From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 1 22:20:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B1E16A53E for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:20:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1646D43D67 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:20:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k81MK9xK077607 for ; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:20:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k81MK8nM077604 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:20:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:20:02 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20060901222002.GA77564@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing twenty years of service to the Unix community Cc: Subject: graphics programd like xpaint and gimp. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:20:31 -0000 I finally realized why I couldn't change the solid-color bg with xpaint. The bucket [icon] is missing; the documentation doesn't reflect this... But *anyway*, to other things-graphic. With gimp, is it possible to create polygons? How about a 5-pointed star? Or 6- or 7-pointed star? I have found some images of what I'm looking for thru Google/images, but the bavkgrounf is not solid for some images, &c. Also, it is possible to join two or three (already-drawn, on-disk) images with gimp? I'm thinking of a circle surrounding a hexagon surrounding a square, e.g. --Part of this is just-for-fun curiosity before I get back to my studies; part of it is to try to create designs for my jottings pages. thanks for any insights, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix