As Pierre said, "there are SO many ways in Linux...". So often, when I want to do something, the problem is deciding which tool to use! Since you like Word for this, I too would have suggested oowriter. But xfig is something else that could be well worth a try. It is on the Mandrake CDs, but not generally installed by default. It will also give you virtually unlimited positioning and scaling options.
Brian.
From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [expert] printing multiple photos Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:19:46 -0500 On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:07:39 -0500 Jonathan Dlouhy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to use GIMP or another editing program that will allow > me, for example, to put two different pictures, like 4"x6" on the same > page and print them that way? I hate to use the Windoze word, but there > are numerous programs for 'doze that will do this easily. There must be > a Linux equivalent. I'm starting to look at different ways to script this kind of stuff; but there are SO many ways in Linux... - have you tried using oowriter? - or writing a simple html page: Side-by-side: <html><body><a href="1.png></a><a href="2.png></a></body></html> One-above-the-other: <html><body><a href="1.png></a><br><a href="2.png></a></body></html> - or scripting; here's a sequence you could script: pngtopnm 1.png > 1.pnm pngtopnm 2.png > 2.pnm pnmcat -lr 1.pnm 2.pnm | pnmtops | gv - # for left-right pnmcat -tb 1.pnm 2.pnm | pnmtops | gv - # for top-bottom Of course, the script example would require a whitespace pnm file for each direction if you don't have whitespace around your images... "gv -" lets you view the results; replace with "lpr" to print... I'm sure there are many more ways that I haven't found yet; but it's fun exploring... for example, use command completion to find some possible utilities; at a command prompt, type the start of these commands and hit the TAB key: $ png $ pnm $ ps and whatever else you find interesting; for example, pnmtotiff might lead you to: $ tiff2ps The point is to explore... :^) HTH, Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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