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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TUX PAINT NOT OPENING IN WINDOWS 10 MICROSOFT

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

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 03:06:28PM +0530, Tejas Niranjan wrote:
> I have installed tux paint in WINDOWS 10 Microsoft From Firefox Mozzila
> after installing . I try to open it full screen it not opened.

Hi Tejas, sorry to hear you're having trouble.  Can you launch Tux Paint
in windowed (not fullscreen) mode with any success?

Thanks!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] TUX PAINT NOT OPENING IN WINDOWS 10 MICROSOFT

[Tejas N. <tej...@gm...>]

I have installed tux paint in WINDOWS 10 Microsoft From Firefox Mozzila
after installing . I try to open it full screen it not opened.

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.25 has been released!

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

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 10:51:15PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> Happy new year everyone; I hope you're staying safe out
> there.  This is just a brief note to let you all know that
> a new version of Tux Paint has been released!
> 
> So far, it's been made available for:
> 
>  * Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10; both 64-bit and 32-bit
>    (installer EXE only, so far)
> 
>  * Windows XP and 2000
>    (installer EXE only, so far)
<snip>

"Portable" stand-alone ZIP versions of Tux Paint for
both modern Windows (Vista/7/8/10) and Windows XP/2000
are also now available.

Also, RPM packages for RHEL Linux (and compatible OSes) are
now available as well!

(Thanks once more to Shin-ichi for both of these.)


As before, visit the "Download" page of the Tux Paint website
for details and download links:  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/

-bill!

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.25 has been released!

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

Happy new year everyone; I hope you're staying safe out
there.  This is just a brief note to let you all know that
a new version of Tux Paint has been released!

So far, it's been made available for:

 * Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10; both 64-bit and 32-bit
   (installer EXE only, so far)

 * Windows XP and 2000
   (installer EXE only, so far)

 * Apple Macintosh; OS X Yosemite (10.10) through macOS Big Sur (11)

 * Android (version 5 Lollipop & later)

 * Haiku; both 64-bit and 32-bit

 * and of course as source-code (.tar.gz)

Many thanks to Mark K. Kim, Pere Pujal i Carabantes, Shin-ichi TOYAMA,
and Luc 'Begasus' Schrijvers for these ports.  Shin-ichi says he'll
produce some RHEL Linux packages soon, as well.

Visit the download page of the Tux Paint website to
find what you need:  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/


This new version includes many minor changes, as well as
these noteworthy ones:

 * export drawings "out of Tux Paint" (from the Open dialog;
   e.g. on a desktop/laptop OS, they'll be copied into your
   personal "Pictures" folder)

 * export animated GIFs (from the Open->Slideshow dialog),
   great for sharing silly animations on social media

 * Shapes tool offers the ability to expand shapes from
   the corner, rather than the center

 * improved Eraser tool (including finer eraser sizes)

 * larger on-screen keyboard (accessibility feature of the
   Text and Label tools) on high-resolution screens

You can read my press release about it here:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.25-press-release-en.php


PS - I've also come up with a "Privacy Policy" regarding
the Tux Paint website (www.tuxpaint.org) and the application
itself, and have posted it here: http://www.tuxpaint.org/privacy/
Feedback is welcome!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.24a for macOS 11 Big Sur

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

A new build of Tux Paint 0.9.24, originally released back in May,
is now available for macOS.

The previous version worked on macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra,
10.14 Mojave, and 10.15 Catalina.

Now that macOS 11 Big Sur is out, we've received a handful of reports
of Tux Paint 0.9.24 not working properly (it runs, but no image is
displayed).

Mark Kim of the Tux Paint project spent some time digging into this
and has produced new builds of Tux Paint and Tux Paint Config. which
not only work on Big Sur, but also on a few earlier versions:
OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and 10.11 El Capitan.

If you're running Big Sur and had problems -- or if you're still
running Yosemite or El Capitan and want to try out the new Tux Paint --
you may download them here:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/macosx/

In case you missed it, we also have a page that lists all of the
previous major releases of Tux Paint, and the various versions of
Mac OS X / OS X / macOS that they run on, along with download links, too!
(http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/macosx/older/)

If you come across any problems, let us know ASAP!  Many thanks
to the folks who reported the issues, and to Mark for all he had
to endure to get Big Sur installed and Tux Paint up and running on it!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Test build Tux Paint 0.9.25 Beta for Android

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

Hi, it is mirrored at 
ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/android/0.9.25/
Please test and report any issue, Thanks :)

A thing that I am working right now is the _locales_ list of the config
tool for the Android version in order to convert it to a more
understandable by regular humans _languages_ list.

Thanks
Pere

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.24 now available for 64-bit Windows

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

Shin-Ichi here in the Tux Paint project has been working on
native 64-bit Windows builds of Tux Paint, and was kind enough to
go back and re-build the most recent release (0.9.24, from this past May)
for 64-bit Windows.

Most modern PCs and laptops will have a 64-bit CPU, so most everyone
will be able to take advantage of this new build of Tux Paint.

Please download it and try it out, and let us know ASAP if you notice
any problems!

