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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Bug#15039: Where's the iconeditor?
From:       John Califf <jcaliff () compuzone ! net>
Date:       2000-11-13 21:11:32
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John Califf wrote:
> 
> cpungent@linuxplanet.nu wrote:
> > 
> > Package: unknown
> > Version: 2.0pre
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Installed from: Slackware 7.1 .tgz
> > 
> > Sorry. I just really loved being able to create and edit my own icons w/o have to \
> > open gimp. Some programs that I used didn't come with icons. Kiconedit was a nice \
> > little feature that just needed a few bug fixes, (there was a problem with the \
> > copying to the clipboard). Sorry, just a little whining over a missing feature.
> 
> Kiconedit is currently in kdenonbeta.  You can get it from the snapshots
> at most kde ftp mirrors or from cvs directly - source code only.  Apps
> that are considered "not suitable" or not ready are moved to kdenonbeta.
> 
> The last time I looked at it, about 2 weeks ago, it didn't compile.
> Kpaint, also a very nice little app, did compile, but is missing some
> functionality.  It just needs to be modified for kde 2. This is a sorry
> way to do apps that worked fine in Kde 1.x and could have easily been
> modified to work with kde 2, leaving Kde now with no working image
> editing app - doh.  As far as I know, you can consider both projects
> abandoned and proceed to fix them to work with Kde 2 and claim
> ownership.   Any project in kdenonbeta that doesn't even compile for
> weeks or months on end IS abandoned.  I never had a problem with
> kiconedit.  So what if the drag and drop didn't work. Just disable it.
> It was still usable.
> 
> I am now working on krayon (kimageshop) which should allow editing of
> all images or icons and creating new artwork within the koffice
> framework.
> Krayon does compile but not by default with koffice.  You have to build
> it separately for now. It's not ready for prime time quite yet, and I
> will have more to add in the way of updates to that today as I read thru
> this email to see whether or not anyone responded to my last message
> about how work is progressing on that (sigh).  I'm glad to see that
> someone who reads this list does want a working image editng app for
> kde, not yet another image viewer and image effects gizmo.
> 
> John
> 

Correction to my own post:  Too hasty. Kiconedit does compile, but has
problems (minor) with saving.  It saves files as pixmaps (that's good
enough) but with the wrong names.  KPaint doesn't seem to save files at
all.  As I am now much more familiar with kde and qt image and pixmap
code after working on krayon it should be easy to fix these minor bugs
and also look into the clipboard and drag and drop problems with
kiconedit in particular.  In fact, I just implemented saving images in
krayon last week, so it is fresh on my mind. This will be a welcome
release from the complexities of krayon.

As krayon (kimageshop) is such an ambitious app and these two existing
image editing apps do work and only need minor work, I hereby make a
committment to have them both VERY usable in kdenonbeta cvs by the end
of the week.  I will also consider keeping snapshots on my web site or
making announcements at Freshmeat for those who want these apps.  Kde
needs these apps, desperately.

John
 
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