breck@umvlsi.ECS.UMASS.EDU (William Breck) (06/22/89)
Hi all! I'm looking for a public domain painting/drawing program that will run under X. My system is currently running X10 on Ultrix 2.3. It will be upgraded to X11 and Ultrix 3.0 soon. It'd be nice to find a tool that will run under both, or that has a version out for both. I need this tool for creating color artwork for graphic X apps. I will need to find out how to do translations on the tool's output files so I can include the pictures in X apps and vary them with the screen size. All coments and advice welcome. Bill Breck | University of Massachusetts at Amherst | "The ones who give the orders Internet: breck@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu | are not the ones who die..." Bitnet: breck@umaecs |
graham@fuel.dec.com (kris graham) (06/23/89)
>I'm looking for a public domain painting/drawing program that will run >under X. My system is currently running X10 on Ultrix 2.3. It will >be upgraded to X11 and Ultrix 3.0 soon. It'd be nice to find a tool >that will run under both, or that has a version out for both. I need >this tool for creating color artwork for graphic X apps. I will need >to find out how to do translations on the tool's output files so I can >include the pictures in X apps and vary them with the screen size. ---------- ULTRIX Worksystem Software Version 2.0 and above has a utility called DXPAINT....looks like the closest thing...based on what you say you need.... and the fact that you get it 'free' with Ultrix software. Here is a brief description of dxpaint (culled from Ultrix man pages). "... SYNTAX dxpaint [ options ] DESCRIPTION The dxpaint application allows you to create and edit bitmap images (for example, simple sketches or pictures). These images are treated as a collection of pixels. By using dif- ferent drawing tools, you can edit pixels to create lines, shapes, and text. The resulting bitmap image can then be saved as a file, printed, or copied to another application. For the bitmap image, the standard file format is DIGITAL Document Interchange Format (DDIF). Therefore, you can also project these images on your display with the DDIF Viewer. The dxpaint window offers a variety of art tools and basic shapes. For example, you can work with a pencil, a paintbrush, a can of spray paint, or a paint bucket. The current tool is highlighted. To make a tool current, click on it. Only one tool on the tool palette can be active at a time and that tool remains active until you make another selection. ......" Christopher Graham Internet: graham@fuel.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp UUCP: ...!decwrl!fuel.dec.com!graham Ultrix Resource Center 2 Penn Plaza New York City Christopher Graham Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix Resource Center Internet: graham@fuel.dec.com 2 Penn Plaza UUCP: ...!decwrl!fuel.dec.com!graham New York City
jg@max.crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) (06/27/89)
You should look at idraw, part of the Interviews contributed software from Stanford. It is a quite nice drawing editor. It needs C++ to build it. There are more recent Interviews distributions than that on the R3 tape. - Jim