[Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.2.12 Release and GIMP 2.3.10 Development Release

2006-07-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, over the last two days, two new GIMP releases have been uploaded to ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ GIMP 2.2.12 is a bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.2 series. Among other fixes, it removes a possible buffer overrun in the XCF parser. Even though there are currently no known exploits for

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Rikard Johnels
On Friday 07 July 2006 07:46, Raymon Van Wanrooij wrote: Yes it would, any program requiring precision control with the mouse can cause it cause you are really cramped controlling it then. A better solution is to use the right tool for the job, like using a tablet (from wacom or something) for

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: Hello, This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not familiar with the new versions of this

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread VytautasP
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: Hello, This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not

[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Roel Schroeven
VytautasP schreef: On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's disease after an intensive week using GIMP. And make breaks once in a while.

[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Roel Schroeven
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris schreef: On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: Hello, This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not familiar

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:34:11PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: There's one relatively simple change I can think of, that could reduce problems as the one experienced by Hector: instead of requiring the user to hold the mouse button pushed down during a drawing operation, it's possible to

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Gilles Maltais
A good solution would be to use a pen tablet. I have a big Wacom 12-inch which is good for graphics but for general pointing use, a small one would be infinitely better than a mouse for EVERYBODY. BTW, are there lefthanders on the list ? I would like to know how they handle their mouse.

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Akkana Peck
Jeffrey Brent McBeth writes: I would consider mouse toggling to be an accessibility issue best dealt with at a desktop level (GTK/Gnome/Whatever) rather than application specific hacks. When I saw the original request I was thinking of suggesting a sticky mouse option, equivalent to the sticky