Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-12-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Some years ago, I ran sid for a few years. Only recall one Xorg issue where I needed low level deb os surgery during that time. Is sid still similarly stable, or less so in the wayland era (for anyone using wayland/mutter)? A benefit of using sid is that I am using software versions (e.g mpv and

Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-12-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness
> Can reproduce on intel free driver too. Reproduced with .gif, .webm and > .mp4. > > For reference, bug reported just now: > > https://github.com/intel/media-driver/issues/1743 Anyone know how I can test further, or should I report this against mutter? mpv bug closed: http

Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-11-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/26/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/22/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 11/22/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >>> Ok, I did some more testing on this one: >>> >>> Does not matter if it's a gif or a video. >>> >>> What __does__ matte

Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-11-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/22/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/22/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> Ok, I did some more testing on this one: >> >> Does not matter if it's a gif or a video. >> >> What __does__ matter is if the gif or video is zoomed, AND make >> fullscr

Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-11-21 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/22/23, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Ok, I did some more testing on this one: > > Does not matter if it's a gif or a video. > > What __does__ matter is if the gif or video is zoomed, AND make > fullscreen, e.g using ... Fullscreen does not matter. the video/gif can

Re: mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-11-21 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Ok, I did some more testing on this one: Does not matter if it's a gif or a video. What __does__ matter is if the gif or video is zoomed, AND make fullscreen, e.g using Alt + and Alt - and "f" for fullscreen, and of course "L" for loop infinitely so the video or gif

mpv "some-gif-file.gif" fullscreen and quit, auto exits/kills wayland/ "logs out"

2023-11-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Using mpv for media - videos, music and gifs. Running mpv to view a gif, e.g: mpv /usr/share/cups/doc-root/images/wait.gif - then immediately type "L" to loop (so mpv does not exit too quickly) - then type "f" to make mpv full screen - then type "q" to quit m

Re: mpeg or avi to gif

2007-07-13 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Gustavo. gustavo halperin, 13.07.2007 00:36: > There are any way to convert mpeg or avi movies to gif file. Yes, using mencoder. There’s an example how to do it in the manpage. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

mpeg or avi to gif

2007-07-12 Thread gustavo halperin
Hello List There are any way to convert mpeg or avi movies to gif file. Thank you in advance, Gustavo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-13 Thread Martin McCormick
Andrew Sackville-West writes: > Finally, you might think about using a whitelist setup for who is > allowed to send images and then everyone else gets the images stripped > off. You could whitelist all your local users and known others and > then dump any other images right in the blackhole and be

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:34:57AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > > 3) it is fairly trivial to flag all messages with a .gif attachment as > >spam and chuck it in the right box. bogofilter is not the way to do > >that thoug

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-13 Thread Martin McCormick
, blackholes it. I never see it and I've >probably cut my spam by 15% or so without ever looking for "spam". Excellent suggestion. > 3) it is fairly trivial to flag all messages with a .gif attachment as >spam and chuck it in the right box. bogofilter is not the way

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:44:54AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > John Hasler writes: > > I once did a google search describing Email messages > consisting of random text with a binary attachment and this may > be a variant of what is called the "bugbare" virus

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread Joe
Martin McCormick wrote: The .gif file which was attached to this Jabberwakian spew was called attempt.gif and passed the "file " test with flying colors. Since the message body makes no sense and has no hyperlinks, the .gif almost has to be the mechanism to louse things up.

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:44:54AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > Thank you. I had forgotten about that great utility. The bad > news is that the .gif files in the virus messages are either > genuine gifs and the infection mechanism is hidden somewhere else > or the gif f

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread Martin McCormick
John Hasler writes: > First run 'file' on it. If it isn't what it claims to be you don't need > to > know more: you can reject it immediately. Thank you. I had forgotten about that great utility. The bad news is that the .gif files in the virus messages ar

Re: Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread John Hasler
Martin McCormick writes: > Is there a way to uncompress something that identifies itself as a .gif > file to try to figure out what it really is? First run 'file' on it. If it isn't what it claims to be you don't need to know more: you can reject it immediately

