[scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp

Theo theopcles at gmail.com
Fri Dec 23 19:36:40 UTC 2011


I did this and  , and 'ts working Thanks

Vriendelijke groeten,
Theo Mulder


Op 23-12-2011 15:25, bobparham op comcast.net schreef:
> You are so right, John. I learn so much from you guys.
>
> Bob
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> On 12/23/2011 4:02 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote:
>> Why not just copy the path that is behind the desktop icon that you said
>> works?  That finds the executable and launches it, so that same string
>> should work in Scribus.
>>
>> John Ghormley  KJ4UFG
>> Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal*
>> Walkertown, NC  USA
>> editor op sera.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:06 AM, 
>> Christen<christenanderson1994 op gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: bobparham op comcast.net [mailto:bobparham op comcast.net]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:34 PM
>>>> To: Scribus User Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/22/2011 2:38 PM, Henry Hartley wrote:
>>>>> bobparham op comcast.net wrote:
>>>>>>> I downloaded Gimp _after_ downloading Scribus and have been
>>>>>>> unable to get Scribus to find Gimp. I went into Scribus
>>>>>>> (vs 1.4.0rc6) clicked File>Preferences>External Tools>Image
>>>>>>> Processing Tool and Typed in c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6. I
>>>>>>> then clicked OK and Apply. I right clicked a photo in a
>>>>>>> Scribus document and Edit Image. I got a window telling me
>>>>>>> that Gimp is missing. I have Windows 7 64bit OS. Can anyone
>>>>>>> tell me what I am doing wrong?
>>>>> Chances are c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6 is not where GIMP is installed.
>>>> That's your personal gimp folder. What you probably want is C:\Program
>>>> Files (x86)\gimp-2.6\bin\. Look for the folder with gimp-2.6.exe in 
>>>> it.
>>>> That's the directory that Scribus needs to know about.
>>>> The Gimp 2.0 is found on my computer under Program Files(X86) and I
>>>> would think this would be where I would need to steer Scribus. This
>>>> Folder is 108 MB. From this I would conclude that I would use
>>>> c:\Program
>>>> Files(X86). With this I still get the pop up window that Scribus says
>>>> it
>>>> is missing. I add \bin to it and get the same results.
>>>>
>>>> When I double click the icon for gimp on the desktop it opens so I 
>>>> know
>>>> I have the program. I have even tried a file in 1.4.0rc2 and the
>>>> results
>>>> are the same. I'm about ready to throw up my hands. Any other
>>>> suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Bob P
>>>> -- 
>>> Bob,
>>> It looks like you're just directing Scribus to the folder where the
>>> executable is located - not to the executable itself. For example, 
>>> on my
>>> computer, the path is "C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.7.4\bin\gimp-2.7.exe"
>>>
>>> ~Christen
>>>
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