fullscreen=yes

Run the program in full screen mode, rather than in a window.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "fullscreen=no". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--windowed".

fullscreen=native

Run the program in full screen mode. Additionally, assume the screen's current resolution (set by the operating system).

windowsize=SIZE

Run the program at a different size (in windowed mode) or at a different screen resolution (in fullscreen mode), rather than the default (usually 800x600).

The SIZE value should be presented in pixels, in 'width-by-height' format, with an "x" (lowercase X) between the values. The size can be anything that's at least 640 wide, and at least 480 tall.

Some examples:

• 640x480
• 1024x768
• 768x1024
• 1600x1200

💡 If only one display is available, and Tux Paint is being run in windowed (not fullscreen) mode, and the chosen window size exceeds the capabilities of the display, Tux Paint will fall back to the display's dimensions.

orient=portrait

Swaps the width/height options given to Tux Paint, useful for rotating the window on portait displays, such as a tablet PC that's in tablet orientation.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "orient=landscape". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--orient=landscape".

native=yes

When running Tux Paint in fullscreen mode, this assumes the screen's current resolution (overriding any "windowsize" option), as set by the operating system.

allowscreensaver=yes

By default, Tux Paint prevents your system's screensaver from starting up. You can override this by using the "allowscreensaver" option. (You can also do this by setting the "SDL_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER" environment variable on your system to "1".)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "allowscreensaver=no" or "disablescreensaver=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--disablescreensaver".

nosound=yes

Disable sound effects. (Note: Pressing [Alt] + [S] cannot be used to reenable sounds if they were disabled using this option.)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nosound=no" or "sound=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--sound".

nostereo=yes

Disable stereo panning support. (Useful for users with hearing impairment in one ear, or places where a single speaker or headphone is being used.)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nostereo=no" or "stereo=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--stereo".

buttonsize=SIZE

Set the pixel size of buttons in Tux Paint's user interface (overriding the default of "48"). Useful when using very high-density displays or coarse input devices, such as eye gaze trackers.

The SIZE value should be presented in pixels, and can be anything between 24 and 192, inclusive. Most buttons are square, and this will affect their width and height.

A value of "auto" may be provided, and Tux Paint will choose a suitable button size based on the size of Tux Paint's window (or fullscreen display). (For the default screen size of 800x600, it will be the default button size: "48".)

💡 Note: If the chosen button size would cause the buttons to be too large for all required UI elements to appear under Tux Paint's chosen window size, the largest possible button size will be used. (A note will appear in stderr.)

colorsrows=ROWS

How many rows of color palette buttons to show; useful when using a large color palette (see "colorfile", above), and/or for use with coarse input devices (like eyegaze trackers). "ROWS" may be between "1" (the default) and "3".

nofancycursors=yes

This disables the fancy mouse pointer shapes in Tux Paint, and uses your environment's normal mouse pointer.

In some enviornments, the fancy cursors cause problems. Use this option to avoid them.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nofancycursors=no" or "fancycursors=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--fancycursors".

hidecursor=yes

This completely hides the mouse pointer shapes in Tux Paint.

This is useful for touchscreen devices, such as tablet PCs.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "hidecursor=no" or "showcursor=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--showcursor".

noshortcuts=yes

This disable keyboard shortcuts (e.g., [Ctrl]-[S] for save, [Ctrl]-[N] for a new image, etc.)

This is useful to prevent unwanted commands from being activated by children who aren't experienced with keyboards.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "noshortcuts=no" or "shortcuts=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--shortcuts".

grab=yes

Tux Paint will attempt to 'grab' the mouse and keyboard, so that the mouse is confined to Tux Paint's window, and nearly all keyboard input is passed directly to it.

This is useful to disable operating system actions that could get the user out of Tux Paint [Alt]-[Tab] window cycling, [Ctrl]-[Escape], etc. This is especially useful in fullscreen mode.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "grab=no" or "dontgrab=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--dontgrab".

nowheelmouse=yes

This disables support for the wheel on mice that have it. (Normally, the wheel will scroll the selector menu on the right.)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nowheelmouse=no" or "wheelmouse=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--wheelmouse".

nobuttondistinction=yes

Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.15, the middle and right buttons on a mouse could also be used for clicking. In version 0.9.15, it was changed so that only the left mouse button worked, so as to not train children to use the wrong button.