Installer version:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/windows/

Portable "ZIP-file" version:

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/windows-zip/


-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.25 beta for Win32 and RPM-based Linux

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

Shin-Ichi has been kind enough to build Tux Paint 0.9.25 beta
builds for Windows and RPM-based Linux!

I've mirrored copies of them onto my FTP server, and you can
fetch them from there.  Please take it for a test drive, and
report back any issues that you come across!

(Shin-ichi built them right around the same time as when I
mended the issues with the shapes tool refresh and rotation,
but I'm guessing they were built afterwards.)


Windows (10, 8, 7, Vista, 2000, XP)

 ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/win32/0.9.25-pre/2020-08-30/


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (x86-64)

  64-bit versions of RHEL 8 and compatible distributions (such as CentOS).
  They might work on other 64-bit RPM-based distributions such as Fedora Linux.

  ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/rpm/0.9.25-pre/2020-08-30/el8.x86_64/
  (includes some SDL libraries)


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (x86-64)

  64-bit versions of RHEL 7 and compatible distributions (such as CentOS).
  They might work on other 64-bit RPM-based distributions such as Fedora Linux.

  ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/rpm/0.9.25-pre/2020-08-30/el7.x86_64/


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (x86-64)

  64-bit versions of RHEL 6.x and compatible distributions (such as CentOS).
  They might work on other 64-bit RPM-based distributions such as Fedora Linux.

  ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/rpm/0.9.25-pre/2020-08-30/el6.x86_64/


Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (i686)

  32-bit versions of RHEL 6.x and compatible distributions (such as CentOS).
  They might work on other 32-bit RPM-based distributions such as Fedora Linux.

  ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/rpm/0.9.25-pre/2020-08-30/el6.i686/


Thanks & enjoy!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

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

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 07:44:50AM -0700, Anat Caspi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you both for your active engagement with our tuxpaint issues!
> We have both problems, actually. But resizing the targets would be a good
> start. I mean, those keys are too small even for my fingers when I use the
> tablet in touch mode (and I have decently slender fingers)! We'll try to
> memorize the keyboard key locations if we cannot see them until you find a
> different option... haha

FYI, it's also possible to construct your own keyboard layouts,
though I'm realizing now that it's not really documented at all.
(I think it would be good to add to the "EXTENDING" documentation,
like we do for Input Methods.)

I'll see what I can I do about that, soon.

This could allow constructing a keyboard that has a more suitable
layout for eye-tracking or tapping purposes.  (And if anyone does so,
and they might be useful for others, we can consider adding them
to Tux Paint itself.)


> As for the other two problems: thank you for pointing out the
> documentation. I was able to work through the "starters." Of course the
> school district created horrible permissions for all those tux paint
> subfolders and it took me a while to circumvent that (when the school owns
> the tablets, they tend to lock students out of pretty much everything other
> than the downloads folder). On windows 10 there is something a little like
> a unix softlink, so I had to change 'starters' to soft-link point to
> another folder for which I did have permissions. But this seems like it's
> tenuous and the next time we update tux paint it is likely to break.
> I know in the configurations one is able to change the folder in which the
> artwork is saved. Is it also possible to point 'starters' to a different
> folder?

Yes, definitely.  Tux Paint has a "savedir" option that can be supplied
via the configuration file, or on the command-line (i.e., in the application
launcher shortcut in Windows).

See the "OPTIONS" documentation for all of the various things you can ask
Tux Paint to do.  I've tried to make sure LOTS of things are configurable.
(Including simplification options and options to disabling new features,
as we add any that I feel might be a bit too confusing for younger users.)


> Thanks for all your help!

Happy to help!

-bill!

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

[Anat C. <cas...@gm...>]

Hi,

Thank you both for your active engagement with our tuxpaint issues!
We have both problems, actually. But resizing the targets would be a good
start. I mean, those keys are too small even for my fingers when I use the
tablet in touch mode (and I have decently slender fingers)! We'll try to
memorize the keyboard key locations if we cannot see them until you find a
different option... haha

As for the other two problems: thank you for pointing out the
documentation. I was able to work through the "starters." Of course the
school district created horrible permissions for all those tux paint
subfolders and it took me a while to circumvent that (when the school owns
the tablets, they tend to lock students out of pretty much everything other
than the downloads folder). On windows 10 there is something a little like
a unix softlink, so I had to change 'starters' to soft-link point to
another folder for which I did have permissions. But this seems like it's
tenuous and the next time we update tux paint it is likely to break.
I know in the configurations one is able to change the folder in which the
artwork is saved. Is it also possible to point 'starters' to a different
folder?

Thanks for all your help!

