Anne Wilson wrote: >On Wednesday 25 Sep 2002 1:29 am, you wrote: > > >>On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:01:47 +0100 >> >>Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>I recently installed Gqview, which allows browsing of my photo >>>directories. This week I decided to try my elderly Camedia C1000L with >>>Gphoto - it uses a serial connection, you can guess how old it is. No >>>problem - program starts, camera is on list, program works! Great. All >>>I lack, then, is a program to allow printing several photos to a page; I >>>had two or three such in windows. Wait a mo, though - do I really need >>>this? KWord is frame based and should do the job. And of course it >>>does, no problems at all. >>> >>>It just shows, I've been using Mandrake for 6 months now, and pretty >>>well full time for about four, but still I find myself thinking of the >>>windows way of doing things, instead of simply analysing and attacking >>>the problem. I'm pleased to say that most things are solved as easily >>>as this, once the blinkers are off. It's sad, though, that there are >>>still a few - very few - things that I can only do in windows. The day >>>will come, though... >>> >>>Anne >>> >>> >>Anne, >> >>John Richard Smith and I were working on a script that uses ImageMagick's >>montage to automatically generate a composite image suitable for printing >>on a4 paper. The limitations right now are >> >>1. images must all be the same size >>2. images must all have the same orientation (unless you plan on >>separating them) >> >>It works on an entire directory. >> >>http://clevername.homeip.net/moco >> >>Todd >> >> > >I'll take a look at that. I'm puzzled about ImageMagick, though. My menu >offers me ImageMagick Display, so I thought IM was installed, but selecting >that does absolutely nothing. Is this just a module that's loaded to use >with one of the other apps? Do I need to look for the full app on the disks? > >I'll explore this afternoon if I can get time, but I'm running out of that >right now, as I am away for a good week from Friday. > >Anne > > Ann, ImageMagic is a command line app, it included Montage as well. I haven't a clue why anyone would give you a kstart menu entry tab. The scripts I've worked out for myself work well , but mine are for A4 sheet paper.If you use Letter , better ask Todd. John
-- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