Uncompressing gif Files that May or May Not be gif's

2007-02-12 Thread Martin McCormick
Is there a way to uncompress something that identifies itself as a .gif file to try to figure out what it really is? I have a rich collection of spam that consists of the usual pathetic biz and pharma-related babel mixed with an equally obnoxious load of Microsoft virus exploit

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-23 Thread m
What happens if you set the gif to 100% transparent and then speckle it with black or gray? That would work over multiple backgrounds. Regards, Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread David Purton
On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 01:01:11AM -0400, [KS] wrote: > Eric P wrote: > > > > All gif images must be an indexed image of 256 colors or less, that's > > why Gimp is forcing you to index it. Gif also cannot handle alpha > > transparency (like png can). A pixe

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread [KS]
Eric P wrote: > > All gif images must be an indexed image of 256 colors or less, that's > why Gimp is forcing you to index it. Gif also cannot handle alpha > transparency (like png can). A pixel must be either 100% opaque or > 100% transparent for gif. > Yes, I noti

Re: Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread Eric P
[KS] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a gif image with a drop shadow which is 80% opaque > with Gimp 2.2.8. When saving the image as gif it asks to convert it to > an indexed image. The resulting image (gif) does not give me the > transparency that a png gives. I not

Gimp and transparency in GIF images

2005-10-22 Thread [KS]
Hi, I'm trying to create a gif image with a drop shadow which is 80% opaque with Gimp 2.2.8. When saving the image as gif it asks to convert it to an indexed image. The resulting image (gif) does not give me the transparency that a png gives. I noticed that earlier there was a need to dow

Re: PHP With GIF Support

2004-06-24 Thread Marvin Massih
> http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/png-gif > in brief: the subset of PNG features in common with GIF work across the board. Thanks a lot! __ Zeigen Sie Emotionen mit der WEB.DE Bild-SMS! Das Bild ist gratis, Sie bezahlen nur den V

Re: PHP With GIF Support

2004-06-24 Thread Jon Dowland
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:19:27 +0200, Marvin Massih <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh :-(. > Do you happen to know how well PNG is supported by web browsers? http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/png-gif in brief: the subset of PNG features in common with GIF work across the board. -- Jon Dowl

Re: PHP With GIF Support

2004-06-23 Thread Marvin Massih
Hi, thanks for your reply. > So it's maybe a little bit too early for any "celebrations". Oh :-(. Do you happen to know how well PNG is supported by web browsers? Regards, Marvin Aufnehmen, abschicken, nah sein - So einfach ist WEB.DE Video

Re: PHP With GIF Support

2004-06-23 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello! On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:24:02AM +0200, Marvin Massih wrote: > I have heard that there no longer is that annoying GIF patent, which > means that open-source software can now include GIF support again. There is only a patent on the LZW compression algorithm, you could freely ge

PHP With GIF Support

2004-06-23 Thread Marvin Massih
Hi, I have heard that there no longer is that annoying GIF patent, which means that open-source software can now include GIF support again. Is a such PHP package available yet? Regards, Marvin Aufnehmen, abschicken, nah sein - So einfach ist

Re: GIF Animator Needed

2004-04-20 Thread Tom Simnett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 20 April 2004 20:18, Scarletdown wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 April 2004 11:23, Scarletdown wrote: > >>Anyway, can someone please recommend a usable GIF animator, preferably > >>one installable via apt-get? Or failing

Re: GIF Animator Needed

2004-04-20 Thread Florian Ernst
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:18:24PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote: > I think that after I practice and experiment a bit more, I may try my > hand at a tutorial myself (finally, a way I can contribute to the OSS > community). :D That's great, please do contribute :) *cheers_scarletdown* Greetings, F

Re: GIF Animator Needed

2004-04-20 Thread Scarletdown
Tom Simnett wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 20 April 2004 11:23, Scarletdown wrote: Anyway, can someone please recommend a usable GIF animator, preferably one installable via apt-get? Or failing that, please explain how to properly install this GIMP plugin, since

Re: GIF Animator Needed

2004-04-20 Thread Tom Simnett
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 20 April 2004 11:23, Scarletdown wrote: > Anyway, can someone please recommend a usable GIF animator, preferably > one installable via apt-get? Or failing that, please explain how to > properly install this GIMP plugin, since t

