Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-07 Thread John R. Culleton
On Thursday 07 September 2006 16:18, Alan Horkan wrote: > XWindows is something entirely different from Windows XP. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System > > It is an error which makes it much more difficult to take the rest of the > message seriously. > Ouch! My baddest bad. Thought one t

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-07 Thread Alan Horkan
XWindows is something entirely different from Windows XP. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System It is an error which makes it much more difficult to take the rest of the message seriously. However it has long been clear that it causes problems for many users to have seperate downloads for

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-07 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 06 September 2006 09:40, John R. Culleton wrote: > I have the writer's permission to forward this info: > -- > One other note of caution about Gimp: I would not try to install it if > you're running Win XP. The online info indicates that

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-07 Thread John R. Culleton
On Thursday 07 September 2006 05:54, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > John R. Culleton escribe: > > I have the writer's permission to forward this info: > > Nice. Who's the writer? > > Cordially, Ismael Walt Shiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I suggested using a Knoppix disk and he was enthusiastic about

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-07 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
John R. Culleton escribe: > I have the writer's permission to forward this info: Nice. Who's the writer? > One other note of caution about Gimp: I would not try to install it if > you're running Win XP. The online info indicates that it will run on > Win XP, but it also may screw up other prog

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Schumacher
Von: "Michael Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The only problem I've had related to GTK lately was a problem > with GAIM crashing, but that was GAIM's fault for not keeping > up-to-date with the GTK development. Nah, it's not that easy. They couldn't update to 2.8 because there was some missing fun

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Clark
I have used Gimp on Windows for a year or so without noticing any problems with my other programs. The only problem I've had related to GTK lately was a problem with GAIM crashing, but that was GAIM's fault for not keeping up-to-date with the GTK development. Exactly what programs get screwed up by

Re: [Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Schumacher
Von: "John R. Culleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have the writer's permission to forward this info: > -- > One other note of caution about Gimp: I would not try to install it if > you're running Win XP. The online info indicates that it will run on

[Gimp-user] FYI Users problem with Gimp on XWindows.

2006-09-06 Thread John R. Culleton
I have the writer's permission to forward this info: -- One other note of caution about Gimp: I would not try to install it if you're running Win XP. The online info indicates that it will run on Win XP, but it also may screw up other programs. I