Carey, I'm not a gimp-developer but use it since 0.54 and would like to be a little bit close to the book -) Is it possible to setup mirror of your book online in Russia ? I may offer our web site at Moscow University (http://www.sai.msu.su). Certainly your book online will be full of graphic and it would be a pain for russian users. Regards, Oleg On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Carey Bunks wrote: > Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:37:37 -0500 > From: Carey Bunks <cbunks@xxxxxxx> > To: gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Announcing a New GIMP Book > > > > Dear GIMP developers, > > In about a week (that is, around February 15, 2000), my book "Grokking > the GIMP" will become available for sale from both bookstores and > online sources. > > This announcement is to let you know that Laurie Petrycki, my editor > at New Riders Publishing, has generously agreed to send a > complimentary copy of the book to each of the "core" developers of the > GIMP. The definition we finally agreed on for the core developers are > those persons whose names are listed in the file "about_dialog.c" as > of version 1.1.15 of the GIMP (see attached list). > > To let you know a little about the book, "Grokking the GIMP" is a full > 4-color, intermediate to advanced guide. Its goal is to explain the > most powerful tools in the GIMP, and how to use these tools in the > most effective ways. In addition to the conceptual approach adopted > by the book, nine major projects, as well as many smaller ones, > present the practical aspects of using the GIMP for advanced image > manipulation work. The book covers in detail photo touchup, image > enhancement, image compositing, rendering, and image development for > the Web. For more on the book, you can visit the New Riders Web-site > at http://www2.newriders.com/cfm/prod_book.cfm?RecordID=307. > > I am also happy to announce that the book will be available under an > open publication license. I am currently setting up the Web-site that > will make the contents of "Grokking the GIMP" available to the public > at large, and I hope to debut the site before the end of February > 2000. > > I plan to send an individual e-mail to each of the persons named in > the following list. However, because I am not sure that all the > e-mail addresses I have are correct, and because I am missing the > addresses of several listed developers I am asking you to help notify > those who may not be reading this mailing list. > > For those of you on the following list who are interested in receiving > a complimentary copy of "Grokking the GIMP", please send me your > snail-mail address and indicate whether you would like me to sign your > copy. > > Best regards, > > Carey Bunks > > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Carey Bunks > Senior Scientist > BBN Corp. > 70 Fawcett St, 15/2A > Cambridge, MA 02138 > tel: 617-873-3028 fax: 617-873-2918 > email: cbunks@xxxxxxx > ------------------------------------ > > > > > GIMP Developers list (taken from about_dialog.c -- please forward > missing e-mail addresses -- thanks!): > > Peter Mattis pmattis@xxxxxxxxxxx > Spencer Kimball spencer@xxxxxxxxxx > > Lauri Alanko la@xxxxxxxxx > Shawn Amundson amundson@xxxxxxxx, amundson@xxxxxxx > John Beale beale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Zach Beane xach@xxxxxxxx, xach@xxxxxxxx > Tom Bech tomb@xxxxxxxxx > Marc Bless marc@xxxxxx > Edward Blevins thedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Roberto Boyd > Stanislav Brabec utx@xxxxxxxxxx > Simon Budig Simon.Budig@xxxxxxxxxxx > Seth Burgess sjburges@xxxxxxxx, sjburges@xxxxxx > Brent Burton brentb@xxxxxx > Francisco Bustamante pancho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ed Connel ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Jay Cox jaycox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Kenneth Christiansen kenth@xxxxxxxxxxx > Andreas Dilger adilger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Austin Donnelly austin@xxxxxxxx, austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Scott Draves spot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Misha Dynin misha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Daniel Egger Daniel.Egger@xxxxxxx > Larry Ewing lewing@xxxxxxxx > Nick Fetchak nuke@xxxxxxxxxxx > Valek Filippov val@xxxxxxxxxx > David Forsyth > Jim Geuther > Scott Goehring scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Heiko Goller han@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Michael Hammel mjhammel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > James Henstridge james@xxxxxxxxxx > Christoph Hoeg darkwing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Wolfgang Hofer wolfgang.hofer@xxxxxxxxxx > Jan Hubicka hubicka@xxxxxxxxxxx > Simon Janes sjanes@xxxxxxxxx > Tim Janik TJanik@xxxxxxxxx > Tuomas Kuosmanen tigert@xxxxxxxx > Peter Kirchgessner peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Karin Kylander > Olof S Kylander olof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, olof@xxxxxxxx > Nick Lamb njl98r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Karl LaRocca larocca@xxxxxxxxxx > Chris Lahey clahey@xxxxxxxxx > Jens Lautenbacher jtl@xxxxxxxxxx > Laramie Leavitt leavittl@xxxxxxx > Elliot Lee sopwith@xxxxxxxxxx > Marc Lehmann pcg@xxxxxxxx, pcg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Raph Levien raph@xxxxxxx > Wing Tung Leung > Adrian Likins adrian@xxxxxxxx, alikins@xxxxxxxxxx > Tor Lillqvist tml@xxxxxx > Ingo Luetkebohle ingo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Josh MacDonald jmacd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ed Mackey emackey@xxxxxxxxx > Daniele Medri madrid@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Vidar Madsen vidar@xxxxxxxxxx > Marcelo Malheiros malheiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Ian Main imain@xxxxxxxx > Kjartan Maraas kmaraas@xxxxxxxxx > Kelly Martin kelly@xxxxxxxx, kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Torsten Martinsen torsten@xxxxxxxx > Federico Mena federico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > David Monniaux david.monniaux@xxxxxx > Adam D. Moss adam@xxxxxxxx > Sung-Hyun Nam namsh@xxxxxxxxxx > Shuji Narazaki narazaki@xxxxxxxx > Michael Natterer mitschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sven Neumann sven@xxxxxxxx > Stephen Robert Norris srn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Erik Nygren nygren@xxxxxxx > Balazs Nagy julian7@xxxxxx > Miles O'Neal meo@xxxxxxx > Garry R. Osgood gosgood@xxxxxxx > Jay Painter jpaint@xxxxxxxxx > Asbjorn Pettersen asbjornP@xxxxxxxxx, ape@xxxxxxxxxxx > Mike Phillips mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Raphael Quinet quinet@xxxxxxxxxx > Vincent Renardias vincent@xxxxxxxxxx > James Robinson > Mike Schaeffer mschaef@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tracy Scott > Aaron Sherman > Manish Singh yosh@xxxxxxxx > Nathan Summers > Mike Sweet mike@xxxxxxxxxx > Eiichi Takamori taka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tristan Tarrant ttarrant@xxxxxxxxxxx > Owen Taylor otaylor@xxxxxxx, otaylor@xxxxxxxxxx > Ian Tester iteste01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Andy Thomas alt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > James Wang > Kris Wehner kris@xxxxxxxxxxx > Matthew Wilson msw@xxxxxxxx > Shirasaki Yasuhiro yasuhiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, yasuhiro@xxxxxxxxxxx > Ville Hautamaki villeh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Tomas Ogren stric@xxxxxxxxxx > _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
