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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