ANN: New version of PikoPixel, pixel-art editor

[Josh Freeman]

PikoPixel is a free, open-source (AGPLv3) pixel-art editor for Mac
OS X & GNUstep. A new version, 1.0 BETA9, is now available.

New in 1.0 BETA9:
- Users’ custom grid & background pattern presets can now be used when
exporting images
- GNUstep: Custom UI theme (in-window menus, improved contrast)
- GNUstep: Various fixes & tweaks

Screenshot of PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9, running on Debian 9:
http://twilightedge.com/screens/pp10b9gs.png

PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9 for GNUstep must currently be built from
source code (no downloadable binaries yet); It's compatible with
either of GNUstep's compiler+runtime setups (GCC+gobjc or clang
+objc2), and requires the following GS library versions (or later):
GNUstep Base: v1.24.9 (released Mar. 20, 2016)
GNUstep GUI & Back: v0.25.0 (released Jun. 15, 2016)

PikoPixel's source archive is available from its website or from
the GNUstep Software Index:
http://twilightedge.com/mac/pikopixel/
http://gnustep.org/softwareindex/showdetail.php?app=203

Please send questions, comments, or issues to pikopixel (at)
twilightedge (dot) com.

Cheers,

Josh

[Josh Freeman]

On Feb 26, 2018, at 1:23 AM, Josh Freeman wrote:

> PikoPixel is a free, open-source (AGPLv3) pixel-art editor for Mac
> OS X & GNUstep. A new version, 1.0 BETA9, is now available.
>
> New in 1.0 BETA9:
> - Users’ custom grid & background pattern presets can now be used
> when exporting images
> - GNUstep: Custom UI theme (in-window menus, improved contrast)
> - GNUstep: Various fixes & tweaks
>
> Screenshot of PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9, running on Debian 9:
> http://twilightedge.com/screens/pp10b9gs.png
>
> PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9 for GNUstep must currently be built from
> source code (no downloadable binaries yet); It's compatible with
> either of GNUstep's compiler+runtime setups (GCC+gobjc or clang
> +objc2), and requires the following GS library versions (or later):
> GNUstep Base: v1.24.9 (released Mar. 20, 2016)
> GNUstep GUI & Back: v0.25.0 (released Jun. 15, 2016)

An update for PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9 is now available: 1.0 BETA9a.

PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9a has several fixes for the GNUstep version (no
significant Mac changes):
- Fixed build issue on FreeBSD
- Workaround for NSSegmentedControl mouseclick issue
- Improved integration with freedesktop.org environments

The updated version can be downloaded from the website or from the

GNUstep Software Index:
http://twilightedge.com/mac/pikopixel/

http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/showdetail.php?app=204

[Josh Freeman]

On Feb 26, 2018, at 1:23 AM, Josh Freeman wrote:

> PikoPixel is a free, open-source (AGPLv3) pixel-art editor for Mac
> OS X & GNUstep. A new version, 1.0 BETA9, is now available.
>

> Screenshot of PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9, running on Debian 9:
> http://twilightedge.com/screens/pp10b9gs.png

A new version of PikoPixel has been released: 1.0 BETA9d.

1.0 BETA9d fixes various UI issues when running under the
following environments: Budgie, Cinnamon, GNOME, Pantheon, Unity,
Window Maker, & Xfce.

Packages and/or build scripts are available for:
- Arch: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pikopixel/
- Debian: http://twilightedge.com/gnustep/pikopixel/debian.html
- Fedora: http://twilightedge.com/gnustep/pikopixel/fedora_install_script.html
- FreeBSD: https://www.freshports.org/graphics/pikopixel/
- Gentoo: http://twilightedge.com/gnustep/pikopixel/gentoo.html
- Raspbian: http://twilightedge.com/gnustep/pikopixel/install_script.html
- Ubuntu: http://twilightedge.com/gnustep/pikopixel/ubuntu.html

Ubuntu Studio 18.10 includes PikoPixel in its default
installation. (Ubuntu Studio is an official flavor of Ubuntu Linux,
designed for multimedia content creation: http://ubuntustudio.org/ )

PikoPixel's sources are available at:
http://twilightedge.com/mac/pikopixel/

Building PikoPixel 1.0 BETA9d from source requires a GNUstep
development environment with either of the supported compiler/runtime
setups (GCC+gobjc or clang+objc2), and the following GS library

versions (or later):
GNUstep Base: v1.24.9

GNUstep GUI & Back: v0.25.0