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GIMP2 basics Preferences

Input Devices

Extended Input Devices

This set of preferences are part of configuring your tablet, power-mate or midi-device to work with TheGIMP. Even if you do not have one of these devices, the Save Input Device Settings Now button found in this dialog works on more than just those extra devices.

The device will need to be configured with your computer display first. On linux, this is xfree86 (usually) and it can get a little complicated (in my opinion). Here is the chunk of the configuration that caused my gimp to see the tablet.

There is much more actual information about tablets at shallowsky.

Configure Extended Input Devices...

Pushing the Configure Extended Input Devices... button creates a pop-up dialog to use to configure your tablet. Apparently, you can also configure your keypad to act like this also; you might be able to configure this but this author is unable to imagine it so, the Key tab on this dialog will be ignored in this document.

Each device cooresponds to one of the drawing tools that interact with the tablet. Choosing Screen enables the tablets tools to work as a mouse would on the toolbox and getting menus. Choosing Window causes the tool to work only on the Image Window.

Save Input Device Settings Now

This would be the not so obvious method to tell gimp which tool you would like it to start with each time you start it again. One difference between gimp-1 and gimp2 is this tool. gimp-1 started with the Rectangular Selection Tool and gimp2 starts with the Paintbrush. Clicking on the tool you would prefer to start with then pushing the Save Input Device Setting Now button in these preferences will save this tool. The same thing with the default colors in the toolbox, gradient, and brush.

Pushing the Save Input Device Setting Now creates a file called devicerc.

This file can be edited, however it is easier to set up your gimp2 the way you would like to see it each new start and push this button. Here is the file (without the tablet) that saved my start up preferences, as it appeared using less .gimp-2.3/devicerc in a console:










# GIMP devicerc

(GimpDeviceInfo "Core Pointer"
    (tool "gimp-rect-select-tool")                                    
    (brush "Untitled")
    (pattern "Pine")
    (gradient "FG to BG (RGB)")
    (mode screen)
    (axes 2 x y)
    (keys 0))

# end of devicerc
.gimp-2.3/devicerc (END)

With the tablet, the devicerc gets much more busy:

# GIMP devicerc

(GimpDeviceInfo "Eraser"
    (tool "gimp-eraser-tool")
    (brush "Untitled")
    (pattern "Pine")
    (gradient "FG to BG (RGB)")
    (mode screen)
    (axes 6 x y pressure xtilt ytilt ignore)
    (keys 32 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "
" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""))
(GimpDeviceInfo "Stylus"
    (tool "gimp-ink-tool")
    (brush "Calligraphic Brush")
    (pattern "Pine")
    (gradient "FG to BG (RGB)")
    (mode screen)
    (axes 6 x y pressure xtilt ytilt ignore)
    (keys 32 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "
" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""))
(GimpDeviceInfo "Cursor"
    (tool "gimp-paintbrush-tool")
    (brush "Untitled")
    (pattern "Pine")
    (gradient "FG to BG (RGB)")
    (mode screen)
    (axes 6 x y pressure xtilt ytilt ignore)
    (keys 32 "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "
" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""))
(GimpDeviceInfo "Core Pointer"
    (tool "gimp-rect-select-tool")                                    
    (brush "Untitled")
    (pattern "Pine")
    (gradient "FG to BG (RGB)")
    (mode screen)
    (axes 2 x y)
    (keys 0))

# end of devicerc
.gimp-2.3/devicerc (END)

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