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Added 'altprintcommand' option, allowing Linux/Unix users to [Alt]+'Print'

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to bring up a print dialog, too (by default, KDE's "kprinter" tool).
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bill@newbreedsoftware.com
http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/
June 14, 2002 - January 8, 2005
June 14, 2002 - July 16, 2005
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About
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is done by selecting it from a collection of thumbnails.
Access to other files on the computer is restricted.
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Using Tux Paint
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If any errors occur, they will be displayed on the terminal (to
"stderr").
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Windows Users
[Icon]
Tux Paint
[Icon]
Tux Paint
If you installed Tux Paint on your computer using the
'Tux Paint Installer,' it will have asked you whether you wanted a
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If you used the 'ZIP-file' download, Tux Paint's folder will be
wherever you put it when you unzipped the ZIP file.
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Mac OS X Users
Simply double-click the "Tux Paint" icon.
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Title Screen
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continue. (Or, after about 30 seconds, the title screen will go away
automatically.)
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Main Screen
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The toolbar contains the drawing and editing controls.
[Tools: Paint, Stamp, Lines, Shapes, Text, Magic, Undo, Redo, Eraser, New,
Open, Save, Print, Quit]
[Tools: Paint, Stamp, Lines, Shapes, Text, Magic, Undo, Redo, Eraser, New, Open,
Save, Print, Quit]
Middle: Drawing Canvas
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A palette of available colors are shown near the bottom of the
screen.
[Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue,
Purple, Brown, Grey]
[Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple,
Brown, Grey]
Bottom: Help Area
At the very bottom of the screen, Tux, the Linux Penguin,
provides tips and other information while you draw.
(For example: 'Pick a shape. Click to pick the center, drag, then let go
when it is the size you want. Move around to rotate it, and click to draw
it.)
(For example: 'Pick a shape. Click to pick the center, drag, then let go when it
is the size you want. Move around to rotate it, and click to draw it.)
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Available Tools
Drawing Tools
Paint (Brush)
[IMG]
The Paint Brush tool lets you draw freehand, using various
brushes (chosen in the Selector on the right) and colors
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As you draw, a sound is played. The bigger the brush, the
lower the pitch.
[IMG]
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Stamp (Rubber Stamp)
[IMG]
The Stamp tool is like a rubber stamp, or stickers. It lets
you paste pre-drawn or photographic images (like a picture
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won't display the Mirror, Flip, Shrink and Grow controls for
stamps. See the "Options" documentation.)
[IMG]
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Lines
[IMG]
This tool lets you draw straight lines using the various
brushes and colors you normally use with the Paint Brush.
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Let go of the mouse to complete the line. A "sproing!" sound
will play.
[IMG]
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Shapes
[IMG]
This tool lets you draw some simple filled, and un-filled
shapes.
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drawn on the canvas when you let go of the
mouse button. (There's no rotation step.)
[IMG]
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Text
[IMG]
Choose a font (from the 'Letters' available on the right)
and a color (from the color palette near the bottom). Click
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Click elsewhere in the picture and the current line of text
will move there, where you can continue editing.
[IMG]
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Magic (Special Effects)
[IMG]
The 'Magic' tool is actually a set of special tools. Select
one of the "magic" effects from the selector on the right,
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you quickly fill parts of the picture, as if it
were a coloring book.
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Eraser
[IMG]
This tool is similar to the Paint Brush. Wherever you click
(or click and drag), the picture will be erased either to
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As you erase, a "squeaky clean" eraser/wiping sound is
played.
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Other Controls
Undo
[IMG]
Clicking this tool will undo the last drawing action. You
can even undo more than once!
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Note: You can also press [Control]-[Z] on the keyboard to
undo.
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Redo
[IMG]
Clicking this tool will redo the drawing action you just
"undid" with the 'Undo' button.
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Note: You can also press [Control]-[R] on the keyboard to
redo.
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New
[IMG]
Clicking the "New" button will start a new drawing. You will
first be asked whether you really want to do this.
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Note: You can also press [Control]-[N] on the keyboard to
start a new drawing.
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Open
[IMG]
This shows you a list of all of the pictures you've saved.
If there are more than can fit on the screen, use the "Up"
and "Down" arrows at the top and bottom of the list to
scroll through the list of pictures.
[IMG]
Click a picture to select it, then...
* [IMG]
Click the green "Open" button at the lower left of
* Click the green "Open" button at the lower left of
the list to load the selected picture.
(Alternatively, you can double-click a picture's icon
to load it.)