GIF Animator Needed

2004-04-20 Thread Scarletdown
I need help finding a program to create animated GIFs, preferably something that works similar to Jasc Animation Shop (create an empty animation and insert your frames, etc.) I was hoping GIMP would work for this. However, I discovered that GIMP 2.0 is apparently unable to save in GIF format

plugger-4.0 shows Image Magick gif of a cartoon wizard rather than tiff file in netscape plugin

2003-06-29 Thread J F
Re-post, didn't make it to usenet last few times. Subject: plugger-4.0 shows Image Magick gif of a cartoon wizard rather than tiff file in netscape plugin I wanted to look at .tiff files at the uspto.gov website. Netscape lists the plugin: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html I had to c

plugger-4.0 shows Image Magick gif of a cartoon wizard rather thantiff file in netscape plugin

2003-06-29 Thread J F
Re-post. I wanted to look at .tiff files at the uspto.gov website. Netscape lists the plugin: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger.html I had to change the 2 lines below in the tiff plugin makefile, create a home directory called hume, and put in a link from src to where I downloaded the netscape SD

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:02:26AM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > jan-jr-ent:~# apt-cache search gimp1.2-nonfree > jan-jr-ent:~# Heh, I bet you've been a good little GNUer and not put 'non-free' in your sources.list. Just add the word 'non-free' after 'main' in your /etc/apt/source.list. Don't

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Bob Proulx wrote: I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I too am in need of such a plugin, but it was my understanding that the patent held by Unisys has expired. Negative. At least not yet[1]. The patent does not expire until at

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread John Hasler
ibgimp1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), xlibs (>> 4.1.0) Conflicts: gimp1.1-nonfree Filename: pool/non-free/g/gimp1.2/gimp1.2-nonfree_1.2.3-2.3_i386.deb Size: 23262 MD5sum: 2bff87f671895ea174a540a2d21259f9 Description: GIF support for the GNU Image Ma

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
> >>>I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it > >>>appears not to be supported. > >>I too am in need of such a plugin, but it was my understanding that the > >>patent held by Unisys has expired. Negative. At least not ye

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
dave selby wrote: On Sunday 16 March 2003 15:29, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: dave selby wrote: I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to enable it because it is

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread dave selby
On Sunday 16 March 2003 15:29, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > dave selby wrote: > > I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it > > appears not to be supported. > > > > I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file >

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 17:31, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > > > > Check your /etc/apt/sources.list to make sure that it says something > > like > > > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian main contrib non-free > > > >

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Shri Shrikumar wrote: Check your /etc/apt/sources.list to make sure that it says something like deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian main contrib non-free the non-free part has to be there for you to be able to download this package. HTH,

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Shri Shrikumar
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 16:27, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: > > > >>I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it > >>appears not to be suppo

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Paul Johnson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. gimp1.3-nonfree gimp1.2-nonfree Neither package was found apt-cache search gimp1.3-nonfree or apt-cache

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Rick Pasotto wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to enable it because it is supported

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Seneca
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: > I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it > appears not to be supported. > > I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to > enable it because it

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: > I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it > appears not to be supported. gimp1.3-nonfree gimp1.2-nonfree - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae &

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +, dave selby wrote: > I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but > it appears not to be supported. > > I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb > file to enable it because it is suppor

Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
dave selby wrote: I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to enable it because it is supported in standard Gimp. Having browsed through aptitude there are a

GIF driver for Gimp ?

2003-03-16 Thread dave selby
I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but it appears not to be supported. I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb file to enable it because it is supported in standard Gimp. Having browsed through aptitude there are a lot of files

Re: how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-22 Thread Jason M. Harvey
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 08:31:06PM -0800, nate wrote: | eric lin said: | > Dear linuxer: | > | >Do any one know how to change jpg to gif?(I guess we can not show jpg | > file from other people's page directly) | | try the 'convert' program from imagemagick |

Re: how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-21 Thread nate
eric lin said: > Hi nate: > >Some Last article you ever mention about broadcast to other site not > by hyperlink or upload but directly by owncompany's real time concurcent > server is high trafic, and is not allow at some site. > >Is that possible not because my perl or apache not config