However, for children who have trouble with the mouse, this distinction between the two or three buttons on a mouse can be disabled (returning Tux Paint to its old behavior) by using this option.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nobuttondistinction=no" or "buttondistinction=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--buttondistinction".

simpleshapes=yes

Disable the rotation step of the 'Shape' tool. Click, drag and release is all that will be needed to draw a shape.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "simpleshapes=no" or "complexshapes=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--complexshapes".

nooutlines=yes

In this mode, much simpler outlines and 'rubber-band' lines are displayed when using the Lines, Shapes, Stamps and Eraser tools.

This can help when Tux Paint is run on very slow computers, or displayed on a remote X-Window display.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nooutlines=no" or "outlines=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--outlines".

uppercase=yes

All text will be rendered only in uppercase (e.g., "Brush" will be "BRUSH"). Useful for children who can read, but who have only learned uppercase letters so far.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "uppercase=no" or "mixedcase=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--mixedcase".

stampsize=SIZE

Use this option to force Tux Paint to set the starting size of all stamps. The SIZE value should be between 0 (smallest) and 10 (largest). The size is relative to the available sizes of the stamp, which depends on the stamp itself, and Tux Paint's current canvas size.

Specify "default" to let Tux Paint decide (its standard behavior).

noquit=yes

Disable the on-screen "Quit" button and prevent the [Escape] key from quitting Tux Paint.

Using the [Alt] + [F4] keyboard combination or clicking the window's close button (assuming you're not in fullscreen mode) still works to quit Tux Paint.

You can also use the following keyboard combination to quit: [Shift] + [Control] + [Escape].

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "noquit=no" or "quit=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--quit".

nostamps=yes

This option tells Tux Paint to not load any rubber stamp images, which in turn ends up disabling the Stamps tool.

This can speed up Tux Paint when it first loads up, and reduce memory usage while it's running. Of course, no stamps will be available at all.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nostamps=no" or "stamps=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--stamps".

nostampcontrols=yes

Some images in the Stamps tool can be mirrored, flipped, and/or have their size changed. This option disables the controls, and only provides the basic stamps.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nostampcontrols=no" or "stampcontrols=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--stampcontrols".

nostamprotation=yes

This disables the rotation step of the Stamps tool, immediately placing the stamp in its regular orientation (with any flipping or mirroring applied) on the first click.

📜 Note: The stamp rotation feature was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.29.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nostamprotation=no" or "stamprotation=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--stamprotation".

nomagiccontrols=yes

Some Magic tools have the option of acting like a paintbrush, or affecting the entire canvas at once. This option disables the controls, and only provides the default functionality (usually paint-mode).

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nomagiccontrols=no" or "magiccontrols=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--magiccontrols".

nomagicsizes=yes

Some Magic tools offer various size settings. This option disables the sizing control, and only provides the tools' default sizes. (Some plugins may offer additional variations of a Magic tool, to make a few sizes possible, e.g. "Bricks" and "Googly Eyes".)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nomagicsizes=no" or "magicsizes=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--magicsizes".

ungroupmagictools=yes

By default, the Magic tools in Tux Paint are organized into groups of similar tools (e.g., all of the color, saturation, darken/lighten tools together). This option removes the grouping, and places all of the tools in one long list.

📜 Note: Magic tool groups were added in Tux Paint 0.9.27. The option to disable grouping was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.33.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "ungroupmagictools=no" or "groupmagictools=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--groupmagictools".

noshapecontrols=yes

Disable the control buttons shown when using the Shapes tool that allow changing how shapes are drawn — centered around the initial mouse click, or with a corner at the initial mouse click.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "noshapecontrols=no" or "shapecontrols=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--shapecontrols".

nolabel=yes

Disables the Label tool: the tool that allows text entry which can be edited later.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nolabel=no" or "label=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--label".

nobrushspacing=yes

Disables the brush spacing option of the Paint and Lines tools. The brushes' default spacings will be used.

📜 Note: The brush spacing option was added to Tux Paint's user interface in version 0.9.28. For more information on brush spacing, see EXTENDING.html

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nobrushspacing=no" or "brushspacing=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--brushspacing".

complexity=COMPLEXITY

Sets the complexity (expertise) level of Tux Paint, which can either disable some Magic tools, or cause them to operate differently. (For example, the "Clone" tool is not available in novice mode, and the 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective tools do not allow vanishing points to be edited in beginner mode.)

