Re: [seul-edu] Tux Print (Announcing plans for a new

["Paul Sutton" <zen14920@zen.co.uk>]

sounds cool best of luck


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kendrick" <nbs@sonic.net>
To: "SEUL/edu" <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:53 AM
Subject: [seul-edu] Tux Print (Announcing plans for a new kid-oriented
project!)


>
> Greetings, everyone!  This is Bill Kendrick, author of 'Tux Paint.'
> [ http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/ ]
>
> I wanted to announce a new project I'm planning to start up called
> 'Tux Print.'  It's going to be a 'publishing' program for young kids.
>
> Providing an extremely simple interface, it will allow kids to print
> cards (birthday, 'get well', 'thank you', holiday, etc.), banners, posters
> and more.
>
>
> I'm planning on writing it using libSDL (like I did Tux Paint), meaning it
> will be portable to various operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,
etc.)
>
>
> It will be very, very simple to use.  (Moreso than even Tux Paint, I
think!)
> With luck, the army of translators I've amassed for Tux Paint will be
> willing to help translate what little will need it in Tux Print.
>
> It will require (and hopefully have) a fairly comprehensive collection of
> free clip-art graphics.  (My goal is to eventually support SVG:
> Scalable Vector Graphics.)
>
>
> I've applied for a SourceForge project ("tuxprint"), which will hopefully
> become available within a day or so.  I've asked Sam Hart from
Tux4Kids.org
> if he'd be willing to host a mailing list (or three) for the project.
>
> I'll no doubt put a site up at my NewBreedSoftware.com site some time
> tomorrow, as well.
>
>
>
> In the meantime, if you're interested in learning more or helping out
> on the project (especially if you know how to deal with SVG in a portable
> way!), please contact me privately!
>
>
> Wish me luck!
>
> -bill!
>
> --
> bill@newbreedsoftware.com                                            Hire
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