Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] 'Crazy legs' text rendering

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 13:47, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Lately the text rendering in Tux Paint has reverted to a 'crazy legs' > rendering, where the glyphs don't have the same baseline. > > I've updated several applications and libraries recently, and that may be > what's causing this. I remem

[Tuxpaint-dev] threaded startup

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
Start-up will go faster if some of the work is put in threads. This is particularly true for disk reads. When the canvas shows, only the paint tool needs to be ready. Other stuff (stamps, fonts, magic) can continue to load in the background. Three solutions to handle fast-clicking users: a. show

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 14:10, Bill Kendrick wrote: > Albert definitely comes from the "kids want to draw blood and guts" camp. > That's fine, but now that we have guns, tanks and explosions in the stamps, > I'm definitely seeing a need to split them up, so that parents can choose > which things to

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 05:37:09PM +0100, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > I'm not sure. And Bill actually *has* used a darker red in parts > of the drawing. In the bridge picture, I simply used the "Darken" tool. (You'll notice the hills in the background are darker there, too, since the darken tool

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:12:04AM +0100, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > I didn't change the red. But we could add an extra, dark red (if we remove > the 'Colours' label). In creating these two pictures: (current as of 2005-01-12) http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/gallery/?cur_pict=0 ht

[Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.14, 1.15

2005-01-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 04:36:32PM +, Albert Cahalan wrote: > Modified Files: > colors.h > Log Message: > informative version > const char * const color_names[NUM_COLORS] = { >gettext_noop("Black!"), > - gettext_noop("Dark grey!"), > - gettext_noop("Light grey!"), > + gettext_

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] dead space and New dialog

2005-01-13 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:50:44AM +0100, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > The new Gimp 2 (currently 2.2.2) interface is *much* better than > earlier versions, though. I honestly don't find it much different, in so far as being kind of a weird interface compared to other apps. It IS quite improved, a

[Tuxpaint-dev] 'Crazy legs' text rendering

2005-01-13 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
Lately the text rendering in Tux Paint has reverted to a 'crazy legs' rendering, where the glyphs don't have the same baseline. I've updated several applications and libraries recently, and that may be what's causing this. I remember seeing this bug earlier, on both Linux and Windows. Anybody

[Tuxpaint-dev] stamp tinting

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 11:37, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > >>> 4. washed out dark blue > >> > >> I've made it darker. Better? The old one was *too* dark to be > >> usuable. > > > > For what? > > Stamp tinting, for instance. First, look at the car in m

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 11:37, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > > Take a look at the bridge drawing in the gallery. > > It would look better with a darker red. > > I'm not sure. And Bill actually *has* used a darker red in parts > of the drawing. > > > Als

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 04:12, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: >> On Thu, Januar 13, 2005 4:10 am, Albert Cahalan sa: > >>> 5. a darker red, more like the stop signs >> >> I didn't change the red. But we could add an extra, dark red >>

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] cartoon sky

2005-01-13 Thread Torsten Giebl
Hello ! It looks nice. Oh man, i am a 26 years old kid :-) CU > The (new) darker blue works nicely for that phony look > that some people seem to like: > > > ___ > Tuxpaint-dev mailing list > Tuxpaint-dev@tux4kids.net > http://tux4kids.net/mailman

[Tuxpaint-dev] cartoon sky

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
The (new) darker blue works nicely for that phony look that some people seem to like: <>___ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list Tuxpaint-dev@tux4kids.net http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Albert Cahalan
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 04:12, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > On Thu, Januar 13, 2005 4:10 am, Albert Cahalan sa: > > 5. a darker red, more like the stop signs > > I didn't change the red. But we could add an extra, dark red (if we remove > the 'Colours' label). Take a look at the bridge drawing in

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] dead space and New dialog

2005-01-13 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >> The Gimp's GUI is indeed terrible (and not 'standard'!). > > I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the GUI is terrible. > If you enable the menubar though, it's fairly standard. The new Gimp 2 (currently 2.2.2) interface is

Re: [Tuxpaint-dev] Re: [Tuxpaint-commits] tuxpaint/src colors.h, 1.8, 1.9

2005-01-13 Thread Karl Ove Hufthammer
On Thu, Januar 13, 2005 4:10 am, Albert Cahalan sa: > Possibly good changes: > > 1. lavendar (not "violet", which you can't get) instead of magenta >(though losing magenta is painful) Well, violet has several meanings in English. See f.i.: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=violet One