Anat




On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 11:43 PM Pere Pujal i Carabantes <
per...@gm...> wrote:

> El dt. 25 de 08 de 2020 a les 22:04 -0700, en/na Bill Kendrick va
> escriure:
> > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:00:14PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:30:19AM +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes
> wrote:
> > > > El dj. 20 de 08 de 2020 a les 18:38 -0700, en/na Anat & Aviv va
> > > > escriure:
> > <snip>
> > > > > Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the
> configuration options,
> > > > > I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard
> that comes up
> > > > > when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there, but
> I've not been able
> > > > > to locate it.
> > > > >
> > > > This is an overdue feature that is not implemented yet, sorry :(
> > >
> > > Pere, I'm going to try to take a stab at this, right now...
> > > I may give up, because I didn't work on the OSK feature, and
> > > it may be too hairy for me. :)
> >
> > Okay, I made a very quick-and-dirty change.  If there is enough
> > room to fit a keyboard with larger, 48x48 buttons, on the
> > current canvas, with the chosen layout, Tux Paint will do so.
> > Otherwise, it will fall back to the smaller, 24x24 buttons.
> >
> > You can see examples here in this tweet:
> > https://twitter.com/TuxPaintTweets/status/1298484446216089600
> >
> > While I was at it, I made the font size used for the buttons
> > slightly larger.  It was 12pt before (24x24 buttons).
> > It is now 16pt on the small keyboard, and 32bpt on the larger
> > keyboard (48x48 buttons).
> >
> > I hope this proves useful!  Any further improvements would probably
> > require a bit of rewriting how things work in there.
> >
> > The commit, for anyone curious:
> >
> https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/tuxpaint/ci/61998e4d00c849a5787a1c6b10ded1ef67d14cf0/
> >
> > -bill!
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Nice, Thanks :)
>
> These days I am currently too tired after day work to do something
> useful.
> I've take a look at the code and noticed a partial workaround that
> could be helpful for the current 0.9.23 version:
>
> scaling up the 5 btnsm_***.png images should render the onscreen
> kerboard bigger, however the font size will not be altered by this
> change.
> So if the problem is to identify the letters this will not prove
> useful, instead if the problem is precision of the eye tracker to point
> to a small button, then it could help.
>
> HTH
> Pere
>
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Tuxpaint-users mailing list
> > Tux...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-users
>
>
>
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>

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dt. 25 de 08 de 2020 a les 22:04 -0700, en/na Bill Kendrick va
escriure:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:00:14PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:30:19AM +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote:
> > > El dj. 20 de 08 de 2020 a les 18:38 -0700, en/na Anat & Aviv va
> > > escriure:
> <snip>
> > > > Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the configuration options, 
> > > > I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard that comes up 
> > > > when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there, but I've not been able 
> > > > to locate it.
> > > > 
> > > This is an overdue feature that is not implemented yet, sorry :(
> > 
> > Pere, I'm going to try to take a stab at this, right now...
> > I may give up, because I didn't work on the OSK feature, and
> > it may be too hairy for me. :)
> 
> Okay, I made a very quick-and-dirty change.  If there is enough
> room to fit a keyboard with larger, 48x48 buttons, on the
> current canvas, with the chosen layout, Tux Paint will do so.
> Otherwise, it will fall back to the smaller, 24x24 buttons.
> 
> You can see examples here in this tweet:
> https://twitter.com/TuxPaintTweets/status/1298484446216089600
> 
> While I was at it, I made the font size used for the buttons
> slightly larger.  It was 12pt before (24x24 buttons).
> It is now 16pt on the small keyboard, and 32bpt on the larger
> keyboard (48x48 buttons).
> 
> I hope this proves useful!  Any further improvements would probably
> require a bit of rewriting how things work in there.
> 
> The commit, for anyone curious:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/tuxpaint/ci/61998e4d00c849a5787a1c6b10ded1ef67d14cf0/
> 
> -bill!

Hi Bill,

Nice, Thanks :)

These days I am currently too tired after day work to do something
useful.
I've take a look at the code and noticed a partial workaround that
could be helpful for the current 0.9.23 version:

scaling up the 5 btnsm_***.png images should render the onscreen
kerboard bigger, however the font size will not be altered by this
change.
So if the problem is to identify the letters this will not prove
useful, instead if the problem is precision of the eye tracker to point
to a small button, then it could help.

HTH
Pere

> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tuxpaint-users mailing list
> Tux...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-users

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

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

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:00:14PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:30:19AM +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote:
> > El dj. 20 de 08 de 2020 a les 18:38 -0700, en/na Anat & Aviv va
> > escriure:
<snip>
> > > Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the configuration options, 
> > > I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard that comes up 
> > > when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there, but I've not been able 
> > > to locate it.
> > > 
> > This is an overdue feature that is not implemented yet, sorry :(
> 
> Pere, I'm going to try to take a stab at this, right now...
> I may give up, because I didn't work on the OSK feature, and
> it may be too hairy for me. :)

Okay, I made a very quick-and-dirty change.  If there is enough
room to fit a keyboard with larger, 48x48 buttons, on the
current canvas, with the chosen layout, Tux Paint will do so.
Otherwise, it will fall back to the smaller, 24x24 buttons.

You can see examples here in this tweet:
https://twitter.com/TuxPaintTweets/status/1298484446216089600

While I was at it, I made the font size used for the buttons
slightly larger.  It was 12pt before (24x24 buttons).
It is now 16pt on the small keyboard, and 32bpt on the larger
keyboard (48x48 buttons).

I hope this proves useful!  Any further improvements would probably
require a bit of rewriting how things work in there.

The commit, for anyone curious:
https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/tuxpaint/ci/61998e4d00c849a5787a1c6b10ded1ef67d14cf0/

-bill!

