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author | wkendrick <wkendrick> | 2004-10-24 21:23:22 (GMT) |
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committer | wkendrick <wkendrick> | 2004-10-24 21:23:22 (GMT) |
commit | cf43df8d49b4afb600dc67b37f21cdb7fe9d4e87 (patch) | |
tree | a36fa9bae6f840593400942cc41d3eed4d8850eb /docs/README.txt | |
parent | 4e7bc7be7f792f291da1dd864304f64d059808b4 (diff) |
Support for 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1400x1050 and 1600x1200 resolutions!
(Thanks, Shin-Ichi!)
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diff --git a/docs/README.txt b/docs/README.txt index 7212715..f3acf01 100644 --- a/docs/README.txt +++ b/docs/README.txt @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ - Tux Paint + [1]Tux Paint version 0.9.15 - A simple drawing program for children + A simple drawing program for children Copyright 2004 by Bill Kendrick New Breed Software - bill@newbreedsoftware.com - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ + [2]bill@newbreedsoftware.com + [3]http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ - June 14, 2002 - October 23, 2004 + June 14, 2002 - October 24, 2004 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ License: behind the program is available. (This allows others to add features, fix bugs, and use parts of the program in their own GPL'd software.) - See COPYING.txt for the full text of the GPL license. + See [4]COPYING.txt for the full text of the GPL license. Objectives: @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Objectives: is done by selecting it from a collection of thumbnails. Access to other files on the computer is restricted. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tux Paint @@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ Loading Tux Paint If any errors occur, they will be displayed on the terminal (to "stderr"). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows Users - [Icon] + [5][Icon] Tux Paint If you installed Tux Paint on your computer using the @@ -110,25 +110,25 @@ Loading Tux Paint If you used the 'ZIP-file' download, Tux Paint's folder will be wherever you put it when you unzipped the ZIP file. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac OS X Users Simply double-click the "Tux Paint" icon. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Screen When Tux Paint first loads, a title/credits screen will appear. - [Title Screenshot] + [6][Title Screenshot] Once loading is complete, press a key or click on the mouse to continue. (Or, after about 30 seconds, the title screen will go away automatically.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Screen @@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ Main Screen The toolbar contains the drawing and editing controls. -[Tools: Paint, Stamp, Lines, Shapes, Text, Magic, Undo, Redo, Eraser, New, - Open, Save, Print, Quit] + [7][Tools: Paint, Stamp, Lines, Shapes, Text, Magic, Undo, Redo, Eraser, + New, Open, Save, Print, Quit] Middle: Drawing Canvas The largest part of the screen, in the center, is the drawing canvas. This is, obviously, where you draw! - [(Canvas)] + [8][(Canvas)] Right Side: Selector @@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ Main Screen the various brushes available. When the Rubber Stamp tool is selected, it shows the different shapes you can use. - [Selectors - Brushes, Letters, Shapes, Stamps] + [9][Selectors - Brushes, Letters, Shapes, Stamps] Lower: Colors A palette of available colors are shown near the bottom of the screen. - [Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, +[10][Colors - Black, White, Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Brown, Grey] Bottom: Help Area @@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ Main Screen At the very bottom of the screen, Tux, the Linux Penguin, provides tips and other information while you draw. - (For example: 'Pick a shape. Click to pick the center, drag, then let go -when it is the size you want. Move around to rotate it, and click to draw - it.) +[11](For example: 'Pick a shape. Click to pick the center, drag, then let + go when it is the size you want. Move around to rotate it, and click to + draw it.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Tools @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Available Tools As you draw, a sound is played. The bigger the brush, the lower the pitch. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamp (Rubber Stamp) @@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ Available Tools (NOTE: If the "nostampcontrols" option is set, Tux Paint won't display the Mirror, Flip, Shrink and Grow controls for - stamps. See the "Options" documentation.) + stamps. See the "[12]Options" documentation.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lines @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Available Tools Let go of the mouse to complete the line. A "sproing!" sound will play. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shapes @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Available Tools drawn on the canvas when you let go of the mouse button. (There's no rotation step.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Available Tools Click elsewhere in the picture and the current line of text will move there, where you can continue editing. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magic (Special Effects) @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ Available Tools you quickly fill parts of the picture, as if it were a coloring book. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eraser @@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Available Tools As you erase, a "squeaky clean" eraser/wiping sound is played. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Controls @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Available Tools Note: You can also press [Control]-[Z] on the keyboard to undo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redo @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Available Tools Note: You can also press [Control]-[R] on the keyboard to redo. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Available Tools Note: You can also press [Control]-[N] on the keyboard to start a new drawing. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open @@ -436,12 +436,12 @@ Available Tools If choose to open a picture, and your current drawing hasn't been saved, you will be prompted as to whether you want to - save it or not. (See "Save," below.) + save it or not. (See "[13]Save," below.) Note: You can also press [Control]-[O] on the keyboard to get the 'Open' dialog. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Save @@ -461,13 +461,13 @@ Available Tools create a new entry (a new file). (NOTE: If either the "saveover" or "saveovernew" options are - set, it won't ask before saving over. See the "Options" + set, it won't ask before saving over. See the "[14]Options" documentation.) Note: You can also press [Control]-[S] on the keyboard to save. