Re: [Gimp-user] Can't insert text in text box, draws box but insists on 0 pixels or pts.

[Gene Heskett <gheskett shentel net>]

On Sunday 17 December 2017 14:21:51 Steve Kinney wrote:

> Has anybody seen or heard of the behavior described below
> (multi-broken text tool, bizarre 'pencil' tool behavior)?  It's all
> new to me.
>
> My first suggestion would be to remove the GIMP, rename or delete the
> .gimp file in the /home directory, and install the latest available
> version from the repos.  Because I don't /think/ anything external to
> the GIMP itself could cause those diverse failure modes.
>
> :o/

I'll do that and advise. Thank you Steve Kinney.
> On 12/16/2017 08:54 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > debian wheezy, up to date as of right now. gimp-2.8.2
> >
> > I call up gimp to add some arrows and text boxes to some pix I want
> > to use in an article for the linuxcnc wiki.
> >
> > I load the pix, then select the big A in the single column, screen+
> > height tool list, (I could mutter at length about that) set the font
> > to hack bold, and its size to 64 pixels. Then go click on the spot I
> > want the text to start at. get a 4square box, and what I thought was
> > the text entry requester just above it.
> >
> > But no matter what I type in what I think is the text entry window
> > of a teeny requester, the 4 adjoining squares indicating where the
> > text should go, remain stuck to each other and it doesn't help to
> > pull it out for what should be a suitably sized box, nothing shows
> > up, and the duplicate text size selection stays at zero. And if I
> > hover the mouse over that box it tells me its for font adjustments.
> > So I crank the multiselector to 64 pixels, re-enter hack bold in the
> > box of the requester then click on the pix and once I was able to
> > see the 3 three characters I typed, but if I leave that area of the
> > pix to click on an increase or decrease arrow make the text larger
> > or smaller, everything is cleared and the font is reset to sans 18,
> > and the text that was visible is cleared, so nothing actually makes
> > it into the picture and even the undo selector stays greyed out.
> >
> > What the hell folks? Why is it so adamant about the font being sans
> > and size 0 or 18 despite what I have set, and why can't I go back
> > and forth, adjusting it to do what I want without its clearing out
> > all previous settings, including reverting the box I drug out to a
> > suitable size back to the 4square target.
> >
> > So I'm again lost, have to learn how to use gimp all over again. How
> > about a stable interface, one that works like it did 15 years ago,
> > and works the same this year, and works the same next year?
> >
> > So how DO I insert caption text into a picture with this 2.8.2
> > version?
> >
> > Next I suppose I get the text installed, then try to draw a freehand
> > arrow connecting the text to the part being discussed in the
> > accompanying text, and find that been changed too?
> > Just to check, the pencil only has one color, random. Set it for 50%
> > transparency and draw, looks line a line of spilled glitter, each
> > pixel a different color.  Spit, undo.
> >
> > Sheesh.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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