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

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

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 08:30:19AM +0200, Pere Pujal i Carabantes wrote:
> El dj. 20 de 08 de 2020 a les 18:38 -0700, en/na Anat & Aviv va
> escriure:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > We're new to the user list, but have been using (and recommending) 
> > TuxPaint for a while. We use TuxPaint with an eye-tracker and all
> > painting takes place with the eyes! It's pretty awesome and TuxPaint 
> > is pretty much the only mechanism by which we can input continuous
> > inputs (as opposed to clicking buttons) in a 2D interface, so we like TuxPaint A LOT.

Hi!  I'm so glad to hear it!


> > That said, we have a few limitations that if you can help us get past, 
> > would make our use even better.
> > 
> > First, we would love to import backgrounds more easily. Presently, to import a background (for example, a PNG or JPG of a worksheet for school that we want to mark up), we have to:
> > 1) save an image in TuxPaint (let's call it 20200820_1831img.jpg) and note its location on the file system along with the thumbnail location
> > 2) Take the worksheet image. Resize it to the TuxPaint size, and also save a separate file as a thumbnail. 
> > 3) replace that earlier TuxPaint saved file by renaming the worksheet images to 20200820_1831img.jpg and the associated thumbnail 20200820_1831Thumbnailimg.jpg
> > 4) reopen TuxPaint and we have basically "faked" tuxpaint to open an older saved file while in fact we opened the worksheet.
> > 
> > Let me tell you-- this is tedious to do on a regular basis for worksheets. 
> > It's hard enough to get our instructional assistant at school to get the pdf's 
> > of worksheets saved as png's and jpgs. And certainly with COVID, it's all my job now... 
> > so how can I get around this arduous process and just open background images of our choice?

I wonder if it'd be worth supporting PDFs for Starters and Templates...?

Right now, we support PNG, JPEG, SVG, and KPX (KidPix -- a wrapper
around JPEG).

Note that PNGs with solid white backgrounds are supported,
allowing for a plain black-and-white image to be used as a
starter (with the white being interpreted as 'transparent').
(Prior to 0.9.21, Starter PNGs _had_ to be "black & transparent".)


> There are alternatives:
> The first one that comes to my mind is "tuxpaint-import", it is a shell
> script that runs on Linux and other *nixes. If you are not on Linux,
> you could try to run it in a Linux/Unix emulator, it's usage is
> described in the README.html
> 
> A second alternative is to add your image to the Tux Paint's "starters"
> folder, either in the global Tux Paint's installation folder or in the
> user's saving folder and rename it to imagename-back.png .
> 
> The third alternative are Templates, basically you put your image in
> the Tux Paint's "templates" folder, either in the global Tux Paint's
> installation folder or in the user's saving folder.
> 
> Starters and templates appears in the "New" dialog, their thumbnail is
> created automatically by Tux Paint, instead images imported with
> tuxpaint-import appears in the Open dialog
> Starters are more powerful than templates in the sense that you can do
> more creative things with them, yet templates are more simple to setup.
> 
> I suggest reading
> http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/EXTENDING.html
> http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/README.html
> 
> 
> 
> > Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the configuration options, 
> > I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard that comes up 
> > when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there, but I've not been able 
> > to locate it.
> > 
> This is an overdue feature that is not implemented yet, sorry :(

Pere, I'm going to try to take a stab at this, right now...
I may give up, because I didn't work on the OSK feature, and
it may be too hairy for me. :)


> > Third issue is just a question about stamps and how we might 
> > be able to add stamps of our own?
> 
> This is covered too in the EXTENDING.html I pointed above, basically
> put your stamp in the "stamps/|category|" folder, either in the global
> Tux Paint installation folder or in the user's Tux Paint saving folder.
> 
> Note that in the saving user's folder maybe will not exist the folders
> I mentioned and you may have to create them.
> 
> Also is worth to note that there is documentation in case you want to
> improve the quality of the stamps
> http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/ADVANCED-STAMPS-HOWTO.html
> 
> > Those are pretty much it for now. All of these would make our lives 
> > so much easier with Tux Paint and facilitate my kiddo to do so much 
> > more school work and fun painting!
> > 
> > Looking forward to hearing from developers or users.
> > 
> > Thanks!!
> > 
> > anatandaviv.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps
> Pere

Thanks, all!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El dj. 20 de 08 de 2020 a les 18:38 -0700, en/na Anat & Aviv va
escriure:
> Hi!
> 
> We're new to the user list, but have been using (and recommending) 
> TuxPaint for a while. We use TuxPaint with an eye-tracker and all
> painting takes place with the eyes! It's pretty awesome and TuxPaint 
> is pretty much the only mechanism by which we can input continuous
> inputs (as opposed to clicking buttons) in a 2D interface, so we like TuxPaint A LOT.
> 
> That said, we have a few limitations that if you can help us get past, 
> would make our use even better.
> 
> First, we would love to import backgrounds more easily. Presently, to import a background (for example, a PNG or JPG of a worksheet for school that we want to mark up), we have to:
> 1) save an image in TuxPaint (let's call it 20200820_1831img.jpg) and note its location on the file system along with the thumbnail location
> 2) Take the worksheet image. Resize it to the TuxPaint size, and also save a separate file as a thumbnail. 
> 3) replace that earlier TuxPaint saved file by renaming the worksheet images to 20200820_1831img.jpg and the associated thumbnail 20200820_1831Thumbnailimg.jpg
> 4) reopen TuxPaint and we have basically "faked" tuxpaint to open an older saved file while in fact we opened the worksheet.
> 
> Let me tell you-- this is tedious to do on a regular basis for worksheets. 
> It's hard enough to get our instructional assistant at school to get the pdf's 
> of worksheets saved as png's and jpgs. And certainly with COVID, it's all my job now... 
> so how can I get around this arduous process and just open background images of our choice?
> 

