Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP for Android

[Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee talk gmail com>]

Thanks for this =) as a non-note owner, is this even semi usable with
touchscreen input?
On 12 Nov 2013 18:53, "Sergii Pylypenko" <x pelya x gmail com> wrote:

> I did not patch GIMP at all, I used Debian Wheezy armeabihf package.
>
> The magic is inside those scripts - there are several LD_PRELOAD-ed
> libraries, which emulate Linux OS calls missing on Android, it's an
> 'emulation' similar to Wine.
> And XServer is an X11 implementation, it's the most important and most
> user-facing part of the package.
>
> The one thing I would like to see in GIMP in future is ability to scale
> toolbox buttons with DPI. All text labels scale up nicely on small screen
> thanks to XServer, but buttons stay the same size in pixels, so you need to
> lower display resolution to make them bigger.
> On Nov 12, 2013 11:03 AM, "Jehan Pagès" <jehan marmottard gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Sergii Pylypenko <x pelya x gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > > I've updated my GIMP for Android app:
> > >
> > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gimp.inkscape
> > >
> > > It's still the same kind-of-emulation, but has improved X server, with
> > > 24bpp color depth, multiple resolutions, magnifying glass for touch
> > input,
> > > and mouse/stylus support, with stylus pressure fully supported, so it
> > > should be most usable on Galaxy Note 10.1.
> >
> > That's nice. I did not know there were any project right now for GIMP
> > on Android. Does it compile well out of the box or have you had to
> > patch the source? I tried to check your source, but there is no GIMP
> > source, just some scripts and xserver files, and I don't know much
> > about this xserver thing (apparently a X11 implementation for
> > Android).
> >
> > If you have modified sources to compile for Android, and if that does
> > not break our existing normal builds, I personally think this could
> > make interesting upstream patches.
> >
> > Jehan
> >
> > > Also, it's named 'GIMP' now, not 'Linux for Android', as my previous
> app
> > > was, I hope it will be easier for users to discover.
> > >
> > > Inkscape is included as a bonus, because there's no much difference
> > between
> > > 500MB and 650Mb install.
> > >
> > > Sources:
> https://github.com/pelya/commandergenius/tree/sdl_android/project/jni/application/xserver-gimp
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