Please read all of this message before jumping in and getting your feet wet!!!!!
There is a version of Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program --- 1.2.3) that has been ported to OS-X and is "ready" to go along with several other X11 apps available at http://opendarwin.org/projects/darwinports/en/x11.php To run this you will need to have Apple's X11 app installed on your system (or some other X11 system such as XFree86, etc). Hit Apple's site to get the latest version if you don't have it yet. Download and install in this order Package : gtk Version : 1.2.10 Package : Gimp Version : 1.2.3 Don't worry about getting gtk2 yet. Gimp will NOT run with it (which is a shame, because the tools in gtk2 are better *[see note]) Start up X11 and enter the command '/usr/local/bin/gimp-1.2 --no-shm --no-xshm' without the quotes into one of the xterm windows (Or better yet, add the command in to the applications menu of X11 and then you won't have to fool with using the xterm window --- There you go Bill!) You now have a very powerful graphics editor at your disposal. Enjoy! Notes: * gtk is an older obsoleted version, but many of the older Unix, Linux programs still make use of it. These are being slowly changed to use gtk2, New ones are being built from the ground up with gtk2. Problems: If you have Console.app set to open and holler whenever something crashes, it is going to do so whenever you start Gimp running. DON'T PANIC! Gimp is not crashing. The gtk toolbox is calling obsolete PERL methods which are not part of the PERL installed in Mac OS-X. This does not bother Gimp, it runs just fine. Did I mention that gtk is obsolete? Gimp does support direct scanner input and it may be possible to make your current or old scanner work with Gimp <--- something that is tricky to do now with other OS-X programs. I will write more about this later. Disclaimer: The following comes from the SANE website (Scan Anything Now Easy) which is involved in writing scanner drivers (Vue-Scan from Hamrick makes use of some of their work)... but the thought is worth repeating here: Status : A vague indication of robustness and reliability. unsupported means the device is not supported at least by this backend. It may be supported by other backends, however. untested means the device may be supported but couldn't be tested. Be very careful. alpha means it must do something, but is not very well tested, probably has bugs, and may even crash your system, etc., etc. beta means it works pretty well, and looks stable and functional, but not bullet-proof. stable means someone is pulling your leg. With any software, keep this in mind! Jerry -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3265 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20030218/f8d2b0e7/attachment.bin