There are alternatives:
The first one that comes to my mind is "tuxpaint-import", it is a shell
script that runs on Linux and other *nixes. If you are not on Linux,
you could try to run it in a Linux/Unix emulator, it's usage is
described in the README.html

A second alternative is to add your image to the Tux Paint's "starters"
folder, either in the global Tux Paint's installation folder or in the
user's saving folder and rename it to imagename-back.png .

The third alternative are Templates, basically you put your image in
the Tux Paint's "templates" folder, either in the global Tux Paint's
installation folder or in the user's saving folder.

Starters and templates appears in the "New" dialog, their thumbnail is
created automatically by Tux Paint, instead images imported with
tuxpaint-import appears in the Open dialog
Starters are more powerful than templates in the sense that you can do
more creative things with them, yet templates are more simple to setup.

I suggest reading
http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/EXTENDING.html
http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/README.html



> Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the configuration options, 
> I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard that comes up 
> when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there, but I've not been able 
> to locate it.
> 
This is an overdue feature that is not implemented yet, sorry :(



> Third issue is just a question about stamps and how we might 
> be able to add stamps of our own?

This is covered too in the EXTENDING.html I pointed above, basically
put your stamp in the "stamps/|category|" folder, either in the global
Tux Paint installation folder or in the user's Tux Paint saving folder.

Note that in the saving user's folder maybe will not exist the folders
I mentioned and you may have to create them.

Also is worth to note that there is documentation in case you want to
improve the quality of the stamps
http://www.tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/ADVANCED-STAMPS-HOWTO.html

> 
> Those are pretty much it for now. All of these would make our lives 
> so much easier with Tux Paint and facilitate my kiddo to do so much 
> more school work and fun painting!
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from developers or users.
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> anatandaviv.


Hope this helps
Pere

[Tuxpaint-users] New to list, but not to TuxPaint

[Anat & A. <ana...@gm...>]

Hi!

We're new to the user list, but have been using (and recommending) TuxPaint
for a while. We use TuxPaint with an eye-tracker and all painting takes
place with the eyes! It's pretty awesome and TuxPaint is pretty much the
only mechanism by which we can input continuous inputs (as opposed to
clicking buttons) in a 2D interface, so we like TuxPaint A LOT.

That said, we have a few limitations that if you can help us get past,
would make our use even better.

First, we would love to import backgrounds more easily. Presently, to
import a background (for example, a PNG or JPG of a worksheet for school
that we want to mark up), we have to:
1) save an image in TuxPaint (let's call it 20200820_1831img.jpg) and note
its location on the file system along with the thumbnail location
2) Take the worksheet image. Resize it to the TuxPaint size, and also save
a separate file as a thumbnail.
3) replace that earlier TuxPaint saved file by renaming the worksheet
images to 20200820_1831img.jpg and the associated thumbnail
20200820_1831Thumbnailimg.jpg
4) reopen TuxPaint and we have basically "faked" tuxpaint to open an older
saved file while in fact we opened the worksheet.

Let me tell you-- this is tedious to do on a regular basis for worksheets.
It's hard enough to get our instructional assistant at school to get the
pdf's of worksheets saved as png's and jpgs. And certainly with COVID, it's
all my job now... so how can I get around this arduous process and just
open background images of our choice?

Second issue is that no matter how hard I've looked into the configuration
options, I've been unable to find a way to resize the teeny tiny keyboard
that comes up when we want to use text. I'm sure it's obvious and there,
but I've not been able to locate it.

Third issue is just a question about stamps and how we might be able to add
stamps of our own?

Those are pretty much it for now. All of these would make our lives so much
easier with Tux Paint and facilitate my kiddo to do so much more school
work and fun painting!

Looking forward to hearing from developers or users.

Thanks!!

anatandaviv.

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.24 released -- Windows, macOS, Android, RPMs available now

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

The Tux Paint development team is pleased to announce the immediate
availability of Tux Paint version 0.9.24!

The latest version has promoted the "Fill" tool, previously found
under the "Magic" section of Tux Paint, to the main toolbar, where
it's easier to find.  It also includes some performance improvements
during start-up and when bringing up the "New" drawing dialog.
The solid background colors can also be placed at the end of that
dialog, allowing emphasis of template images.

Tux Paint also now makes it possible to disable stereo sound, which
can benefit users with a hearing impairment, or in situations where
only one speaker is available.

Version 0.9.24 is currently available for Apple macOS, Android,
Microsoft Windows, RedHat Linux, and as source-code.
Download it now!

  http://www.tuxpaint.org/download/


For further information, see the press release located here:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.24-press-release-en.php

To learn how to contribute to the Tux Paint project, visit:
http://www.tuxpaint.org/help/

You can also follow Tux Paint on Twitter (https://twitter.com/TuxPaintTweets)
and join the Tux Paint page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TuxPaint/).