Re: how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-21 Thread eric lin
nate wrote: eric lin said: Dear linuxer: Do any one know how to change jpg to gif?(I guess we can not show jpg file from other people's page directly) try the 'convert' program from imagemagick nate -- Sincere Eric www.linuxspice.com linux pc for sale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-21 Thread Bruno Diniz de Paula
Hi Eric, use: convert file.jpg file.gif The 'convert' program is part of the package imagemagick. Bruno. On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 07:13, eric lin wrote: > Dear linuxer: > >Do any one know how to change jpg to gif?(I guess we can not show jpg > file from other

Re: how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-21 Thread nate
eric lin said: > Dear linuxer: > >Do any one know how to change jpg to gif?(I guess we can not show jpg > file from other people's page directly) try the 'convert' program from imagemagick nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

how to trans jpg to gif

2002-12-21 Thread eric lin
Dear linuxer: Do any one know how to change jpg to gif?(I guess we can not show jpg file from other people's page directly) highly apprecaite -- Sincere Eric www.linuxspice.com linux pc for sale -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re[2]: from GIF to PS

2002-11-19 Thread Egor Tur
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:57:45AM +0200, Egor Tur wrote: > > Hi All. > > How can I convet gif file to postscript file? > > I use: > > cat file.gif | giftopnm | pnmtops > file.ps > > You need netpbm. I just checked: It's available. >

Re: from GIF to PS

2002-11-18 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:34:39AM +0100, Rogier Wolff wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:57:45AM +0200, Egor Tur wrote: > > Hi All. > > How can I convet gif file to postscript file? > > I use: > > cat file.gif | giftopnm | pnmtops > file.ps > Or con

Re: from GIF to PS

2002-11-18 Thread Rogier Wolff
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:57:45AM +0200, Egor Tur wrote: > Hi All. > How can I convet gif file to postscript file? I use: cat file.gif | giftopnm | pnmtops > file.ps You need netpbm. I just checked: It's available. Roger. -- ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** http://www.BitWiz

Re: from GIF to PS

2002-11-18 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Egor Tur ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021118 18:02]: > Hi All. > How can I convet gif file to postscript file? > Has Debian any utils? ImageMagick can do it. The command-line utility is called convert. good times, -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- #include int main() { puts("Rea

Re: from GIF to PS

2002-11-18 Thread nate
Egor Tur said: > Hi All. > How can I convet gif file to postscript file? > Has Debian any utils? imagemagick should be able to do it, see the manpage for convert. also gimp can do it too, open it in gimp, and tell it to print to a file, this will be a postscript file. nate

from GIF to PS

2002-11-18 Thread Egor Tur
Hi All. How can I convet gif file to postscript file? Has Debian any utils? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:36:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > > Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are > > still uses. > > I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file?

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Alan Shutko
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file? Animated pics with older browsers, for one. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Cats have 9 lives. Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives? -- To U

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-11 Thread Rob Weir
ll appeal instantly > > Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are > still uses. I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file? -rob pgphzEhj3K8y2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/gimp1.1-nonfree.html -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread John Hasler
Carl Fink writes: > Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of > nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail. It isn't an irrelevant detail. GIF's don't have to be compressed. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisc

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:39:53PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > GIF is a patented format. > > No, it isn't. Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of nitpicking.com, didn't want

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > >> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. > > And loose all appeal instantly Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are still uses. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote: > LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. And loose all appeal instantly -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > GIF is a patented format. No, it isn't. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! All constants are variables. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > gifs are patent encumbered LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! Somewhere, just out of sight, the unicorns are gathering. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Chad Walstrom
Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree Package: gimp1.2-nonfree Priority: optional Section: non-free/graphics Installed-Size: 57 Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PRO

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Andrey Vlassov
  No it is linux community doesn't support gif format because of it patent for compression. But you can recompile GIMP with support for gif without any problem. Andrey Jim Lynch wrote: Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? GIF is a patented format. It can be (and is) argued that supporting it without paying patent license fees is illegal. Therefore no "free" (libre) softwa

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Have you installed the gimp1.2-nonfree package? Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 19:34, Jim Lynch wrote: > Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree gifs are patent encumbered -- I did not vote for the Austrian government -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

