You are so right, John. I learn so much from you guys. Bob
On 12/23/2011 4:02 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > Why not just copy the path that is behind the desktop icon that you said > works? That finds the executable and launches it, so that same string > should work in Scribus. > > John Ghormley KJ4UFG > Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal* > Walkertown, NC USA > editor at sera.org > > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Christen<christenanderson1994 at > gmail.com>wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: bobparham at comcast.net [mailto:bobparham at comcast.net] >>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:34 PM >>> To: Scribus User Mailing List >>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/22/2011 2:38 PM, Henry Hartley wrote: >>>> bobparham at comcast.net wrote: >>>>>> I downloaded Gimp _after_ downloading Scribus and have been >>>>>> unable to get Scribus to find Gimp. I went into Scribus >>>>>> (vs 1.4.0rc6) clicked File>Preferences>External Tools>Image >>>>>> Processing Tool and Typed in c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6. I >>>>>> then clicked OK and Apply. I right clicked a photo in a >>>>>> Scribus document and Edit Image. I got a window telling me >>>>>> that Gimp is missing. I have Windows 7 64bit OS. Can anyone >>>>>> tell me what I am doing wrong? >>>> Chances are c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6 is not where GIMP is installed. >>> That's your personal gimp folder. What you probably want is C:\Program >>> Files (x86)\gimp-2.6\bin\. Look for the folder with gimp-2.6.exe in it. >>> That's the directory that Scribus needs to know about. >>> The Gimp 2.0 is found on my computer under Program Files(X86) and I >>> would think this would be where I would need to steer Scribus. This >>> Folder is 108 MB. From this I would conclude that I would use >>> c:\Program >>> Files(X86). With this I still get the pop up window that Scribus says >>> it >>> is missing. I add \bin to it and get the same results. >>> >>> When I double click the icon for gimp on the desktop it opens so I know >>> I have the program. I have even tried a file in 1.4.0rc2 and the >>> results >>> are the same. I'm about ready to throw up my hands. Any other >>> suggestions? >>> >>> Bob P >>> -- >> Bob, >> It looks like you're just directing Scribus to the folder where the >> executable is located - not to the executable itself. For example, on my >> computer, the path is "C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.7.4\bin\gimp-2.7.exe" >> >> ~Christen >> >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL:<http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20111223/6f4c820a/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > > -- *Bob Parham* *People may forget what you did and people may forget what you said but people will never forget how you made them feel.** * (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")
