From 3a92d86b9d4d196b3d4d8f06fd900dff2908224e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Neumann Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 11:28:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated info about mailing lists. 2003-05-28 Sven Neumann * README: updated info about mailing lists. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++ README | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e9228d6638..872288672f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-05-28 Sven Neumann + + * README: updated info about mailing lists. + 2003-05-27 Sven Neumann * app/gui/vectors-commands.c (vectors_selection_to_vectors): don't diff --git a/README b/README index 622c95c6f2..41675fd8a5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,20 +1,22 @@ The GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program ============================================ -This is version 1.3, the developers version of The GIMP. Only use it if you -are brave and curious and want to participate development towards the next -stable release version 1.4. This is a developers version. We know it has bugs -and it might not even compile. You have been warned! +This is version 1.3, the developers version of The GIMP. Only use it +if you are brave and curious and want to participate development +towards the next stable release version 1.4. This is a developers +version. We know it has bugs and it might not even compile. You have +been warned! -Some features that were present in GIMP 1.2 are disabled or not even included -in this release. The perl bindings as well as all the perl scripts are not any -longer included in this source tree. They have been moved into its own module -called gimp-perl and await being porting to GIMP-1.3 and GTK+-2.0. +Some features that were present in GIMP 1.2 are disabled or not even +included in this release. The perl bindings as well as all the perl +scripts are not any longer included in this source tree. They have +been moved into its own module called gimp-perl and await being +porting to GIMP-1.3 and GTK+-2.0. -The new text tool is only halfway done and various other tools and functions -are broken. Almost everything is under construction. Don't even think about -using this for daily work. If you are a software distributor, dont' dare to -ship this package to innocent users. +The new text tool is only halfway done and various other tools and +functions are broken. Almost everything is under construction. Don't +even think about using this for daily work. If you are a software +distributor, dont' dare to ship this package to innocent users. For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. @@ -26,8 +28,8 @@ The GIMP's home page is at: http://www.gimp.org/ -Please be sure to visit this site for information, documentation, tutorials, -news, etc. All things GIMP-ish are available from there. +Please be sure to visit this site for information, documentation, +tutorials, news, etc. All things GIMP-ish are available from there. The automated plug-in registry is located at: @@ -49,42 +51,37 @@ discussion. There is more info at https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/ -substituting for "gimp-announce", "gimp-user", "gimp-win-user", or -"gimp-developer" (without the quotes, of course) depending on the list you -want to subscribe to. Links to the mailing list archives can be found at the -same addresses as given above. +substituting for "gimp-announce", "gimp-user", "gimp-win-users" +or "gimp-developer" (without the quotes, of course) depending on the list +you want to subscribe to. Links to the mailing list archives can be +found at the same addresses as given above. -Gimp-announce is a low-traffic list with announcements about new releases of -GIMP and plug-ins. Gimp-user is a mailing list dedicated to user problems, -hints and tips, discussion of cool effects, etc. Gimp-developer is oriented -to GIMP core and plug-in developers. Most people will only want to be -subscribed to gimp-user. If you want to help develop The GIMP, the -gimp-developer mailing list is a good starting point. +Gimp-announce is a low-traffic list with announcements about new +releases of GIMP and plug-ins. Gimp-user is a mailing list dedicated +to user problems, hints and tips, discussion of cool effects, etc. +Gimp-developer is oriented to GIMP core and plug-in developers. Most +people will only want to be subscribed to gimp-user. If you want to +help develop The GIMP, the gimp-developer mailing list is a good +starting point. -There are two mailing lists dedicated to the Win32 port, "gimpwin-users" and -"gimpwin-dev". Especially