Added 'noflip' and 'nomirror' stamp "*.dat" options to README.

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<p><a href="mailto:bill@newbreedsoftware.com">bill@newbreedsoftware.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/">http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/</a></p>
<p>June 14, 2002 - September 27, 2003</p>
<p>June 14, 2002 - September 29, 2003</p>
</center>
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<p>As you move the mouse around, an outline follows the
mouse, showing where the stamp will be placed.</p>
<p>Different stamps can have different sound effects.</p>
<p>Different stamps can have different sound effects.
Some stamps can be colored or tinted. Many stamps can be
flipped vertically, or displayed as a mirror-image.</p>
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<dl>
<dt>Rainbow</dt>
<dt><b>Rainbow</b></dt>
<dd>
This is similar to the paint brush, but as you move the mouse
around, it goes through all of the colors in the rainbow.
</dd>
<dt>Sparkles</dt>
<dt><b>Sparkles</b></dt>
<dd>
This draws glowing yellow sparkles on the picture.
</dd>
<dt>Mirror</dt>
<dt><b>Mirror</b></dt>
<dd>
When you click the mouse in your picture with the "Mirror"
magic effect selected, the entire image will be reversed,
turning it into a mirror image.
</dd>
<dt>Flip</dt>
<dt><b>Flip</b></dt>
<dd>
Similar to "Mirror." Click and the entire image will be turned
upside-down.
</dd>
<dt>Blur</dt>
<dt><b>Blur</b></dt>
<dd>
This makes the picture fuzzy wherever you drag the mouse.
</dd>
<dt>Blocks</dt>
<dt><b>Blocks</b></dt>
<dd>
This makes the picture blocky looking ("pixelated") wherever
you drag the mouse.
</dd>
<dt>Negative</dt>
<dt><b>Negative</b></dt>
<dd>
This inverts the colors wherever you drag the mouse.
(e.g., white becomes black, and vice versa.)
</dd>
<dt>Fade</dt>
<dt><b>Fade</b></dt>
<dd>
This fades the colors wherever you drag the mouse.
(Do it to the same spot many times, and it will eventually become
white.)
</dd>
<dt>Chalk</dt>
<dt><b>Chalk</b></dt>
<dd>
This makes parts of the picture (where you move the mouse)
look like a chalk drawing.
</dd>
<dt>Drip</dt>
<dt><b>Drip</b></dt>
<dd>
This makes the paint "drip" wherever you move the mouse.
</dd>
<dt>Thick</dt>
<dt><b>Thick</b></dt>
<dd>
This makes the darker colors in the picture become thicker
wherever you drag the mouse.
</dd>
<dt>Thin</dt>
<dt><b>Thin</b></dt>
<dd>
Similar to "Thick," except dark colors become thinner
(light colors become thicker).
</dd>
<dt>Fill</dt>
<dt><b>Fill</b></dt>
<dd>
This floods the picture with a color. It lets you quickly
fill parts of the picture, as if it were a coloring book.
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/usr/local/share/tuxpaint/
</code></blockquote>
<p>If you installed from a package, it is more likely:</p>
<p>If you installed from a package, it is more likely to be:</p>
<blockquote><code>
/usr/share/tuxpaint/
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</code></blockquote>
</blockquote>
<h4>Mac OS X</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Tux&nbsp;Paint stores files in your account's
"Libraries" folder, under "Preferences", e.g.:</p>
<blockquote><code>
/Users/Joe/Library/Preferences/
</code></blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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will come out as "&iexcl;Ni&ntilde;os!"</p>
<p><b>Note:</b> As in HTML, if you want an actual ampersand ("&amp;")
in your description when using the "<code><b>xx</b>.esc</code>" method,
you'll need to escape it: "<code>&amp;amp;</code>".<p>
in your description when using the "<code><b>xx</b>.esc</code>"
method ,you'll need to escape it: "<code>&amp;amp;</code>".<p>
<li><p>Lines beginning with "<code><b>xx</b>.utf8=</code>" can be
used to use UTF-8 encoded text for the description's translation.
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<h4>Language Support</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>For sounds for different locales (e.g., if the sound is someone saying
a word, and you want translated versions of the word said),
<p>For sounds for different locales (e.g., if the sound is someone
saying a word, and you want translated versions of the word said),
also create WAV files with the locale's label in the filename, in
the form: "<code><b>STAMP_LOCALE</b>.wav</code>"</p>
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<h3>Stamp Options</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Aside from a graphical shape, a textual description, and a sound effect,
stamps can also be given other attributes. To do this, you need
<p>Aside from a graphical shape, a textual description, and a sound
effect, stamps can also be given other attributes. To do this, you need
to create a 'data&nbsp;file' for the stamp.</p>
<p>A stamp data file is simply a text file containing the options.</p>
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</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<h4>Unalterable Stamps</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>By default, a stamp can be flipped upside down, shown as a mirror
image, or both. This is done using the control buttons below the
stamp selector, at the lower right side of the screen in
Tux&nbsp;Paint.</p>
<p>Sometimes, it doesn't make sense for a stamp to be flippable or
mirrored; for example, stamps of letters or numbers.
Sometimes stamps are symettrical, so letting the user flip or mirror
them isn't useful.</p>
<p>To make a stamp un-flippable, add the option
"<code><b>noflip</b></code>" to the stamp's data file.</p>
<p>To keep a stamp from being mirrored, add the option
"<code><b>nomirror</b></code>" to the stamp's data file.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Windows Users</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>You can use NotePad or WordPad to create these file.
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has "<code>.dat</code>" at the end, and not "<code>.txt</code>"...</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<h3>Pre-Mirrored Images</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>In some cases, you may wish to provide a pre-drawn version of
a stamp's mirror-image. For example, imagine a picture of a fire
truck with the words "<i>Fire&nbsp;Department</i>" written across
the side. You probably do not want that text to appear backwards
when the image is flipped!</p>
<p>To create a mirrored version of a stamp that you want Tux&nbsp;Paint
to use, rather than mirroring one on its own, simply create a second
"<code>.png</code>" graphics file with the same name, except with
the string "<code><b>_mirror</b></code>" before the filename
extension.</p>
<p>For example, for the stamp "<code><b>truck.png</b></code>" you would
create another file named "<code><b>truck_mirror.png</b></code>", which
will be used when the stamp is mirrored (rather than using a
backwards version of '<code>truck.png</code>').</p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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