Re: [RP] Rant. (Re: LP interview, irclog)

[Ryan Yeske]

Gergely Nagy <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi there!
> 
> I read the IRCLog from 04/06, featuring shawn, rc and
> IndyBoy.
> 
> While it was pretty entertaining, I'd like to add a few
> words if you don't mind (despite the fact I'm not an
> RP developer myself, but a fanatic user).
> 
> First of all, rc said that the rat has its place (ie, gimp).
> That's absolutely not true! You can control the rat cursor
> from the keyboard if you really have to, but a more
> elegant way to handle this problem is to write scripts! Yes,
> scripts! That's what script-fu and the various gimp bindings
> are for! Before I started using ratpoison, I even used gimp
> from the console. While I'm not an artist, I could do everything
> I needed using scripts. To be honest, comparing the things
> I draw with the rat are far worse than the ones done without
> it.
> 
> My conclusion is that you don't need a mouse to gimp. Real
> artists probably use something better, like a drawing table.
> Frankly, I think everyone should throw out the mouse like I
> did.

ya, i shouldnt have said that.  sorry.  indyboy even took the
opportunity in his article to bend my words: 

        Still, the mouse has some place in Ratpoison, if only to work
        within the applications that need it, Yeske explained, such as
        The GIMP.

btw, the linuxplanet article is at
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/3215/1/

in my defense though, i *do* think that using a mouse in the gimp is
useful for a lot of people (ie, nonhackers/script-fu writers and
non-professional artists that dont want to spend X dollars on an
expensive tablet).

> Oh well. Thats it for now. I'm pretty angry of rc now, so,
> off I go to hack the code to help make it <<30k again.

good good.  i hope yer not too angry.  im gonna get rid of my rat
now...

Ryan