I think Bill means *Tux Paint* doesn't support multiusers on Windows and Mac... 'cuz Windows XP (certainly) and MacOS X (I would think) do have multiuser concepts. Maybe it's time to get Tux Paint support multiusers under Windows and MacOS X! =D
-Mark On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 04:54:03PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey Bill, > > > > Question about tux paint config. > > Will there be any global config vs. individual user config? I would > > like to globally set the save dir to something like ~/mypictures, but > > have the ability to change it per user. Most of the kids want to > > replace their IceWm desktop with pictures they made with tuxpaint, but > > they have trouble finding ~/.tuxpaint > > There already are two config files used by Tux Paint. One is in "/etc/", > the other in "~" (the ".tuxpaintrc" file). > > I think for this release, though, tuxpaint-config will simply ignore the > fact that there's a 'global' config file, since really it only exists on > Linux and Unix systems, not Mac or Windows. > > And, of course, the MAIN reason for making a GUI to set config options > is because Windows & Mac users don't want to learn how to edit the > config file in a text editor. > > > > > BTW, it'll be fun to watch you beat up on kid pix 4. Looking forward > > to the battle :) I replaced kid pix 3 at my kid's school with an early > > release of tuxpaint. > > Out of curiosity, would there be any reasons a school would decide to switch > from Tux Paint (open source) to Kid Pix 4 (commercial), e.g. due to particular > features TP lacks, but KP4 will have? > > -bill! > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev > -- Mark K. Kim AIM: markus kimius Homepage: http://www.cbreak.org/ Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/vindaci Friendster: http://www.friendster.com/user.jsp?id=13046 PGP key fingerprint: 7324 BACA 53AD E504 A76E 5167 6822 94F0 F298 5DCE PGP key available on the homepage _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
