Hi,

Quoting ivanova :

Is it possible to change the size/hardness of the brushes with keyboard shotcuts?

This is possible in 2.1 (at least for brush size), since brush size controls are now available in the menus. You can use dynamic shortcuts to assign a key to increasing/decreasing brush size, and it's a one-touch operation. You can't change this while drawing, however.

Cheers, Dave.

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Dave Neary
Lyon, France

Hi,

Dave Neary writes:

Quoting ivanova :

Is it possible to change the size/hardness of the brushes with keyboard shotcuts?

This is possible in 2.1 (at least for brush size), since brush size controls are now available in the menus. You can use dynamic shortcuts to assign a key to increasing/decreasing brush size, and it's a one-touch operation. You can't change this while drawing, however.

Sorry, but this information is not correct.

In 2.1 you can assign keyboard shortcuts (or events from other input devices, for example a midi keyboard) to all brush parameters (size/angle/hardness/shape/spikes). Since there's no menu for it, you can't assign the shortcut dynamically but have to use the shortcut editor in the preferences dialog.

Sven

Hi,

Quoting Sven Neumann :

Dave Neary writes:

Quoting ivanova :

Is it possible to change the size/hardness of the brushes with keyboard shotcuts?

This is possible in 2.1 (at least for brush size), since brush size controls are now available in the menus. You can use dynamic shortcuts to assign a key to increasing/decreasing brush size, and it's a one-touch operation. You can't change this while drawing, however.

Sorry, but this information is not correct.

Excuse me - I was sure that I had set keypad + and - (via dynamic shortcuts) for increase/decrease brush size. I guess I was mistaken.

Cheers, Dave.

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Dave Neary
Lyon, France

Hi,

Dave Neary writes:

Excuse me - I was sure that I had set keypad + and - (via dynamic shortcuts) for increase/decrease brush size. I guess I was mistaken.

Well, GIMP 2.1 is under constant development. What you said used to be right but it isn't correct for the 2.1.3 release.

Sven

Hi,

ivanova writes:

Thanks, I am trying 2.1.3 out now and I have a few questions:

What is the difference between the settings in the 'Input Controllers' menu and the 'Interface' menu. I can't seem to change the keyboard settings for Input Controllers and when I try to change keyboard settings in the Interface menu, gimp segfaults.

This crash is fixed in CVS now. Input controllers aren't finished yet, this is work in progress and will change in future versions.

I can change the settings for Input Controllers by editing the ~/.gimp-2.1/controllerrc file, but where are the keyboard shortcuts for the Interface menu saved?

In ~/.gimp-2.1/menurc just like it has always been.

Sven

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:25:05AM +0200, ivanova wrote:

On 13 Aug 2004 00:35:55 +0200
Sven Neumann wrote:

ivanova writes:

Thanks. I got it working now. I still don't understand the difference between the two menu items for keyboard shortcuts and Input Controllers though. What keyboard combinations can be used in the ~/.gimp-2.1/controllerrc file? Only the keypad and mousescroller?

BTW It took me a while to figure out, but the radius/hardness setting can only be changed if you select a custom brush. With one of the preset brushes it has no effect.

i guess selecting the "New" button at the bottom of the dialog is the best way. every new install i make of gimp, i fumble through it. that editor button or right clicking on the selected brush is the only way to bring up the new brush dialog also.

i dont know if there is a better logic, i only know that this one is not so intuitive as other gimp things are.

carol

Hi,

ivanova writes:

Thanks. I got it working now. I still don't understand the difference between the two menu items for keyboard shortcuts and Input Controllers though. What keyboard combinations can be used in the ~/.gimp-2.1/controllerrc file? Only the keypad and mousescroller?

There can be input controllers for anything that can be used as input. Right now we ship two some example modules which both aren't finished yet. One is for using MIDI devices, the other uses the Linux Input system and allows to attach devices such as a PowerMate USB controller.

BTW It took me a while to figure out, but the radius/hardness setting can only be changed if you select a custom brush. With one of the preset brushes it has no effect.

Not surprisingly since only what you call custom brushes are parametric. The other brushes are just dumb pixmaps. There should be a few parametric brushes however but so far noone has contributed a useful set of those (even though I asked for it every so often).

Sven