Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Re: How To Install Gimp Help

2009-12-22 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Peter, The "computer speak" that surrounds GIMP mostly comes from its background in the Linux (Unix) world. Previously one had to build (compile) their own system, but those systems have matured (by using package management systems). Currently there is a multitude of flavours (distributions) to su

Re: [Gimp-user] How To Install Gimp Help

2009-12-21 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
> Does > tar xvjf gimp-help-2.6.0-html-en.tar.bz2 > do anything for you? What if this person is not a Linux user and not very fond of doing things on the command line ? I guess that if he does not like computer speak he might have downloaded the wrong help package. Peter, if you are running GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] Reopening old/deleted Gimp files

2009-11-25 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Charlie, Why would GIMP retain these images? Just because you have used GIMP to edit them? Images might be in GIMP's recently used list, but if you try to open them from there when you have deleted them from their original location than you will still get an error message. If you have deleted the

Re: [Gimp-user] Select the layer I click on

2009-11-25 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Deniz, > Sorry for not searching before asking. Oh, never mind about that. I cannot expect you to go searching through the archive (one month at a time) hoping that your question has already been answered somewhere. https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/ Kind regards, Martijn http://gi

Re: [Gimp-user] Select the layer I click on

2009-11-25 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Deniz, Your question sounds very much like a question that was asked recently on this mailing list. See https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-user/2009-November/016022.html BTW, layer groups is something the GIMP developers are working on. Expect this in GIMP 2.8 (and in the current GIMP 2.7

Re: [Gimp-user] minimize the main toolbox?

2009-11-24 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Olivier, > Use the TAB key, which toggles visibility of the toolbox and other > dockable dialogs. And use F11 to fill the screen with the image window. > You can even remove the menu bar, scrolling bars, and status bar, and > have an image which really fills the screen. Those are some nifty short

Re: [Gimp-user] mystery filters or script-fu

2009-11-11 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Andrew, The GIMP Images (GIMPi) Yahoo-group has some lineart-scripts from Lasm: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gimpi/files/Scripts/ Also look there for scripts from Jeff Trefftzs (ink wash scripts). And as Owen already told http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/script-fu/files/Scripts/ also has some

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.7.1 binary?

2009-11-08 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Michael, > Is there somewhere a compiled binary of Gimp 2.7 / 2.7.1 I can install? > I'd like to see how the development of Gimp is proceeding and I see people > here have it installed. Do people here compile it themselves? > I have both Windows and Ubuntu OS's. Instructions for installing Gimp

[Gimp-user] Text entry-keyboard captured as shortcuts

2009-11-08 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
>Oh, one more thing, how can I enter text the old way instead of using the on >canvas option? I've made this selection, but don't remember how I got there. I believe the on-canvas text editing is the default for GIMP 2.7. If you prefer "the old way" you can select "Use Editor" in the options of

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp does not recognize that Python is installed

2009-11-04 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Don, Thanks for your reply and good to hear that you succeeded. I would not have expected that a Registry Cleaner would do the job, but nonetheless congratulations. Because I was curious about what registry entry the installer looks for I downloaded some NSIS-source files of the Windows-installer

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp does not recognize that Python is installed

2009-11-04 Thread Martijn Weisbeek
Don, Have you also tried Gimp-Python Easier at http://photocomix-resources.deviantart.com/art/Gimp-Python-support-easier-74889017 ? I know that this was made before Windows 7 was finished, but it might be worth a try. I can remember that I also tried installing GIMP-Python (on Windows XP). At fir