funnily, this just came in on another list: On 01/08/07, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wanted to make a short pre-release announcement about the next version > of Tux Paint (my OSS drawing app for young kids). Note: This is directed > to > folks here who are teaching _older_ kids computer programming. (Versus my > typical audience: people using Tux Paint with younger kids for art and > other > subjects.) > > The next version of Tux Paint (0.9.18), due out {I'm not sure when}, will > include a plugin feature, similar to what more professional graphics > programs like The GIMP have. > > For those of you familiar with Tux Paint, it's "Magic" tools (blur, > smudge, > rainbow brush, etc.) are no longer part of the Tux Paint application. > They are now shared objects (on Linux, ".so" files) that are loaded at > runtime. This means that new Magic tools can be developed and tested > quickly, and an intimate familiarity with the internals of Tux Paint > ("tuxpaint.c", specifically) is no longer necessary. > > Along with making it easier on _myself_ (I've already created over a half > dozen new Magic tools for v.0.9.18), my fantasy is that older students who > want to play around with graphics programming (specifically, the bit > twiddling > kind of stuff that a Magic tool does) will now be able to use Tux Paint as > a sort of 'development platform.' :) > > What do people think? Am I crazy? Or have I sparked anyone's curiosity? > > In the meantime, I've been working on whipping together documentation on > the > Tux Paint Magic tool plugin API, which you can read directly via CVS at > the > following link (sorry, it's long): > > > http://tuxpaint.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/tuxpaint/tuxpaint/magic/docs/html/README.html > > I'd love some suggestions on how to make this more usable by high school > students (or possibly create a separate 'Tutorial', and let the current > docs > remain as a more general 'Reference'). > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > -bill! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ >
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