From 62dee822c7fe536ea82ec51ae972091ec42024ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Neumann Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 19:53:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] applied a modified version of gimp-cornwell-000408-0, a patch by * README: applied a modified version of gimp-cornwell-000408-0, a patch by to bring the README uptodate. --Sven --- ChangeLog | 5 ++++ README | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 300a0217bb..bc42c5f01a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2000-04-10 Sven Neumann + + * README: applied a modified version of gimp-cornwell-000408-0, + a patch by to bring the README uptodate. + 2000-04-10 Sven Neumann * libgimp/gimpexport.c: use "Flatten Image" instead of simply diff --git a/README b/README index 3a05d0fef7..6f8a2bb95d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,62 +1,87 @@ -The GIMP: the GNU Image Manipulation Program --------------------------------------------- +The GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program +============================================ This is an unstable release of the GIMP, intended for developers only. For production use, please use the 1.0.x series. -The GIMP's home page is at +The GIMP is designed to be a professional image manipulation program +for both print and on-line based outputs. - http://www.gimp.org +For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. + +1. Web Resources +================ + +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. -The automated plug-in registry is located at +The automated plug-in registry is located at: - http://registry.gimp.org + http://registry.gimp.org/ There you can get the latest versions of plug-ins using a convenient forms-based interface. +The latest version of The GIMP can be found at: + + http://www.gimp.org/download/ + +2. Mailing Lists +================ + We have several mailing lists dedicated to GIMP user and development -discussion. To subscribe, send mail to +discussion. To subscribe, send an empty message to - majordomo@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu + -subscribe@xcf.berkeley.edu -and in the body of the message put +substituting for "gimp-user", "gimp-win-user", "gimp-announce" or +"gimp-developer" (without the quotes, of course) depending on the list you +want to subscribe to. The mailing list archives can be found at: - subscribe your@email.address - -substituting for "gimp-user" or "gimp-developer" (without -the quotes, of course) depending on the list you want to subscribe -to. The mailing list archives can be found at - - http://www.findmail.com/listsaver/gimp-developer/ - http://www.findmail.com/listsaver/gimp-user/ + http://www.egroups.com/messages/gimp-developer/ + http://www.egroups.com/messages/gimp-user/ 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. +tips, discussion of cool effects, etc. Gimp-win-user is a list to discuss +user problems specific to the Win32 port. Gimp-announce is a low-traffic list +with announcements about new releases of GIMP and plug-ins. 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. + +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. Some of the Byxnet servers are: +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 +4. Customizing +============== + The look of GIMP's interface can be customized like any other GTK app -by editing the ~/.gtkrc file. Additionally GIMP reads ~/.gimp/gtkrc -so you can have settings that only apply to The GIMP. +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-1.1/gtkrc so you +can have settings that only apply to The GIMP. Included is a set of keybindings similar to those in Adobe Photoshop (tm). You can find them in the ps-menurc file. To use them, copy this file to -~/.gimp/menurc +~/.gimp-1.1/menurc. You can also manually change the keybindings to any of +your choice by editing ~/.gimp-1.1/menurc. + +5. Bugs +======= We sincerely hope you enjoy the program. Please report problems to bugs@gimp.org. Before reporting a problem, you may want to see if someone -else has already did (check http://bugs.gnome.org/db/pa/lgimp.html for -this). +else did already - check http://bugs.gnome.org/db/pa/lgimp.html for this. Have fun, @@ -64,3 +89,11 @@ Have fun, Peter Mattis Federico Mena Manish Singh + + + + + + + +