They do have a precompiled version of gimp 2.2. Go to www.linuxpackages.net and get the .tgz.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:14:59 -0500, John Culleton wrote:

I downloaded the precompiled version of Gimp 2.0.6 from the Slackware-current archives, downloaded the 2.0.6 help files, installed them and now Gimp has help files, including a limited amount of context-sensitive help. Hooray!

The default help-browser is Mozilla, which is a royal pain. I frequently have multiple browser windows open at the same time. Mozilla has this huge roadblock where you have to fire up a different profile for each instance of the browser.

So I will switch my default help browser to Konqueror which has no such impediment. I wrote to the Mozilla folks on this issue but they seem dazzled by the brilliance of their creation, and never mind what the users want or need.

I also downloaded the 2.2 tarball but immediately found myself in the library chasing game. So I will hold off on that version until the Slackware folks offer a precompiled edition.

-- John Culleton

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You can get it here
http://www.nymphomatic.org/mirror/linuxpackages/Slackware-10.0/pcxz/gimp/

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:14:59 -0500, John Culleton wrote:

I downloaded the precompiled version of Gimp 2.0.6 from the Slackware-current archives, downloaded the 2.0.6 help files, installed them and now Gimp has help files, including a limited amount of context-sensitive help. Hooray!

The default help-browser is Mozilla, which is a royal pain. I frequently have multiple browser windows open at the same time. Mozilla has this huge roadblock where you have to fire up a different profile for each instance of the browser.

So I will switch my default help browser to Konqueror which has no such impediment. I wrote to the Mozilla folks on this issue but they seem dazzled by the brilliance of their creation, and never mind what the users want or need.

I also downloaded the 2.2 tarball but immediately found myself in the library chasing game. So I will hold off on that version until the Slackware folks offer a precompiled edition.

-- John Culleton

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