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2                   GNU Image Manipulation Program
3                         2.10 Stable Branch
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5
6This is a stable release in the GIMP 2.10 series.
7
8GIMP 2.10 replaces earlier GIMP 2.x versions. It is advised that you
9uninstall them before installing GIMP 2.10. If you want to keep your
10older GIMP 2.x installation in parallel to GIMP 2.10, you have to
11choose a separate prefix which is not in your default library search
12path. Otherwise your previous GIMP installation will start to use the
13new libraries. You have been warned.
14
15If you think you found a bug in this version, please make sure that it
16hasn't been reported earlier and that it is not just new stuff that is
17still being worked on and obviously not quite finished yet.
18
19If you want to hack on GIMP, please read the file HACKING. For
20detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
21
22
231. Web Resources
24================
25
26GIMP's home page is at:
27
28	https://www.gimp.org/
29
30Please be sure to visit this site for information, documentation,
31tutorials, news, etc.  All things GIMP-ish are available from there.
32
33The automated plug-in registry is located at:
34
35	https://registry.gimp.org/
36
37There you can get the latest versions of plug-ins, using a convenient
38forms-based interface.
39
40The latest version of GIMP can be found at:
41
42	https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
43
44
452. Mailing Lists
46================
47
48We have several mailing lists dedicated to GIMP user and development
49discussion.  There is more info at
50
51	https://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html
52
53Links to several archives of the mailing lists are included in that page.
54
55Gimp-user-list is a mailing list dedicated to user problems, hints and
56tips, discussion of cool effects, etc.  Gimp-developer-list is oriented
57to GIMP core and plug-in developers.  Gimp-gui-list is for discussing
58about GIMP interface to improve user experience. Most people will only
59want to be subscribed to gimp-user-list. If you want to help develop
60GIMP, the gimp-developer mailing list is a good starting point; if you
61want to help with GUI design, the gimp-gui list is where you want to
62subscribe.
63
64
653. IRC
66======
67
68And finally, for the real junkies, there is an IRC channel devoted to
69GIMP. On GIMPNet (a private free software oriented network) there is
70#gimp.  Many of the developers hang out there.  Some of the GIMPNet
71servers are:
72
73	irc.gimp.org:6667
74	irc.us.gimp.org:6667
75	irc.eu.gimp.org:6667
76
77
784. Customizing
79==============
80
81The look of GIMP's interface can be customized like any other GTK app
82by editing the ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file or by using "themes" (ready-made
83customizations).  For downloadable themes and further details, see
84http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2 . Additionally, GIMP reads the file
85~/.config/GIMP/2.10/gtkrc so you can have settings that only apply to GIMP.
86
87Included is a set of keybindings similar to those in Adobe Photoshop.
88You can find them in the ps-menurc file.  To use them, copy this file
89to ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/menurc. You can also manually change the keybindings
90to any of your choice by editing ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/menurc.
91
92
93Have fun,
94
95  Spencer Kimball
96  Peter Mattis
97  Federico Mena
98  Manish Singh
99  Sven Neumann
100  Michael Natterer
101  Dave Neary
102  Martin Nordholts
103  Jehan
104