[Gimp-developer] Re: [CinePaint-dev] GIMP GBR format spec

2003-07-10 Thread Robin Rowe
David, As a proposal for a modification which would bring back compatibility, we could expand the header by 4 bytes to include bit depth (8 or 16), which could then be factored into the load routines of both our apps (we would crush 16 bit nbrushes down to 8 bits, and you would expand 8 bit

Re: [Gimp-developer] the user installer

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The information about the files that are installed in the user The dialog tells you what the names of the files that are going to be installed but not their purpose or roughly how much space they will take. You need to play with the dialog a little

Re: [Gimp-developer] Pos- XCF file format

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Joao S. O. Bueno [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the cross posting with the Cinepaint guys brougth this to light. So there is something being done about a XML file format to the GIMP. How is it's development going on? Some developers brainstorm about it from time to time. That's about it.

[Gimp-developer] Re: [CinePaint-dev] GIMP/CinePaint fileincompatibility

2003-07-10 Thread Robin Rowe
Ernst, Couldn't both teams try to find a common format? In theory yes, but it seems unlikely. Sven said today that GIMP has been (privately) discussing a new XML-based file format for GIMP for more than three years -- which is the first I've heard of it. However, no spec has been made

Re: [Gimp-developer] MMX in 1.3 tree

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That said, some day soon, the GIMP developers are going to have to get together for a brainstorning session about how we can communicate better with the user base, and vice versa. With IRC, Bugzilla, 2 mailing lists, usenet, the [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-developer] MMX in 1.3 tree

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The new code is missing a #ifdef somewhere, I think - perhaps composite-mmx.c shouldn't be build at all if USE_MMX isn't defined... but that's another issue. I've added an #ifdef that causes the file content to be skipped. I prefer #ifdefs over

Re: [Gimp-developer] MMX in 1.3 tree

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi David, could you please test the attached diff to configure.in. It should find the problem with your compiler and it even simplifies things a bit. Sven Index: configure.in === RCS file: /cvs/gnome/gimp/configure.in,v retrieving

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [CinePaint-dev] GIMP GBR format spec

2003-07-10 Thread Christopher Curtis
Sven Neumann wrote: We actually had something else in mind but since you don't seem to be interested I won't waste my time explaining our ideas. It is very sad to see that Sven thinks that Robin Rowe is the only person to whom his ideas should be told. Pity the rest of the GIMP developers

Re: [Gimp-developer] MMX in 1.3 tree

2003-07-10 Thread Helvetix Victorinox
This isn't quite ready to go yet. But thanks for the note. The default build behaviour right now is to not build the new code. Helvetix On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 08:36:44AM +0200, David Neary wrote: Hi, The new MMX composite code in the 1.3 tree doesn't build for me - am I the only one?

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [CinePaint-dev] GIMP GBR format spec

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Christopher Curtis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We actually had something else in mind but since you don't seem to be interested I won't waste my time explaining our ideas. It is very sad to see that Sven thinks that Robin Rowe is the only person to whom his ideas should be told. Pity the

[Gimp-developer] Re: Re: [CinePaint-dev] GIMP GBR format spec

2003-07-10 Thread Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2003-07-10 at 1140.21 -0400): It is very sad to see that Sven thinks that Robin Rowe is the only person to whom his ideas should be told. Pity the rest of the GIMP developers (current and future) who might like to comment on it. Use the list archives. Search engines let

Re: [Gimp-developer] the user installer

2003-07-10 Thread Alan Horkan
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Sven Neumann wrote: The point is that the GPL explicitely asks to present the user with You are telling me that most of the programs in Gnome and KDE are wrong and the GIMP is right. I will go and read the GPL again and I will read the GPL FAQ and see if I can figure out

Re: [Gimp-developer] the user installer

2003-07-10 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You are telling me that most of the programs in Gnome and KDE are wrong and the GIMP is right. I will go and read the GPL again and I will read the GPL FAQ and see if I can figure out where is this explicit requirement to display the license. You

Re: [Gimp-developer] the user installer

2003-07-10 Thread Raymond Ostertag
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 19:25:22 +0200 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The attitude I keep encountering is a strong resistance to progress. Sorry, but removing features looks more like a regression to me. I agree, but if on the second window there is 2 buttons, one to skip the other

Re: [Gimp-developer] MMX in 1.3 tree

2003-07-10 Thread David Neary
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi David, could you please test the attached diff to configure.in. It should find the problem with your compiler and it even simplifies things a bit. I have stried, and my computer passes the mmx test with flying colours :) It seems that the thing which is annoying my