The COMPLEXITY value may be one of:

advanced (the default)

"Advanced" — For users familiar with Tux Paint and who can operate more complex tools.

beginner

"Beginner" — For users comfortable with Tux Paint, but where complex tools may cause confusion or frustration.

novice

"Novice" — For first-time Tux Paint users, users inexperienced with computers, or those with special accessibility needs.

📜 Note: The complexity option was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.32. Consult the individual Magic tools' documentation.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "complexity=advanced". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--complexity=advanced".

notemplateexport=yes

Disables the ability to create a new Template image (based on a saved drawing) from within the Open dialog.

📜 Note: The Template creation feature was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.31.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "notemplateexport=no" or "templateexport=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--templateexport".

noerase=yes

Disables the ability to erase saved drawings via the "Erase" button on the Open dialog, or exported Template images (based on a saved drawing) via the "Erase" button on the New dialog. Useful to prevent users from erasing work, especially combined with the --saveovernew option.

📜 Note: This option was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.31.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "noerase=no" or "erase=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--erase".

lang=LANGUAGE

Run Tux Paint in one of the supported languages. Possible choices for LANGUAGE currently include:

english	american-english
acholi	acoli
afrikaans
akan	twi-fante
albanian
amharic
arabic
aragones
armenian	hayeren
assamese
asturian
australian-english
azerbaijani
bambara
basque	euskara
belarusian	bielaruskaja
bengali
bodo
bokmal
bosnian
brazilian-portuguese	portugues-brazilian	brazilian
breton	brezhoneg
british-english	british
bulgarian
canadian-english
catalan	catala
chinese	simplified-chinese
croatian	hrvatski
czech	cesky
danish	dansk
	dogri
dutch	nederlands
esperanto
estonian
faroese
finnish	suomi
french	francais
fula	fulah	pulaar-fulfulde
gaelic	gaidhlig	irish-gaelic
galician	galego
georgian
german	deutsch
greek
gronings	zudelk-veenkelonioals
gujarati
hebrew
hindi
hungarian	magyar
icelandic	islenska
indonesian	bahasa-indonesia
inuktitut
italian	italiano
japanese
kabyle		kabylian
kannada
kashmiri-devanagari
kashmiri-perso-arabic
khmer
kiga	chiga
kinyarwanda
klingon	tlhIngan
konkani-devanagari
konkani-roman
korean
kurdish
latvian
lithuanian	lietuviu
luganda
luxembourgish	letzebuergesch
macedonian
maithili
malay
malayalam
manipuri-bengali
manipuri-meitei-mayek
marathi
mexican-spanish	espanol-mejicano	mexican
mongolian
ndebele
nepali
northern-sotho	sesotho-sa-leboa
norwegian	nynorsk	norsk
occitan
odia	oriya
ojibwe	ojibway
persian
polish	polski
portuguese	portugues
punjabi	panjabi
romanian
russian	russkiy
sanskrit
santali-devanagari
santali-ol-chiki
scottish	ghaidhlig	scottish-gaelic
serbian
serbian-latin
shuswap	secwepemctin
sindhi-devanagari
sindhi-perso-arabic
slovak
slovenian	slovensko
songhay
southafrican-english
spanish	espanol
sundanese
swahili
swedish	svenska
tagalog
tamil
telugu
thai
tibetan
traditional-chinese
turkish
twi
ukrainian
urdu
venda
venetian	veneto
vietnamese
walloon	walon
welsh	cymraeg
wolof
xhosa
miahuatlan-zapotec		zapotec
zulu		zulu

--locale LOCALE

Run Tux Paint in one of the support languages. See the "Choosing a Different Language" section below for the locale strings (e.g., "de_DE" for German) to use.

(If your locale is already set, e.g. with the "$LANG" environment variable, this option is not necessary, since Tux Paint honors your environment's setting, if possible.)

mirrorstamps=yes

For stamps that can be mirrored, this option sets them to their mirrored shape by default.

