hi Phil.  What platform is this on?  I know there are still issues
printing from Tux Paint under OSX.

Have you tried adjusting print settings?  (Hold the [Alt] or
[Option] key as you click the 'Print' button in Tux Paint.)
Something like "fit to page" might be useful...?

Thanks and good luck!  Sorry for the bug! :(

-- 
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http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/

[Tuxpaint-users] Print problem

[Phil A. <pam...@gm...>]

Hi all,

First, a big thanks to the Tuxpaint developers!  My kids really enjoy
the program.

Second,  I have a print problem:  The left and right edges of the
image are getting cut off when printing.  It seems that this only
occurs when the resolution is set greater than 800x600. Does anyone
know how to make it print right at higher resolutions?

Thanks,
Phil

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Mac download

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

On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 10:15:11PM -0600, rb...@al... wrote:
[Regarding "Tux Paint has unexpectedly quit" error on OS X w/ TP 0.9.16...]
>
> Yes, I have 10.3.4. Sorry, I should have listed that.

Can you try running Tux Paint from Terminal.app?  You might be able
to see what errors, if any, Tux Paint is reporting.

Find "Terminal" on your hard disk, under Applications, then Utilities
(usually).

Use the "cd" command in the Terminal to navigate to where your Tux Paint
application is stored.  For example, I placed everything from the DMG
into my Applications folder, so I typed:

  cd /Applications/"Tux Paint"

That folder contains the Tux Paint program ("Tux Paint.app", which looks
like a subdirectory), Tux Paint Config, and other stuff.

If, for example, your Tux Paint program (the launcher icon) was right
on your desktop, you'd simply go to your desktop folder:

  cd ~/Desktop


Now, run the Tux Paint from the terminal, by calling the executable that
lies deep within:

  ./"Tux Paint.app"/Contents/MacOS/"Tux Paint"

On my system, since I also have a shortcut to Tux Paint on my dock, its
icon began bouncing.  After a moment, Tux Paint's main window appeared and
the chime sound effect played.

On your system, I'm hoping you'll get some meaningful error message displayed
in the Terminal window, which you can then copy-and-paste into a reply
here on this list. :^)

Good luck!

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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Mac download

[<rb...@al...>]

Yes, I have 10.3.4. Sorry, I should have listed that.
> 
> From: Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>
> Date: 2006/11/21 Tue AM 10:32:07 CST
> To: Discussion list for parents and teachers using Tux Paint <tuxpaint-
us...@li...>
> Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Mac download
> 
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 07:35:36PM -0600, rb...@al... wrote:
> > I have downloaded the Mac OS X 0.9.16 TuxPaint twice and niether one 
will 
> > work. Has anyone else had this problem? Don't know what I am doing 
wrong. 
> > It looks like everything is in the folder, but I get "The application Tux 
Paint 
> > has unexpectedly quit." message on both when after it starts.
> 
> To confirm, you're using this on Mac OS X 10.3 or higher, correct?
> 
> Sorry for your trouble, and thanks!
> 
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