* [IMG]
Click the brown "Erase" (trash can) button at the
* Click the brown "Erase" (trash can) button at the
lower right of the list to erase the selected
picture. (You will be asked to confirm.)
* [IMG]
Or click the red "Back" arrow button at the lower
* Or click the red "Back" arrow button at the lower
right of the list to cancel and return to the picture
you were drawing.
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Note: You can also press [Control]-[O] on the keyboard to
get the 'Open' dialog.
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Save
[IMG]
This saves your current picture.
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asked whether you want to save over the old version, or
create a new entry (a new file).
[IMG]
(NOTE: If either the "saveover" or "saveovernew" options are
set, it won't ask before saving over. See the "Options"
documentation.)
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Note: You can also press [Control]-[S] on the keyboard to
save.
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Print
[IMG]
Click this button and your picture will be printed!
On most platforms, you can also hold the [Alt] key while
clicking the 'Print' button to get a printer dialog, as long
as you're not running Tux Paint in fullscreen mode. See
below.
Disabling Printing
If the "noprint" option was set (either with
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See the "Options" documentation.)
Printing Command
Printing Commands
(Linux and Unix only)
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"printcommand" value in Tux Paint's
configuration file.
See the "Options" documentation.)
If the [Alt] key on the keyboard is being
pushed while clicking the 'Print' button, as
long as you're not in fullscreen mode, an
alternative program is run. By default, the
program is KDE's graphical print dialog:
kprinter
This command can be changed by setting the
"altprintcommand" value in Tux Paint's
configuration file.
For information on how to change the printing
commands, see the "Options" documentation.
Printer Settings
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default printer with default settings when the
'Print' button is pushed.
However, if you hold the [ALT] key on the
However, if you hold the [Alt] key on the
keyboard while pushing the button, as long as
you're not in fullscreen mode, a Windows print
dialog will appear, where you can change the
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See the "Options" documentation.)
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Quit
[IMG]
Clicking the "Quit" button, closing the Tux Paint window, or
pushing the [Escape] key will quit Tux Paint.
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[Shift] + [Control] + [Escape] may be used to quit. (See the
"Options" documentation.)
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Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint
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Under Windows, this is in the "userdata" folder. Under Mac OS X, this
is in "Library/Preferences/tuxpaint/" in your home directory.
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Extending Tux Paint
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/Users/Joe/Library/Preferences/
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Personal Files
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(For example, if you created a brush named "flower.png", you would
put it in "~/.tuxpaint/brushes/" under Linux or Unix.)
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Brushes
The brushes used for drawing with the 'Brush' and 'Lines' tools in
Tux Paint are simply greyscale PNG images.
[IMG]
The alpha (transparency) of the PNG image is used to determine the
shape of the brush, which means that the shape can be 'anti-aliased'
and even partially-transparent!
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it's because you forgot to use alpha transparency! See the
documentation file "PNG.txt" for more information and tips.
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Stamps
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files. The one file that is required is, of course, the picture
itself.
[IMG]
The Stamps used by Tux Paint are PNG pictures. They can be
full-color or greyscale. The alpha (transparency) of the PNG is used
to determine the actual shape of the picture (otherwise you'll stamp
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use alpha transparency! See the documentation file "PNG.txt" for
more information and tips.
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Description Text
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them as Plain Text, and make sure they have ".txt" at the end of
the filename...
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Sound Effects
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If no localized sound effect can be loaded, Tux Paint will attempt
to load the 'default' sound file. (e.g., "picture.wav")
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Stamp Options
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Nothing about the original image is used except the transparency
("alpha" channel). The color of the stamp comes out solid.
[IMG]
Add the word "colorable" to the stamp's data file.
Tinted
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the original image is used, but its hue is changed, based on the
currently-selected color.)
[IMG]
Add the word "tintable" to the stamp's data file.
Sometimes you don't want the white or gray parts of an image
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named "truck_mirror.png", which will be used when the stamp is
mirrored (rather than using a backwards version of 'truck.png').
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Fonts
[IMG]
The fonts used by Tux Paint are TrueType Fonts (TTF).
Simply place them in the "fonts" directory. Tux Paint will load the
font and provide four different sizes in the 'Letters' selector when
using the 'Text' tool.
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'Starters'
[IMG]
'Starter' images appear in the 'Open' dialog, along with pictures
you've created. They have a green button background, instead of blue.
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picture loaded or started. (In other words, if you base a drawing on a
'starter' image, it will always be affected by it.)
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Further Reading
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* PNG.txt
Notes on creating PNG format images for use in Tux Paint
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