Re: [Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

2017-12-17 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/17/2017 04:04 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2017 15:13:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > Ok, got a text inserted, but the pencil is best described as out of lead, > small circle I can wave around to amuse myself, but pressing the left > mouse button for freehand drawing does

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

2017-12-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 December 2017 15:13:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 17 December 2017 14:21:51 Steve Kinney wrote: > > Has anybody seen or heard of the behavior described below > > (multi-broken text tool, bizarre 'pencil' tool behavior)? It's all > > new to me. > > > > My first suggestion would

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

2017-12-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 17 December 2017 14:21:51 Steve Kinney wrote: > Has anybody seen or heard of the behavior described below > (multi-broken text tool, bizarre 'pencil' tool behavior)? It's all > new to me. > > My first suggestion would be to remove the GIMP, rename or delete the > .gimp file in the

Re: [Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

2017-12-17 Thread Steve Kinney
Has anybody seen or heard of the behavior described below (multi-broken text tool, bizarre 'pencil' tool behavior)? It's all new to me. My first suggestion would be to remove the GIMP, rename or delete the .gimp file in the /home directory, and install the latest available version from the

[Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

2017-12-16 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; debian wheezy, up to date as of right now. gimp-2.8.2 I call up gimp to add some arrows and text boxes to some pix I want to use in an article for the linuxcnc wiki. I load the pix, then select the big A in the single column, screen+ height tool list, (I could mutter at length