Compile of Gimp
Hey list I have been trying to compile Gimp to support my dual-Celleron, on a Mandrake 7.2 beta3, with almost everything installed from 2 CD's. I am using the 'new' Gimp-1.1.27 version, which should be corrected for perl-problems, but when I run a "./compile --with-treads --with-mp" I get the following output: (snip) checking for PDL support... yes checking for PDL include path... -I/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/PDL/Core checking for PDL typemap... /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/PDL/Core/typemap.pdl building embedded perl module... no writing Gimp/Config.pm... ok Checking if your kit is complete... Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: po/Makefile.PL po/update.sh Please inform the author. Writing Makefile for Gimp::Lib Writing Makefile for Gimp::Net Writing Makefile for Gimp::UI Writing Makefile for Gimp When I then run a "make" everything seems to be OK - no error statements. Running "make install" (as root) ends as following: (snip) /usr/bin/ld: gimpset.o: invalid string offset 1 >= 0 for section `.shstrtab' libgimpim.a: could not read symbols: Malformed archive collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [gimp] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mogens/Installerede-programmer/gimp-1.1.27/app' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 I have been asking this on the Mandrake expert-list, but hav'nt got any answers! Who is the author mentioned at the end of the compile section? Is it the Author of the Gimp or of Mandrake? 'building embedded perl module... no' why not? and is this my problem? which part of the perl installation should it come from? One final thing - as far as I can see, it has no influence on the build of the program, but I always get the message: configure: warning: *** Help browser plug-in will not be built (GtkXMHTML library not found) *** I can't find any RPM's with that name, so where do I get hold of that library? Thanks in advance Sincerely Mogens Jæger
Re: Pdf, eps, ps? (Was: xcf --> eps)
>PDF would be great, so what I now wonder, how good is really ps2pdf? It >can't be Adobe Distiller but does it even does the work properly? Are >vector-graphics converted to bitmaps somwhere in the process? I typeset all of my things with plain TeX. This is much nastier than LaTeX, but I learned it in a year or so. I also use ps2pdf quite often on the output, so that I can print from window boxes in the labs, and the output is just fine. The main problem with the postscript output is that the fonts are bitmaps, so you only have a set resolution. I set my default to 2400 dpi which is as good as any printer I've ever seen. Postscript figures are kept as postscript, though. You can use xfig to get your images, but I prefer using metapost (which is scriptable). You can use Gimp for making bitmaps as well, but you need a fast computer to work with the kind of resolution you will want (the file size is huge since postscript isn't compressed). Imagine a 4x4" picture with 1200 dpi resolution; that's 19200x19200 pixels, and thus hard on your computer. Of course if you only want greyscale it's not as bad (postscript does support color though). Next would be the ps2pdf conversion. This is good, although I think it only supports something like 600 dpi. Any vector input is not converted to bitmap, so resolution is only a problem with TeX and gimp input (most people post documents on the web at 300 dpi, so resolution isn't really a problem at all). pdf does use compression, so your big file sizes will be chopped down a bit. If you want to see the conversion in action, I have a few docs on my web site which I've used these different methods: http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/thesis/source http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/graph_paper http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/homework http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/labs http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/quaternian http://virgo.umeche.maine.edu/photos/chemistry_awards/postscript They use TeX/metapost, TeX/xfig, TeX/gimp, metapost, and xfig. My xpdf doesn't display the fonts of TeX quite right and AFAIK gv only supports 16 colors but everything prints out perfect and displays right in Windows. So my recomendation is to bite the bullet and learn how how to typeset. It really isn't that bad, and your results will be so much more beautiful than anything that Distiller puts out. Hope this email wasn't too long... -James Smaby
Re: HT Run Perl-Gimp scripts
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 02:47:40PM +0200, Olivier Billet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder how to run gimp perl scripts out of gimp, I mean directly from a Perl >program for example. tricky. most perl scripts "just work" when run utside the gimp, but this is neither efficient nor a clean design. do you encounter problems? which ones? -- -==- | ==-- _ | ---==---(_)__ __ __ Marc Lehmann +-- --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] |e| -=/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE --+ The choice of a GNU generation | |
gimp turns rest of screen black
I'm using monochrome NCD X-Terms under SuSE 6.3. When I run gimp, all of the other windows become black. I also just tried to run the latest Gnome and everything is displayed in very dark colors. Under KDE, only gimp and Mozilla do this; the task bar icons become unreadable. Is there a setting to fix this? Thanks, -- Jim Sabatke SuSE 6.3 Linux Kernel - 2.2.13 http://www.execpc.com/~jsabatke Snowman thaws Trickles gently Contented not what is Becoming clear what was - J. Sabatke
HT Run Perl-Gimp scripts
Hi everybody !!! I wonder how to run gimp perl scripts out of gimp, I mean directly from a Perl program for example. Thanks in advance! Olivier B.
compile problem...
everytim i try to compile the gimp 1.1.x i get an error when trying to make libgimp in gimpchainbutton.c on line 110 that says 'structure has no member named "type" ' what could be causing this? i have rh 6.2 witht he latest gtk/glib installed __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