Enjoy, take care, and stay safe everyone!

-- 
-bill!
(Lead Developer)

[Tuxpaint-users] More Tux Paint 0.9.24 test builds available

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

Some updates are available!  Sorry I've been so slow to get them
posted.

 * Linux RPM (RHEL/CentOS)
   (EL6 i686 & x86_64, and EL7 and EL8 x86_64)
   ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/rpm/0.9.24/

 * Android (updated)
   ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/android/0.9.24/

Thanks & let us know if you try any test build out, and if you discover
any issues.

Take care & stay well,

-bill!

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 03:32:34PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> A couple weeks ago, I posted source-code for what will become Tux Paint
> 0.9.24, and friends (Tux Paint Config. 0.0.15, and Tux Paint Stamps),
> so that other volunteers in the project can produce test builds for the
> various platforms we target:  Windows, Mac, etc.
> 
> Just today, I've posted some slightly updated source code, based on some
> changes they needed included, as well as some last-minute updates to some of
> the translations of Tux Paint's interface.
> 
> In the meantime, though, I realize I was in announcing the fact that
> the test builds existed!
> 
> So, for those of you out here who'd be willing to play around with them,
> you can find them on my FTP server, in the following locations:
> 
>  * Windows (XP, 2000, Vista, 7, 8, and 10)
>    ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/win32/0.9.24-pre/
> 
>    * The "installer" (setup.exe-style) version of "Tux Paint"
>    * I haven't confirmed, but I _believe_ it also includes "Tux Paint Config."
>    * No new "Tux Paint Stamps" (but changes since Sept. 2018 have been minor)
> 
>  * macOS (10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, and 10.15 Catalina)
>    ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/macosx/0.9.24/
> 
>    * "Tux Paint" and "Tux Paint Config."
>    * No new "Tux Paint Stamps" (but changes since Sept. 2018 have been minor)
> 
>  * Android
>    ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/android/0.9.24-rc1-20200328-20200401/
> 
>    * "Tux Paint" only.  No "Stamps."
>    * After installing you need to grant storage permissions to it
>      (at least on Android lineage 14.1)
> 
> 
> If you try them out, and notice any problems, please let us know!
> (You can post back to this list, 'tuxpaint-users', or you can email me
> directly.  If it seems appropriate, you could also post a bug report at
> SourceForge; you'll need an account & to be logged in, though.
> https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/)
> 
> Thanks & enjoy!  Keep an eye out for other test builds (maybe),
> and of course the final 0.9.24 & friends release!  Stay safe, too, everyone!
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.24 "release candidate 1" test builds available

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

A couple weeks ago, I posted source-code for what will become Tux Paint
0.9.24, and friends (Tux Paint Config. 0.0.15, and Tux Paint Stamps),
so that other volunteers in the project can produce test builds for the
various platforms we target:  Windows, Mac, etc.

Just today, I've posted some slightly updated source code, based on some
changes they needed included, as well as some last-minute updates to some of
the translations of Tux Paint's interface.

In the meantime, though, I realize I was in announcing the fact that
the test builds existed!

So, for those of you out here who'd be willing to play around with them,
you can find them on my FTP server, in the following locations:

 * Windows (XP, 2000, Vista, 7, 8, and 10)
   ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/win32/0.9.24-pre/

   * The "installer" (setup.exe-style) version of "Tux Paint"
   * I haven't confirmed, but I _believe_ it also includes "Tux Paint Config."
   * No new "Tux Paint Stamps" (but changes since Sept. 2018 have been minor)

 * macOS (10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, and 10.15 Catalina)
   ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/macosx/0.9.24/

   * "Tux Paint" and "Tux Paint Config."
   * No new "Tux Paint Stamps" (but changes since Sept. 2018 have been minor)

 * Android
   ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/android/0.9.24-rc1-20200328-20200401/

   * "Tux Paint" only.  No "Stamps."
   * After installing you need to grant storage permissions to it
     (at least on Android lineage 14.1)


If you try them out, and notice any problems, please let us know!
(You can post back to this list, 'tuxpaint-users', or you can email me
directly.  If it seems appropriate, you could also post a bug report at
SourceForge; you'll need an account & to be logged in, though.
https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/)

Thanks & enjoy!  Keep an eye out for other test builds (maybe),
and of course the final 0.9.24 & friends release!  Stay safe, too, everyone!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] Starter image is shown as blank

[Pere P. i C. <per...@gm...>]

El 25 de maig de 2019 21:55:35 CEST, Christian Bohm <ch...@gm...> ha escrit:
>Hi everybody,
>I added my own images in "starter"  folder. They appear in the "new"
>dialog, but after choosing the image I see a blank page.
>I did not find any spec that says which are the accepted images.
>Can you give me a hint on this?

Hi, adding new starters is described in http://tuxpaint.org/docs/en/html/EXTENDING.html
See both, the starters and the templates sections.

If you still have problems then would be useful that you describe all the steps you did and to have a copy of the image that is causing the problem, also the versions of OS and Tux Paint you run.

