Gimp initial setup

[DAVID BALAZIC]

Richard England <rengland at europa.com> wrote:

>DAVID BALAZIC wrote:
>
>>Gimp initial setupWhen running gimp for the first time, it run a wizard for some settings.
>>Part of it is creating some files and dirs by running some shell comands,
>>like mkdir and cp. The stdout of the commands is shown and on the botton it
>>says :
>>Did you notice any error messages in the lines above?
>>If not, installation was successful!
>>Otherwise, quit and investigate the possible reason...
>>
>>Is this some insider joke ?
>>Or do the GIMP developers not know of the existance of return codes ?
>>
>>Version is gimp-1.2.3-20.2 ( fedora test 3 system ).
>>( hmm, gimp.org has v 1.2.5 )
>>
>>There is also a screen for manually measuring the display DPI.
>>It shows two rulers, on each of them is a black triangle arrow that
>>can be moved by the mouse. What is the purpose of that arrow ?
>>
>In complex installation scripts it is not always possible to trap the 

complex scripts ?
It is just a cuple of "mkdir"s and a few "cp"s.

>error codes of nested script invocations or utilites.  I'm sure this is 

It is always possible to trap error codes. Especially with free software
where you can not only fix your own code, but also every other.

>just a last level of checking by the ever flexible and much more astute 
>human involved in the installation.
>
>Move the "arrows" until the measurement on the screen match the 
>comparable measurement on a ruler placed on your display device. When 
>they are both set, accept the settings with the button provided in the 
>lower right corner.

No, I tried moving the arrows, and they do no affect the result.
Besides, if it were like you said, why doesn't the text on the screen say
so ?

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