This can be useful for people who prefer things right-to-left, rather than left-to-right.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "mirrorstamps=no" or "dontmirrorstamps=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--dontmirrorstamps".

sysfonts=yes

This option causes Tux Paint to attempt to load fonts (for use in the Text tool) from your operating system. Normally, Tux Paint will only load the ones that came bundled with Tux Paint.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "sysfonts=no" or "nosysfonts=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--nosysfonts".

alllocalefonts=yes

Prior to version 0.9.21, Tux Paint loaded all fonts in its own fonts directory, including locale-specific ones (e.g., the one for Tibetan, which had no latin characters). As of 0.9.21, the only font loaded from the locale-specific subdirectory, if any, is one matching the locale Tux Paint is running on.

To load all locale-specific fonts (the old behavior), set this option.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "alllocalefonts=no" or "currentlocalefont=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--currentlocalefont".

uifont=FONT NAME

This option causes Tux Paint to attempt to load fonts (for use in the Text tool) from your operating system. Normally, Tux Paint will only load the ones that came bundled with Tux Paint.

Specify "default" to let Tux Paint use its default font, "DejaVu Sans" (its standard behavior).

noprint=yes

Disable the printing feature.

printdelay=SECONDS

Restrict printing so that printing can occur only once every SECONDS seconds.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "printdelay=0". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--printdelay=0".

altprint=always

This causes Tux Paint to always show the printer dialog (or, on Linux/Unix, run the "altprintcommand") when the 'Print' button is clicked. In other words, it's like clicking 'Print' while holding [Alt], except you don't need to hold [Alt] every time.

altprint=never

This prevents Tux Paint from ever showing the printer dialog (or, on Linux/Unix, run the "altprintcommand") when the 'Print' button is clicked. In other words, it makes the [Alt] key have no effect when clicking the 'Print' button.

altprint=mod

This is the normal, default behavior. Tux Paint shows a printer dialog (or, on Linux/Unix, runs the "altprintcommand"), when the [Alt] key is pressed while the 'Print' button is clicked. Clicking 'Print' without holding [Alt] prints without showing a dialog.

Save Printer Configuration

printcfg=yes

(Windows and macOS only)

Tux Paint will use a printer configuration file when printing. Push the [Alt] key while clicking the 'Print' button in Tux Paint to cause a Windows print dialog window to appear.

Any configuration changes made in this dialog will be saved to the file "userdata/print.cfg" , and used again, as long as the "printcfg" option is set.

💡 Note: This only works when not running Tux Paint in fullscreen mode.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "printcfg=no" or "noprintcfg=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--noprintcfg".

printcommand=COMMAND

(Linux and Unix only)

Use the command COMMAND to print a PostScript format file when the 'Print' button is clicked. If this option is not specifically not set, the default command is:

lpr

📜 Note: Versions of Tux Paint prior to 0.9.15 sent PNG format data to the print command (which defaulted to "pngtopnm | pnmtops | lpr").

If you set an alternative printcommand in the configuration file prior to version 0.9.15, you will need to change it.

altprintcommand=COMMAND

(Linux and Unix only)

Use the command COMMAND to print a PostScript format file when the 'Print' button is clicked while the [Alt] modifier key is being held. (This is typically used for providing a print dialog, similar to when pressing [Alt]+'Print' in Windows and macOS.)

If this option is not specifically not set, the default command is KDE's graphical print dialog:

kprinter

papersize=PAPERSIZE

(Platforms that use Tux Paint's internal PostScript generator — not Windows, macOS, BeOS, or Haiku.)

Tell Tux Paint what size PostScript to generate. If none is specified, Tux Paint first checks your $PAPER environment variable, then the file /etc/papersize, then uses the the 'libpaper' library's default paper size.

Valid paper sizes include: letter, legal, tabloid, executive, note, statement, a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8, a9, a10, b0, b1, b2 b3, b4, 10x14, 11x17, halfletter, halfexecutive, halfnote, folio, quarto, ledger, archA, archB, archC, archD, archE, flsa, flse, csheet, dsheet, esheet.

saveover=yes

This disables the "Save over the old version...?" prompt when saving an existing file. With this option, the older version will always be replaced by the new version, automatically.

saveover=new

This also disables the "Save over the old version...?" prompt when saving an existing file. This option, however, will always save a new file, rather than overwrite the older version.

saveover=ask

(This option is redundant, since this is the default.) When saving an existing drawing, you will be first asked whether to save over the older version or not.

startblank=yes

This causes Tux Paint to display a blank canvas when it first starts up, rather than loading the last image that was being edited.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "startblank=no" or "startlast=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--startlast".

newcolorslast=yes

Places the blank color options in the New dialog at the end, so that any Starters and/or Templates are shown first.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "newcolorslast=no" or "newcolorsfirst=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--newcolorsfirst".

savedir=DIRECTORY

Use this option to change where Tux Paint's "saved" directory/folder is located, which is where Tux Paint saves and opens pictures.