Note, I've made some quick tests (on linux adding a starter to my home directory) and see that once a starter's thumbnail is created it is no more updated even if the starter changes. That could lead to the behavior you described if one adds a starter, tests on tuxpaint, then modifies the starter to improve it but for whatever reason a blank image is saved in its place: the thumbnail on the New dialog will continue to show the original image but the blank starter will be loaded.

Hope this helps
Pere

-- 
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[Tuxpaint-users] Starter image is shown as blank

[Christian B. <ch...@gm...>]

Hi everybody,
I added my own images in "starter"  folder. They appear in the "new"
dialog, but after choosing the image I see a blank page.
I did not find any spec that says which are the accepted images.
Can you give me a hint on this?

Thanks!

[Tuxpaint-users] Tux Paint 0.9.23 & friends released

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

A new version of Tux Paint is now available!  It adds a color-picker
to the color palette, and star shapes to the "Shapes" tool,
and has been updated to run on latest versions of macOS
(while, hopefully, still being compatible back to Mac OS X 10.7).

It's currently available as RPMs for RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
and compatible platforms, Apple macOS, and recent versions of 
Microsoft Windows (XP, 2000, 7, 8, and 10).     

Also, the SDL2 port of Tux Paint, forked over on Github, has been
kept in sync with the official version (which uses SDL 1.2), and
based upon that, a new build for Android (with F-Droid software
repository installed) has also been produced.

It's also been translated to six new languages (bringing the total
up to nearly 130!): Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Kabyle, Urdu, and
Devanagari and Perso-Arabic variations of Kashmiri and Sindhi.

You can read the full press release here (please share it!):

  http://tuxpaint.org/latest/tuxpaint-0.9.23-press-release-en.php

And download Tux Paint (files are hosted on its SourceForge.net project)
from here:

  http://tuxpaint.org/download/

Enjoy!

Thanks as always to everyone involved in the project over the last
4 years (since the last official release), and previous 12 years
(since the program's inception)!  (See them all here:
http://tuxpaint.org/developers/)

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Mac OS X / macOS users wanted

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

Hello Tux Paint fans!

If you have an Apple Mac -- and especially if you're using a more recent
version of Mac OS X / macOS (10.11 or later) and had difficulty using
Tux Paint, but even if you're on an older version where Tux Paint 0.9.22
still works -- we'd like you to try out a test build of the upcoming
0.9.23 version of Tux Paint.

Please let us know whether or not it works, and which version of Mac OS X
or macOS you're using.  Feel free to email me directly, rather than back
to this mailing list, to keep the noise level low.

You can find it here:

  ftp://ftp.tuxpaint.org/unix/x/tuxpaint/testbuilds/macosx/0.9.23/

The file is: "TuxPaint-0.9.23rc-20180627.dmg"


Thanks very much in advance!

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

[Tuxpaint-users] Mac OS X 10.7 thru macOS 10.13 test build (0.9.23rc-20180525)

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

Hi all Mac users!  Please try out Mark K. Kim's latest test
build, which should work for OS X 10.7 thru macOS 10.13 [*]

You can find it (a ".dmg") in our old 'friend', bug # 206 over at
SourceForge:

  https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/206/?page=1&limit=25#d41d

Please let us know how it works for you, and what OS version
you're running.  Thanks in advance!


[*] That is:

OS X 10.7 (Lion),
OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion),
OS X 10.9 (Mavericks),
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite),
OS X 10.11 (El Capitan),
macOS 10.12 (Sierra), or
macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer

Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save

[Sharon F <ama...@gm...>]

Bless you all!  Not sure what did it but working with all your suggestions
got it working.  I know that the data files were wrong after I'd moved the
folder and made a mess.

Thank you!  My daughter thanks you. lol

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 7:08 PM, amazon261 <ama...@gm...> wrote:

