RO 5.27 Paint

Has any work been done in recent years on RO !Paint, like upgrading, enhancing its Save capabilities etc?

Where on the 5.nn OS is Paint, I mean the App itself, not the shortcut?

Dave

Has any work been done in recent years on RO !Paint, like upgrading, enhancing its Save capabilities etc?

Not sure why this is RPCEmu specific, but over in the Bounties area you’ll find this long thread… https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/8/topics/2146

Where on the 5.nn OS is Paint, I mean the App itself, not the shortcut?

It’s in the ROM, so you won’t find files for it on your hard disc.

Some resources are in Resources:$.Resources.Paint, but as Chris says, the application itself is held within a module in ROM, entering *Help !Paint will tell you the version.

It’s in the ROM, so you won’t find files for it on your hard disc.

Paint accesses its resources via a path, so although the module publishes the default resources in ResourceFS, it is possible to have replacement resources on disc (conventionally in Choices:Paint) which has been added to Paint$Path during boot.

In answer to Steve’s question about why here…

Yes I guess I should have put it in Community Support, but I have two excuses.

1) I was using RPCEmu and RO 5.27 and reading in the RPCEmu section when the thought about Paint occurred.

2) Today, I’ve had a GREAT deal of trouble getting the login to stick… Like just moving from one section of the Forum to another would drop me out, so I just carried on from where I was.

Yes I’m aware of the possible trick fixes… When they work. :-)
Apologies!

Steve, thanks for the link to the Paint thread…

On the RO 6.20 I use day to day, the Paint there (2.70) is a separate complete app in the Apps directory, which was why I was a bit confused… haven’t seen a version of Paint like the 5.nn version since way back… (Probably end of last century).

Anyway, I’m now illuminated…
Thanks

Dave

haven’t seen a version of Paint like the 5.nn version since way back… (Probably end of last century).

You might note that the version date is only a few months old (8-Jun) it’s being worked on, so if there are specific aspects you like altered/improved then a description might assist the developer.

WRT the 4.3x 6.2x version I think it was one of a number of items moved into disc storage to save space in the ROM and also to allow incremental updates, which is what’s happening to 2.24 but ‘ROM’ updates.

Aside.
That 2.24 reminds me – we’ve been on the latest release version of 5.xx for 12 months now, must be time for a change.

Edit I should check and install updates more often – 2.27 is in the pipeline for tomorrow, so 2.26 is current