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bill@newbreedsoftware.com
http://www.tuxpaint.org/
September 14, 2002 - April 26, 2007
September 14, 2002 - June 27, 2007
Drawing-related
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of example stamps.)
If you don't want to install the default collection of stamps, you can
just create your own. See the README documentation for more on
creating PNG image files, TXT text description files, WAV sound files,
and DAT text data files that make up stamps.
just create your own. See the EXTENDING TUX PAINT documentation for
more on creating PNG and SVG image files, TXT text description files,
Ogg Vorbis, MP3 or WAV sound files, and DAT text data files that make
up stamps.
Finally, if you install the stamps, and think they should be loading,
Finally, if you installed stamps, and think they should be loading,
check to see that the "nostamps" option isn't being set. (Either via a
"--nostamps" option to Tux Paint's command line, or "nostamps=yes" in
the configuration file.)
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* The Magic "Fill" Tool Looks Bad
Tux Paint is probably comparing exact pixel colors when filling.
This is faster, but looks worse. Run the command "tuxpaint
--version" from a command line, and you should see, amongst the
other output: "Low Quality Flood Fill enabled".
This is faster, but looks worse. Run the command
"tuxpaint --version" from a command line, and you should see,
amongst the other output: "Low Quality Flood Fill enabled".
To change this, you must rebuild Tux Paint from source. Be sure
to remove or comment out any line that says:
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* Linux and Unix users: Make sure the locale is available
Make sure the locale you want is available. Check your
"/etc/locale.gen" file. See the README documentation for the
"/etc/locale.gen" file. See the OPTIONS documentation for the
locales Tux Paint uses (especially when using the "--lang"
option).
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"printdelay=...".
Either remove that line, set the delay value to 0 (no delay), or
decrease the delay to a value you prefer. (See the README
decrease the delay to a value you prefer. (See the OPTIONS
documentation).
Or, you can simply run Tux Paint with the command-line argument:
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Saving
* Where are my pictures?
Unless you asked Tux Paint to save into a specific location (using the
'savedir' option), Tux Paint saves into a standard location on your
local drive:
* Windows
In the user's "Application Data" folder:
e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application
Data\TuxPaint\saved
* Mac OS X
In the user's "Application Support" folder:
e.g., /Users/Username/Library/Applicaton Support/TuxPaint/saved/
* Linux / Unix
In the user's $HOME directory, under a ".tuxpaint" subfolder:
e.g., /home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/
The images are stored as PNG bitmaps, which most modern programs
should be able to load (image editors, word processors, web browsers,
etc.)
* Tux Paint always saves over my old picture!
The "save over" option is enabled. (This disables the prompt that
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seconds. (On Unix/Linux, this message would appear in a terminal
console if you ran Tux Paint from a command-line. On Windows, this
message would appear in a file named "stdout.txt" in the same folder
where TuxPaint.exe resides (e.g., C:\Program Files\TuxPaint).
where TuxPaint.exe resides (e.g., in C:\Program Files\TuxPaint).
A lockfile ("~/.tuxpaint/lockfile.dat" on Linux and Unix,
"userdata\lockfile.dat" on Windows) is used to make sure Tux Paint