Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-22 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:34:38 +, Rock wrote: Given that information, what avenue would you pick to install Pinta on a 64-bit CentOS 6.4 laptop to test it out? Now that I know the arrowing isn't implemented yet; and that it's problematic to install on CentOS, I'll give up. I do

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-22 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 06/21/2013 02:06 AM, Rock wrote: On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:43:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Have you looked for or tried anything in java like http://www.heliospaint.com/. The description looks enticing. I couldn't find anything in the aforementioned repos; so I downloaded the java applet.

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-22 Thread Rock
On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:16:44 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Have you set proper java alternative (default java to use)? Maybe it requires specific java version. Unfortunately, I've set up nothing overt with respect to Java, so this is all I know about the java that is installed currently:

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-22 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 06/22/2013 08:13 PM, Rock wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2013 18:16:44 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: Have you set proper java alternative (default java to use)? Maybe it requires specific java version. Unfortunately, I've set up nothing overt with respect to Java, so this is all I know about

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-21 Thread Rock
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 01:14:16 +, Rock wrote: Can you please be so nice and report this ideas on Pinta's idea web page: For the record, I did post this screenshot summary to the Pinta Developers Group: --- warning long ... slightly off topic / warning ... ... --- Hi IgorZ, Thanks

[CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
A screenshot editor needs to do a few things - but it must do these three things easily and well: 1. Draw curved and straight arrows, dotted or solid line, with various end dots and points 2. Draw open circles of various shapes to highlight areas of interest 3. Text easily without having to

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 06/20/2013 08:34 AM, Rock wrote: A screenshot editor needs to do a few things - but it must do these three things easily and well: 1. Draw curved and straight arrows, dotted or solid line, with various end dots and points 2. Draw open circles of various shapes to highlight areas of

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Nux!
On 20.06.2013 07:34, Rock wrote: A screenshot editor needs to do a few things - but it must do these three things easily and well: 1. Draw curved and straight arrows, dotted or solid line, with various end dots and points 2. Draw open circles of various shapes to highlight areas of

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:05:29 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: You can try installing package for Fedora 14 You can also take .src.rpm from Fedora 14 and try to recompile Someone much smarter than I am already failed today due to dependencies: Pinta looks interesting. I had been using

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:32:41 +0100, Nux! wrote: install Shutter; does what you said and more. I have had Shutter all along on my CentOS 6.4 laptop. Here's how Shutter compares to Paint.NET on those 3 key annotation items: (IMHO) 1. Curved dashed arrows: Shutter arrows are primitive and

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Nux!
On 20.06.2013 16:30, Rock wrote: On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:32:41 +0100, Nux! wrote: install Shutter; does what you said and more. I have had Shutter all along on my CentOS 6.4 laptop. Here's how Shutter compares to Paint.NET on those 3 key annotation items Well, Shutter is more than

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:37:42 +0100, Nux! wrote: Well, Shutter is more than enough for my needs, but if you _must_ use Pinta, have you tried running it in Wine? I abhor Wine, and feel that, over time, I should strive to find the best native Linux programs to do the job. At the moment, nothing

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Rock rocksock...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:37:42 +0100, Nux! wrote: Well, Shutter is more than enough for my needs, but if you _must_ use Pinta, have you tried running it in Wine? I abhor Wine, and feel that, over time, I should strive to find

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:43:08 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Have you looked for or tried anything in java like http://www.heliospaint.com/. The description looks enticing. I couldn't find anything in the aforementioned repos; so I downloaded the java applet. But nothing happened when I ran: $

Re: [CentOS] What method would you suggest for installing the Pinta screenshot editor on CentOS 6.4?

2013-06-20 Thread Rock
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:11:32 +, Rock wrote: Someone much smarter than I am already failed today due to dependencies: Here's a response from the Pinta Developer's Group today: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/pinta/JiJoNTNCGFA [quote] IgorZ Currently there is no RPM