help docs for tablets
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| help docs for tablets | William Skaggs | 28 Jul 00:30 |
| help docs for tablets | Philip Lafleur | 28 Jul 01:28 |
| help docs for tablets | William Skaggs | 28 Jul 02:05 |
| help docs for tablets | Philip Lafleur | 28 Jul 02:35 |
| help docs for tablets | Roman Joost | 30 Jul 09:59 |
| help docs for tablets | William Skaggs | 28 Jul 04:11 |
help docs for tablets
Hi,
I have been putting some stuff into gimp-help-2 recently, and one thought I have is that it would be a good idea to make use of material from the old Gimp 1.2 GUM to the extent possible. In the old GUM there was a pretty nice chapter about using Gimp with tablets, but it is seriously out of date, and not being a tablet user myself I'm not capable of updating it. On the chance that somebody here can help, I've extracted the text and placed it in the Wiki, at http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/DrawingTablets. If you're familiar with tablet use and can find the time to go through it and fix errors -- or simply point them out -- it would be quite helpful. Please don't worry at all about organization or elegance of language -- all that matters at this point is that the material be correct and as complete as possible.
Thanks in advance,
-- Bill
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William Skaggs wrote:
Hi,
I have been putting some stuff into gimp-help-2 recently, and one thought I have is that it would be a good idea to make use of material from the old Gimp 1.2 GUM to the extent possible. In the old GUM there was a pretty nice chapter about using Gimp with tablets, but it is seriously out of date, and not being a tablet user myself I'm not capable of updating it. On the chance that somebody here can help, I've extracted the text and placed it in the Wiki, at http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/DrawingTablets. If you're familiar with tablet use and can find the time to go through it and fix errors -- or simply point them out -- it would be quite helpful. Please don't worry at all about organization or elegance of language -- all that matters at this point is that the material be correct and as complete as possible.
Thanks in advance, -- Bill
I don't think there's much of a point in rewriting what's already maintained and much more complete in the HOWTO at http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net .
Philip
help docs for tablets
Philip Lafleur writes:
I don't think there's much of a point in rewriting what's already maintained and much more complete in the HOWTO at http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net .
Well, the whole point of trying to use material from GUM is to avoid unnecessary rewriting, but if that HOWTO is the best that can be done, then the only conclusion is that using a tablet in Gimp is only possible in Linux and only for adventuresome people with strong computer skills. That may be the case, but I somehow thought that things were a little better.
Best,
-- Bill
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William Skaggs wrote:
Well, the whole point of trying to use material from GUM is to avoid unnecessary rewriting, but if that HOWTO is the best that can be done, then the only conclusion is that using a tablet in Gimp is only possible in Linux and only for adventuresome people with strong computer skills. That may be the case, but I somehow thought that things were a little better.
Best, -- Bill
In Linux that is indeed the case, unfortunately, and as far as I know that document is probably the best source of help. I don't think the material from GUM, which is pretty outdated, suggests anything different - in fact, from looking it over, it appears that things are much simpler now than they were at the time it was written. Of course it doesn't mean that tablets can only be used with GIMP in Linux. It's just that, for example, in Windows there is no need for such a guide; I can use my tablet by just running gimp with the --use-wintab option. I can't really speak for any other OSes.
Philip
help docs for tablets
Philip Lafleur wrote:
In Linux that is indeed the case, unfortunately, and as far as I know that document is probably the best source of help. I don't think the material from GUM, which is pretty outdated, suggests anything different - in fact, from looking it over, it appears that things are much simpler now than they were at the time it was written. Of course it doesn't mean that tablets can only be used with GIMP in Linux. It's just that, for example, in Windows there is no need for such a guide; I can use my tablet by just running gimp with the --use-wintab option. I can't really speak for any other OSes.
Okay, thank you, I followed your advice and deleted all of the material on installing and configuring a tablet, replacing it with a pointer to the suggested web site.
Best,
-- Bill
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On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 08:35:29PM -0400, Philip Lafleur wrote:
William Skaggs wrote:
Well, the whole point of trying to use material from GUM is to avoid unnecessary rewriting, but if that HOWTO is the best that can be done, then the only conclusion is that using a tablet in Gimp is only possible in Linux and only for adventuresome people with strong computer skills. That may be the case, but I somehow thought that things were a little better.
Why not adding a bibliography and pointing to the Linux wacom documentation?
Anyway, putting documents to the WIKI which need a big overhaul is a nice idea. I'll have a look at the document. Maybe, we could document only GIMP related topics and delegating basic tablet usage stuff to the Wacom Howto.
Greetings,