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ Available Tools command-line), the "Print" button will be disabled. - See the "Options" documentation.) + See the "[15]Options" documentation.) Restricting Printing @@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ Available Tools For example, with "printdelay=60", you can print only once a minute. - See the "Options" documentation.) + See the "[16]Options" documentation.) Printing Command @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ Available Tools "printcommand" value in Tux Paint's configuration file. - See the "Options" documentation.) + See the "[17]Options" documentation.) Printer Settings @@ -537,9 +537,9 @@ Available Tools "userdata/print.cfg". Any changes will be saved there as well. - See the "Options" documentation.) + See the "[18]Options" documentation.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quit @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Available Tools (NOTE: The "Quit" button can be disabled (e.g., with the "--noquit" command-line option), but the [Escape] key will - still work. See the "Options" documentation.) + still work. See the "[19]Options" documentation.) You will first be prompted as to whether you really want to quit. @@ -556,13 +556,13 @@ Available Tools If you choose to quit, and you haven't saved the current picture, you will first be asked if wish to save it. If it's not a new image, you will then be asked if you want to save - over the old version, or create a new entry. (See "Save" + over the old version, or create a new entry. (See "[20]Save" above.) NOTE: If the image is saved, it will be reloaded automatically the next time you run Tux Paint! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loading Other Pictures into Tux Paint @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Doing it Manually Under Windows, this is in the "userdata" folder. Under Mac OS X, this is in "Library/Preferences/tuxpaint/" in your home directory. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extending Tux Paint @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ Where Files Go /Users/Joe/Library/Preferences/ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Files @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ Where Files Go (For example, if you created a brush named "flower.png", you would put it in "~/.tuxpaint/brushes/" under Linux or Unix.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brushes @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ Brushes it's because you forgot to use alpha transparency! See the documentation file "PNG.txt" for more information and tips. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamps @@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ Stamps use alpha transparency! See the documentation file "PNG.txt" for more information and tips. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Text @@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ Stamps them as Plain Text, and make sure they have ".txt" at the end of the filename... - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound Effects @@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ Stamps If no localized sound effect can be loaded, Tux Paint will attempt to load the 'default' sound file. (e.g., "picture.wav") - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stamp Options @@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ Stamps named "truck_mirror.png", which will be used when the stamp is mirrored (rather than using a backwards version of 'truck.png'). - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fonts @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ Fonts font and provide four different sizes in the 'Letters' selector when using the 'Text' tool. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Starters' @@ -971,8 +971,9 @@ Fonts corresponds to the "reef.png" overlay, or foreground.) The 'starter' images should be the same size as Tux Paint's canvas. In - the default 640x480 mode, that is 448x376 pixels. (If you're using - 800x600 mode, it should be 608x496.) + the default 640x480 mode, that is 448x376 pixels. If you're using + 800x600 mode, it should be 608x496. (It should be 192 pixels less + wide, and 104 pixels less tall than the resolution.) Place them in the "starters" directory. When the 'Open' dialog is accessed in Tux Paint, the 'starter' images will appear at the @@ -991,37 +992,63 @@ Fonts picture loaded or started. (In other words, if you base a drawing on a 'starter' image, it will always be affected by it.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further Reading Other documentation included with Tux Paint (in the "docs" folder/directory) include: - * AUTHORS.txt + + * [21]AUTHORS.txt List of authors and contributors - * CHANGES.txt + * [22]CHANGES.txt Summary of changed between releases - * COPYING.txt + * [23]COPYING.txt Copying license (The GNU General Public License) - * INSTALL.txt + * [24]INSTALL.txt Instructions for compiling/installing, when applicable - * OPTIONS.html + * [25]OPTIONS.html Detailed instructions on command-line and configuration-file options, for those who don't want to use Tux Paint Config. - * PNG.txt + * [26]PNG.txt Notes on creating PNG format images for use in Tux Paint - * TODO.txt + * [27]TODO.txt A list of pending features or bugs needing fixed - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Get Help If you need help, feel free to contact New Breed Software: - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ + [28]http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ You may also wish to participate in the numerous Tux Paint mailing lists: - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/lists/ + [29]http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/lists/ + +References + + Visible links + 2. mailto:bill@newbreedsoftware.com + 3. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ + 4. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/COPYING.txt + 12. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 13. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/README.html#save + 14. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 15. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 16. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 17. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 18. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 19. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 20. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/README.html#save + 21. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/AUTHORS.txt + 22. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/CHANGES.txt + 23. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/COPYING.txt + 24. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/INSTALL.txt + 25. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/html/OPTIONS.html + 26. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/PNG.txt + 27. file:///home/kendrick/Development/tux/tp/tuxpaint/docs/TODO.txt + 28. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ + 29. http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/lists/ |