[Gimp-user] PDF

2013-05-12 Thread Janet Little
Recently installed Gimp. Could someone step me through how to change the settings so Gimp no longer opens my pdf files? I see the issue mentioned on the web but the solutions are for a person more computer literate than me. They also seemed to mostly relate to Ubuntu and wanting Evince to open pdf.

[Gimp-user] GIMP Text Tool

2013-05-12 Thread jenn golden
Hi - I am trying to add text to a graphic, I have tried 3x's. after the 2nd time the program closed I got smart enough to save it every step of the way. I can add the text, and duplicate the layer. I want to make a shadow effect. I can move the top layer into the position that I want. But as soon

Re: [Gimp-user] PDF

2013-05-12 Thread Tom Williams
On 05/12/2013 07:48 AM, Janet Little wrote: > Recently installed Gimp. Could someone step me through how to change the > settings so Gimp no longer opens my pdf files? I see the issue mentioned on > the web but the solutions are for a person more computer literate than me. > They also seemed to mos

Re: [Gimp-user] PDF

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 12.05.2013 17:22, Tom Williams wrote: On 05/12/2013 07:48 AM, Janet Little wrote: Recently installed Gimp. Could someone step me through how to change the settings so Gimp no longer opens my pdf files? I see the issue mentioned on the web but the solutions are for a person more computer liter

Re: [Gimp-user] PDF

2013-05-12 Thread Paul Saumane
Hi, I am Windows7 64 bits my OS is in French so may be I am not using the corresponding English/US terms - Left Click on the Start button (at the bottom left of the screen), - The corresponding start windows opens, then Left click on "Configuration Panel" - A new windows appears. Search for "

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Henry W. Peters
Hi, Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge & or experience building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My current version of GIMP is 2.6.1. Some questions I have (for example) are: Do I /really/ have to uninstall the old version...? Any dependency issues (conflicts, etc.) ?

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Chris Mohler
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Henry W. Peters wrote: > Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge & or experience > building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My current version of GIMP is > 2.6.1. > > Some questions I have (for example) are: Do I /really/ have to uninstall the >

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 12.05.2013 19:36, Henry W. Peters wrote: Thanks much for any pointers. Please don't hijack threads - your mail will appear two levels deep in the thread about changing the PDF file associations for some users. If you want to start a new topic, please compose a new message to the gimp-us

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Dominik Tabisz
Hi Some time ago i tried both compiling Gimp 2.8 on Squeeze, and installing Debian Testing ... to see what's wrong with my attempt to compile Gimp 2.8. To make long thing short - problems with compilation are caused by dependencies of Gimp 2.8 dependencies. At some moment You end up with upgrading

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Henry W. Peters
Thanks all for your replies ON THIS (as far as I know) NEW THREAD (& Michael, I am a subscriber). It sounds like building 2.8 on Debian Squeeze is a (too) shaky proposition... as I do use it with some regularity, I should probably wait until the Debian packager & programmers resolve some of th

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Henry W. Peters [05-12-13 15:48]: > Thanks all for your replies ON THIS (as far as I know) NEW THREAD (& > Michael, I am a subscriber). > > It sounds like building 2.8 on Debian Squeeze is a (too) shaky > proposition... as I do use it with some regularity, I should probably wait > until the Deb

[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread scl
This topic accidently started as reply to '[Gimp-user] PDF' and likes to be continued here. Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 13:36:10 -0400 From: Henry W. Peters Hi, Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge & or experience building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My current version of

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread scl
Hi, before we now begin a big off-topic mess and hassle, I simply started a new thread for this topic. Please continue your discussion there. Kind regards, Sven ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Henry W. Peters
The "thread" is all yours... I have no idea of what you are speaking of ("started a new thread"), apparently, I do not understand the "rules" here... I have been doing email/listserve boards for quite a few years... never ran into this problem... & it DEFINITELY was not my intent to "hijack"

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 13.05.2013 00:35, Henry W. Peters wrote: I have been doing email/listserve boards for quite a few years... never ran into this problem... See https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2013-May/thread.html - your message appears as a reply to a mail in the PDF file association thread.

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Owen
> This topic accidently started as reply to '[Gimp-user] PDF' and likes > to > be continued here. > > Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 13:36:10 -0400 > From: Henry W. Peters > > Hi, > > Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge & or > experience > building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze?

2013-05-12 Thread Liam R E Quin
tl;dr - see http://azul.m.iguel.net/Blog/?entrada=73 On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 09:06 +1000, Owen wrote: > > From: Henry W. Peters > > Does anyone on the list here, have any actual knowledge & or > > experience > > building GIMP 2.8x on Linux Debian Squeeze? My current version of GIMP > > is 2.6.1. >