> Thanks!  I'll get to work on that.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Pere Pujal i Carabantes <per...@gm...>
> Date: 10/16/17 12:09 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: tux...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save
>
> El dl 16 de 10 de 2017 a les 07:06 -0700, en/na amazon261 va escriure:
> > Was the first thing I did.  After that I let it go back to default but
> that didn't help either.
>
> In tuxpaint-config there is the switch for all users vs current user, make
> sure both points to the same place, just in case, and do this logged as
> yours daughter's user.
> Also, if you changed the "save" dir, make sure your daughter's user is
> able to read/write into the new place.
> I see you say in your first mail you changed also the "data" dir, that's a
> different thing, you should not change it unless you place brushes, stamps,
> etc. in the new place.
>
> If you still have problems, the contents of stdout.txt in the directory
> where tuxpaint resides could help to debug.
>
> HTH
> Pere
>
> > -------- Original message --------From: Kirsten RK <rot...@gm...>
> Date: 10/16/17  12:30 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: Discussion list for parents and
> > teachers using Tux Paint <tux...@li...>
> Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save
> > Hi Sharon,
> > There is the little program Configure Tux Paint, which should be
> installed together with Tux Paint.Have you tried it?With that program, you
> can point
> > to a directory where Tux Paint should save the files to.And there's a
> lot more you can configure with it.
> >
> > Good luck,Kirsten
> >
> >
> >
> > 2017-10-14 8:49 GMT+02:00 Pere Pujal i Carabantes <per...@gm...>:
> >
> > On 14 d’octubre de 2017 2.28.59 CEST, Sharon F <ama...@gm...>
> wrote:
> > Hi!  I'm new to the list so, if this topic has been discussed I'm
> sorry.  This is where the website sent me.  I know it's a user list so hope
> I'm in
> > the right place!
> > I installed TuxPaint 0.9.22 and TuxStamps 2009-06-28 on my Windows 10
> laptop. Everything was fine until I moved the folder it was in to another
> > location.  I forgot it was there actually.  After this move I brought up
> TuxPaint and got an "No such file or directory" message when I tried to
> > save.  I got it again when I tried to quit without saving.  I went in
> and changed the data folder to the new location and it still gave me the
> > message.
> > At this point I uninstalled both TuxPaint and TuxStamps.  I reinstalled
> and still had the same error. Uninstalled both again.  Found that there was
> a
> > folder in Programs files (x86) so I deleted that folder and made sure I
> emptied the trash.  At this point I went and did a search for any other
> files
> > from TuxPaint or TuxStamp and became pretty secure that the laptop was
> clean of ALL TuxPaint files.
> > I rebooted.
> > Reinstalled.
> > Still got "No such file or directory".
> > If the error is in the registry I'm not going there without clear
> instructions.  I'm stumpted.  I can't close the program without forcing a
> close
> > using task manager or rebooting the system.
> > What I need is to get a copy of TuxPaint and TuxStamps back on my laptop
> because my granddaughter needs it for school.
> > Help!  Let me know if you need any more info.  I've attached a
> dxdiag.txt file in case that helps.
> > Thanks!Sharon Flanagan
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know how to solve the problems you describe, but an alternative
> solution:
> >
> > Install the "portable" version of Tux Paint and stamps into a new place.
> >
> >
> >
> > http://tuxpaint.org/download/windows-zip/
> >
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Pere
> >
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Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save

[amazon261 <ama...@gm...>]

Thanks!  I'll get to work on that.
-------- Original message --------From: Pere Pujal i Carabantes <per...@gm...> Date: 10/16/17  12:09 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: tux...@li... Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save 
El dl 16 de 10 de 2017 a les 07:06 -0700, en/na amazon261 va escriure:
> Was the first thing I did.  After that I let it go back to default but that didn't help either.

In tuxpaint-config there is the switch for all users vs current user, make sure both points to the same place, just in case, and do this logged as
yours daughter's user.
Also, if you changed the "save" dir, make sure your daughter's user is able to read/write into the new place.
I see you say in your first mail you changed also the "data" dir, that's a different thing, you should not change it unless you place brushes, stamps,
etc. in the new place.

If you still have problems, the contents of stdout.txt in the directory where tuxpaint resides could help to debug.

HTH
Pere

> -------- Original message --------From: Kirsten RK <rot...@gm...> Date: 10/16/17  12:30 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: Discussion list for parents and
> teachers using Tux Paint <tux...@li...> Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-users] TuxPaint won't save 
> Hi Sharon,
> There is the little program Configure Tux Paint, which should be installed together with Tux Paint.Have you tried it?With that program, you can point
> to a directory where Tux Paint should save the files to.And there's a lot more you can configure with it.
> 
> Good luck,Kirsten
> 
> 
> 
> 2017-10-14 8:49 GMT+02:00 Pere Pujal i Carabantes <per...@gm...>:
> 
> On 14 d’octubre de 2017 2.28.59 CEST, Sharon F <ama...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi!  I'm new to the list so, if this topic has been discussed I'm sorry.  This is where the website sent me.  I know it's a user list so hope I'm in
> the right place!
> I installed TuxPaint 0.9.22 and TuxStamps 2009-06-28 on my Windows 10 laptop. Everything was fine until I moved the folder it was in to another
> location.  I forgot it was there actually.  After this move I brought up TuxPaint and got an "No such file or directory" message when I tried to
> save.  I got it again when I tried to quit without saving.  I went in and changed the data folder to the new location and it still gave me the
> message.
> At this point I uninstalled both TuxPaint and TuxStamps.  I reinstalled and still had the same error. Uninstalled both again.  Found that there was a
> folder in Programs files (x86) so I deleted that folder and made sure I emptied the trash.  At this point I went and did a search for any other files
> from TuxPaint or TuxStamp and became pretty secure that the laptop was clean of ALL TuxPaint files.
> I rebooted.
> Reinstalled.
> Still got "No such file or directory".  
> If the error is in the registry I'm not going there without clear instructions.  I'm stumpted.  I can't close the program without forcing a close
> using task manager or rebooting the system.
> What I need is to get a copy of TuxPaint and TuxStamps back on my laptop because my granddaughter needs it for school.  
> Help!  Let me know if you need any more info.  I've attached a dxdiag.txt file in case that helps.
> Thanks!Sharon Flanagan
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know how to solve the problems you describe, but an alternative solution:
> 
> Install the "portable" version of Tux Paint and stamps into a new place.
> 
> 
> 
> http://tuxpaint.org/download/windows-zip/
> 
> 
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Pere
> 
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