Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-02 Thread Kneops
Although I'm using DT only for one year now, it has become my only raw converter. Before that I used several programs including Aftershot Pro and Lightroom (in Virtial Box on Linux Mint). I never considered it software for 'a small Linux cadre'. It is much more than that. Many professional

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Charlie Goodwin
>The dt move from serving a small Linux cadre to a widely inclusive set of users has brought interesting consequences. I have used Linux exclusively for a few years now. Could you expand upon what the interesting consequences are that you allude to? On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:26 PM David

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread I. Ivanov
I Love the game! It makes me smile :-) I noticed it run only once and my daughter would Love to play it (so I am going to wait for her to start the other computer). It did get me the first time I admit. But guess what - I was VERY FAST to subscribe to this list :-) and start rumbling... Now

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Archie Macintosh [04-01-19 14:20]: > On 1 Apr 2019, at 16:41, Pascal Obry wrote: > >... As a photographer I don't way this to be run > > without me asking for it. > > A number of users who had not seen this 'joke' before were very concerned > that dt's installation files had been compromised

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread David Vincent-Jones
The dt move from serving a small Linux cadre to a widely inclusive set of users has brought interesting consequences. On 2019-04-01 12:05 p.m., Charlie Goodwin wrote: My point is not a single professional I know do force on you a game for any reason whatsoever. Agreed. On Mon, Apr 1,

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Charlie Goodwin
My point is not a single professional I know do force on you a game for any reason whatsoever. Agreed. On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 2:25 PM Pascal Obry wrote: > Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 20:09 +0200, Romano Giannetti a écrit : > > I am not a developer so I understand my opinion is worth just > >

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Charlie Goodwin
Once one has heard that there are keyboard shortcuts to get rid of the April 1 gag, it is fine. Perhaps it would be a good idea to include information to that effect with the black screen. I have very mixed feelings here; Darktable is an amazing program and the devs are gods as far as I'm

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Pascal Obry
Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 20:09 +0200, Romano Giannetti a écrit : > I am not a developer so I understand my opinion is worth just > $$\epsilon\to 0$$... All this is not a developer issue at all. All users have the right to explain what they like or not. You found that fun, nice. But what if your

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Archie Macintosh
On 1 Apr 2019, at 16:41, Pascal Obry wrote: >... As a photographer I don't way this to be run > without me asking for it. A number of users who had not seen this 'joke' before were very concerned that dt's installation files had been compromised malevolently. We have always been tolerant of

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
I, for one, like the touch of fun of the Easter Egg... I think sometime I am taking myself too seriously, and this is a touch of fun. Maybe you can add a text explaining the thing after the user has pressed a handful of keys or waited a bit... but I still like it. I am not a developer so I

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Remco Viëtor
On lundi 1 avril 2019 17:47:29 CEST parafin wrote: > Let's not make it sound like there's just one stubborn person who wants > this and everybody else hate the game. I'm all for having an easter egg > in DT too, and there are people who like it. As far as the devs are concerned, it indeed seems

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Bernhard
thanks - but for trying this I'll have to wait til next year ... -- regards Bernhard https://www.bilddateien.de parafin schrieb am 01.04.19 um 18:35: Spacebar works for me. Maybe it's a question of window focus? Try clicking into DT window first and then pressing the space bar. On Mon, 1

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread parafin
Spacebar works for me. Maybe it's a question of window focus? Try clicking into DT window first and then pressing the space bar. On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 17:15:37 +0200 Bernhard wrote: > That's from last years diskussion: > > > Tobias Ellinghaus schrieb am 02.04.2018 um 23:22: > > > Am Montag,

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread parafin
Let's not make it sound like there's just one stubborn person who wants this and everybody else hate the game. I'm all for having an easter egg in DT too, and there are people who like it. On Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:38:14 +0200 Pascal Obry wrote: > Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 13:58 +0100, Jim

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Bernhard
That's from last years diskussion: Tobias Ellinghaus schrieb am 02.04.2018 um 23:22: > Am Montag, 2. April 2018, 22:35:05 CEST schrieb Bernhard: >> Tobias Ellinghaus schrieb am 02.04.2018 um 22:29: >>> Just using ctrl-q to close darktable, i.e., the same way you normally do >>> it, should have

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:38:14 +0200 Pascal Obry wrote: > > At least users will have a choice about this! > This is the important point. At least users should have a way to switch it off or some other way be warned what will happen the first time they open DT every April 1. -- Hilsen/Regards

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Willy Williams
Thank you, Pascal! On 4/1/2019 at 11:41, Pascal Obry wrote: Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 15:24 +0200, Romano Giannetti a écrit : On 01/04/2019 14:58, Jim Robinson wrote: This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then someone put it back! Really? No! :-(... My

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Pascal Obry
Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 15:24 +0200, Romano Giannetti a écrit : > On 01/04/2019 14:58, Jim Robinson wrote: > > This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then > > someone put it back! > > Really? No! :-(... My daughter loves it; I have a photo editing session fixed >

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Pascal Obry
Le lundi 01 avril 2019 à 13:58 +0100, Jim Robinson a écrit : > This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then > someone put it back! Indeed, I a PR was proposed and I did accept it. But one dev insist on having this in dt! I have just push a commit which propose a

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Romano Giannetti
On 01/04/2019 14:58, Jim Robinson wrote: This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then someone put it back! Really? No! :-(... My daughter loves it; I have a photo editing session fixed every April 1st with her so she can play invaders... I hope the code is just

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Willy Williams
Had the same thing happen here on dt 2.6.2 on Win 10 Pro, and on dt 2.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS. Willy -- "There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes." - Abraham Lincoln -- On 4/1/19 8:43 AM, Kneops wrote: I just opened DT for the first time today (version

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Kneops
I can understand why it was removed, this is not the place for an april fools joke. But I'm glad DT is not hacked  Op 01-04-19 om 14:58 schreef Jim Robinson: This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then someone put it back! On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 13:50, Kneops

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Jim Robinson
This 'joke' was removed from the master code about 3 weeks ago, but then someone put it back! On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 13:50, Kneops wrote: > Really? [image: ]. > Than this is the first one for me today and I wonder how this is possible. > Is this programmed into version 2.6.1? I can't imagine. >

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Kneops
Really? . Than this is the first one for me today and I wonder how this is possible. Is this programmed into version 2.6.1? I can't imagine. I really thought I was hacked... Op 01-04-19 om 14:47 schreef Colin Adams: That will be the regular stupid April Fools "joke". On Mon, 1 Apr 2019

Re: [darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Colin Adams
That will be the regular stupid April Fools "joke". On Mon, 1 Apr 2019 at 13:44, Kneops wrote: > I just opened DT for the first time today (version 2.6.1) and I got a > black screen and at the top some digital numbers (4 digits, all set to > zero: ) and the words High Score, as if it was

[darktable-user] Weird black openingscreen DT with digital score

2019-04-01 Thread Kneops
I just opened DT for the first time today (version 2.6.1) and I got a black screen and at the top some digital numbers (4 digits, all set to zero: ) and the words High Score, as if it was some very old MSDOS game starting up. I quickly quit DT and restarted a few times and never got to see