Re: SV: changing the default image editor away from GIMP

2013-02-12 Thread Rich Shepard 

On Tue, 12 Feb 2013, Paul A. Rubin wrote:


I'm not a fan of GIMP, and I do prefer to use other tools.


Paul,

  My bit-mapped graphic needs are minimal so I've used The GIMP since 1997
and it does well by me.


There's one catch with changing the default, though: I suspect that GIMP
is as close as you get to an editor you can expect to be present. It's
certainly not standard on Windows, and I'm not sure about Mac OS, but I
think most Linux distros come with GIMP. I'm not sure there is any other
choice for default editor that is likely to be installed on a significant
proportion of user machines.


  There's actually a simple resolution to this, but while it's common for us
linux/*BSD users it's probably not common for users of other OSes. Use
whatever tool you want separate from LyX. You can use Imagemagick, for
example, then save the file in a bit-mapped format (.png, .jpg) and insert
into the LyX document.

  Most of my figures and plots are vector-based and generated with R and
PSTricks. I never work on a figure within LyX.

Rich

Re: SV: changing the default image editor away from GIMP

2013-02-12 Thread Paul A . Rubin 
Ingar Pareliussen  dmmh.no> writes:

> I know :), I have done this on my computers, however, I think it is time
> to change the defaults as gimp no longer is suitable as the default image
editor/viewer.

I'm not a fan of GIMP, and I do prefer to use other tools. There's one catch
with changing the default, though: I suspect that GIMP is as close as you get to
an editor you can expect to be present. It's certainly not standard on Windows,
and I'm not sure about Mac OS, but I think most Linux distros come with GIMP.
I'm not sure there is any other choice for default editor that is likely to be
installed on a significant proportion of user machines.

Paul

SV: changing the default image editor away from GIMP

2013-02-12 Thread Ingar Pareliussen 
Hi

>What do you use Gimp for? I don't think it's being used for any
>converters. Do you mean as an editor/viewer for images that you
>insert? This can be changed to anything you want by going to Tools >
>Preferences > File Formats > Editor/Viewer

I know :), I have done this on my computers, however, I think it is time
to change the defaults as gimp no longer is suitable as the default image 
editor/viewer.

(and it is a pain when you have 3 computers and have to change for each image 
format :) )

regards
Ingar

Re: changing the default image editor away from GIMP

2013-02-12 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Ingar Pareliussen
 wrote:
> Hi
>
> After the Gimp crew desided to change its userbase away from casual changing 
> pictures to more powerusers in gimp 2.8, gimp has become a pain in the *** to 
> use with LyX.
> (for more info 
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2012-May/msg9.html)
>
> I think it is time to look for an alternative. For me showfoto has turned out 
> fine, however i guess it should be an alternative that are can be used in 
> windows and osx as well.
>
> Ingar

Hi Ingar,

What do you use Gimp for? I don't think it's being used for any
converters. Do you mean as an editor/viewer for images that you
insert? This can be changed to anything you want by going to Tools >
Preferences > File Formats > Editor/Viewer

Best,

Scott

changing the default image editor away from GIMP

2013-02-12 Thread Ingar Pareliussen 
Hi

After the Gimp crew desided to change its userbase away from casual changing 
pictures to more powerusers in gimp 2.8, gimp has become a pain in the *** to 
use with LyX.
(for more info 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2012-May/msg9.html)

I think it is time to look for an alternative. For me showfoto has turned out 
fine, however i guess it should be an alternative that are can be used in 
windows and osx as well.

Ingar