GIMP and gif files

2002-05-10 Thread Jim Lynch
Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer? Thanks, Jim. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Could someone set me straight on the using Gimp with GIFs under Debian? Friends don't let friends use GIF. Use PNG instead. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Gabriel Wicke
Daniel D Jones wrote: Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed out) on the list of types to save as. Talking to fr

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Alan Shutko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alan> Iirc, other distributions have a gif plugin which uses > Alan> libungif (ie, uncompressed and unencumbered by patents). > Alan> An

RE: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Kurc, Marcin A.
I'm no expert in that field but I think gimp uses libungif to open gif files to save the file as gif you have to use compression which is also patented and I don't really see a point of having uncompressed gif. I belive the library was created to help migrate from gif to png. Marci

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Shawn McMahon
begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotation: > > Alan> Iirc, other distributions have a gif plugin which uses > Alan> libungif (ie, uncompressed and unencumbered by patents). > Alan> Any reason ours doesn't? > > I believe that's only for uncompressing gif

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread marshal
>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Alan> "Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com - >> UNISYS they hold a patent for GIF. I beli

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Alan Shutko
"Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com - UNISYS > they hold a patent for GIF. I belive there is a package called gimp-nonfree > which provides gif support Iirc, other distributions have a gif

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Daniel Kleine-Albers
Hello, try apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree majestix:/etc/samba# apt-cache search gimp gimp1.2-nonfree - GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program Hope it helps, Daniel On Donnerstag, Mai 2, 2002, at 04:30 Uhr, Daniel D Jones wrote: Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:30:04AM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a > GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an > unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread marshal
>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel D Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Daniel> Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not Daniel> allow me to save a GIF. I can open and edit it, but Daniel> trying to save says that it is an unrecognized type

Re: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Quenten Griffith
apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree if you have testing and have nonfree link in your /etc/source.list. Daniel D Jones wrote: Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an unrecognized type. The

RE: Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Kurc, Marcin A.
it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com - UNISYS they hold a patent for GIF. I belive there is a package called gimp-nonfree which provides gif support Marcin Kurc CAD Systems Administrator Cooper-Standard Automotive -Original Message- From: Daniel D Jones [m

Gimp and GIF

2002-05-02 Thread Daniel D Jones
Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed out) on the list of types to save as. Talking to friends who use Red Ha

Substitute for animated GIF?

2002-03-14 Thread Michael Jinks
Greetings. I have a user who would like to use the ppmtogif feature in the netpbm package. Unfortunately it appears that most GIF functionality has been taken out of the netpbm package as included in Debian (yes, I can understand why). I've tried compiling our own netpbm with GIF su

Re: gif support grayed out..

2001-10-26 Thread Bob Underwood
On Thursday 25 October 2001 23:15, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 26-Oct-2001 Rohan Deshpande wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have > > gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im ma

Re: gif support grayed out..

2001-10-26 Thread dman
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:40:09PM -0500, Rohan Deshpande wrote: | Hi, | | Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have | gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im making? | i made a new, 300x300 pixel white background workspace, and in save-as | it

Re: gif support grayed out..

2001-10-25 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:15:53 -0700 (PDT), "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 26-Oct-2001 Rohan Deshpande wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have > > gimp1.2-nonfree

Re: gif support grayed out..

2001-10-25 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 10:40:09PM -0500, Rohan Deshpande wrote: > Hi, > > Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have > gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im making? > i made a new, 300x300 pixel white background workspace, and

Re: gif support grayed out..

2001-10-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 26-Oct-2001 Rohan Deshpande wrote: > Hi, > > Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have > gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im making? > i made a new, 300x300 pixel white background workspace, and in save-as > it is stil

gif support grayed out..

2001-10-25 Thread Rohan Deshpande
Hi, Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im making? i made a new, 300x300 pixel white background workspace, and in save-as it is still grayed. What to do? Many thanks, Rohan

Re: JPEG or GIF background in fvwm?

2001-10-15 Thread Ben Hartshorne
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 12:17:43AM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote: > This is somewhat off-topic, but can anyone point me in the right > direction to finding out how to use a .gif or .jpeg file as a desktop > background in fvwm? For added benefit, and those that like variety, my friend

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