the latter also carries traffic about the GTk+ port -to Win32 in general. To subscribe, send an empty message to +There is also a mailing list dedicated to users of the Win32 port +"gimpwin-users". To subscribe, send an empty message to gimpwin-users-subscribe@egroups.com -or - gimpwin-dev-subscribe@egroups.com -respectively. You can also use the web interface at - - http://www.egroups.com/group/gimpwin-users/ and - http://www.egroups.com/group/gimpwin-dev/ - -Note that as these mailing lists are hosted on egroups.com, the messages from -the list contain relatively unintrusive and easily ignored advertisements at -the end. But if you are absolutely allergic to ads, don't subscribe. +You can also use the web interface at +http://www.egroups.com/group/gimpwin-users/. Note that as this mailing +list is hosted on egroups.com; the messages from the list contain +relatively unintrusive and easily ignored advertisements at the +end. But if you are absolutely allergic to ads, don't subscribe. 3. IRC ====== -And finally, for the real junkies, there is an IRC channel devoted to the -GIMP. On Byxnet (a private mostly-GIMP network) there is #gimp. Many of the -developers hang out there. One of the Byxnet servers are: +And finally, for the real junkies, there is an IRC channel devoted to +the GIMP. On Byxnet (a private mostly-GIMP network) there is #gimp. +Many of the developers hang out there. One of the Byxnet servers are: irc.gimp.org:6667 @@ -92,34 +89,37 @@ developers hang out there. One of the Byxnet servers are: 4. Customizing ============== -The look of GIMP's interface can be customized like any other GTK app by -editing the ~/.gtkrc file or by using "themes" (ready-made customizations). -For downloadable themes and further details, see http://gtk.themes.org. -Additionally GIMP reads ~/.gimp-1.3/gtkrc so you can have settings that -only apply to The GIMP. +The look of GIMP's interface can be customized like any other GTK app +by editing the ~/.gtkrc file or by using "themes" (ready-made +customizations). For downloadable themes and further details, see +http://gtk.themes.org. Additionally GIMP reads ~/.gimp-1.3/gtkrc so +you can have settings that only apply to The GIMP. -Included is a set of keybindings similar to those in Adobe Photoshop. You -can find them in the ps-menurc file. To use them, copy this file to -~/.gimp-1.3/menurc. You can also manually change the keybindings to any of -your choice by editing ~/.gimp-1.3/menurc. +Included is a set of keybindings similar to those in Adobe Photoshop. +You can find them in the ps-menurc file. To use them, copy this file +to ~/.gimp-1.3/menurc. You can also manually change the keybindings to +any of your choice by editing ~/.gimp-1.3/menurc. 5. Bugs ======= -Since this is a developers version, we are at the moment not really interested -in receiving too many bug-reports. Some parts of the code are unfinished and -under heavy development and we know that. Bug-reports for incomplete or -missing are features are therefore often not helpful. Instead of filing a bug -you should try to contact the person who is working on this particular part of -the program (see the ChangeLog) or try to fix it yourself. You should report -crashes and other severe bugs at Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/). Your -bug-report needs to provide detailed instruction of how to reproduce the -problem. For reports on crashes, please also include a stack trace. +Since this is a developers version, we are at the moment not really +interested in receiving too many bug-reports. Some parts of the code +are unfinished and under heavy development and we know that. +Bug-reports for incomplete or missing are features are therefore often +not helpful. Instead of filing a bug you should try to contact the +person who is working on this particular part of the program (see the +ChangeLog) or try to fix it yourself. You should report crashes and +other severe bugs at Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/). Your +bug-report needs to provide detailed instruction of how to reproduce +the problem. For reports on crashes, please also include a stack +trace. -If you experience crashes whenever you try to start gimp-1.3, you are most -probably using gdkxft or another LD_PRELOAD hack designed for gtk+-1.2. These -hacks will not work with GTK+-2.0 applications like this version of The GIMP. +If you experience crashes whenever you try to start gimp-1.3, you are +most probably using gdkxft or another LD_PRELOAD hack designed for +gtk+-1.2. These hacks will not work with GTK+-2.0 applications like +this version of The GIMP. Have fun,