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Re: [Gimp-user] Next gotcha



On Saturday 23 July 2016 04:25:02 Curt wrote:

> On 2016-07-22, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > Greetings all
> >
> > I did, after 20 minutes of screwing around, finally get it to use a
> > selected foreground color for the text.
> >
> > But when I hit the help menu, up pops the help for 2.6!  So I fire
> > up synaptic and check to see if I am out of date, because the
> > "context help" doesn't work at all.  Yup, I'm up to date allright,
> > got gimp-2.8.2 but the doc files are for 2.6.x.  Debian wheezy at
> > your service, NOT.
> >
> > Anyway, the next problem is that I can't find a tool that will let
> > me draw freehand lines so I can make a few arrows that point from a
> > line of text to a feature in the image.  Or maybe even draw a
> > balloon around the text pointing at the feature.
>
> There is an arrow tool(s) plugin.  Here's one:
>
> http://registry.gimp.org/node/20269

Dl'd it, where do I put it so gimp can find it?

> Maybe that's not what you're talking about exactly.

If it works it will help.  Thank you.

> > Did this train lose its conductor a few stops back?  Or how can I
> > back it up to when it Just Worked(TM) quite a bit of the time?
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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