If you do not override it, the default location is:

Linux / Unix

Under a hidden directory in your home directory:
/home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/

Windows

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved\

macOS

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/saved/

Haiku

/boot/home/config/settings/TuxPaint/saved/

💡 Note: When specifying a Windows drive (e.g., "H:\"), you must also specify a subdirectory.

📜 Note: Prior to version 0.9.18, Tux Paint would also use the setting or default for "savedir" as the place to search for personal data files (brushes, stamps, starters and fonts). As of version 0.9.18, they may be specified separately (see the "datadir" option, below).

Example: savedir=Z:\tuxpaint\

exportdir=DIRECTORY

Use this option to change where Tux Paint exports files — single images, or animated GIF slideshows — for external use.

If you do not override it, the default location is:

• Linux & Unix — If available, wherever your desktop environment is configured for pictures to be stored, based on your XDG (X Desktop Group) configuration. (Try running the command-line "xdg-user-dir PICTURES" to find out.)
  Typically (in an English locale), this will be a "Pictures" subdirectory in your home directory (i.e., "/home/username/Pictures").
  Tux Paint will fall back to using that typical directory, if no XDG configuration can be read, or nothing is set for "XDG_PICTURES_DIR".
• Windows - "My Pictures" directory for each user (normaly "C:\Users\username\My Pictures")
  You can directly open the folder as follows:
  • Press "[Windows]+[R]" key to open "Run ..." dialogue.
  • Enter "Shell:My Pictures" in the text box and push [OK].
• macOS — TBD!

💡 Note: When the defaults are used, a new "TuxPaint" subdirectory will be created and used. (e.g., "/home/username/Pictures/TuxPaint") When the "--exportdir" option is used, the exact path specified will be used (no "TuxPaint" subdirectory is created).

The directory itself (e.g., "/home/username/Pictures/TuxPaint") will be created, if it doesn't exist.

If the parent directory (e.g., "/home/username/Pictures") also does not exist, Tux Paint will attempt to create it as well (but not any directories higher than that).

Example: exportdir=/home/penguin/TuxPaintExports

nosave=yes

This disables Tux Paint's ability to save files (and therefore disables the on-screen "Save" button). It can be used in situations where the program is only being used for fun, or in a test environment.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nosave=no" or "save=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--save".

autosave=yes

This prevents Tux Paint from asking whether you want to save the current picture when quitting, and assumes you do.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "autosave=no" or "noautosave=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--noautosave".

reversesort=yes

This reverses the sorting of the Open and Slideshow dialogs, placing the newest images at the top of the list.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "reversesort=no" or "noreversesort=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--noreversesort".

nolockfile=yes

By default, Tux Paint uses what's known as a 'lockfile' to prevent it from being launched more than once in 30 seconds. (This is to avoid accidentally running multiple copies; for example, by double-clicking a single-click launcher, or simply impatiently clicking the icon multiple times.)

To make Tux Paint ignore the lockfile, allowing it to run again, even if it was just launched less than 30 seconds ago, enable this setting in the configuration file, or run Tux Paint with the --nolockfile option on the command-line.

By default, the lockfile is stored in "~/.tuxpaint/" under Linux and Unix, and "userdata\" under Windows.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "nolockfile=no" or "lockfile=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--lockfile".

datadir=DIRECTORY

Use this option to change where Tux Paint looks for personal data files (brushes, stamps, starters, templates, and fonts specific to the current user).

Tux Paint will search for subdirectories/subfolders named "brushes", "stamps", "starters", "templates", and "fonts" under the specified data directory.

If you do not override it, the default location is:

Linux / Unix

/home/username/.tuxpaint/

Windows

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\

macoS

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/TuxPaint/

📜 Note: Prior to version 0.9.18, Tux Paint would use the same setting or default as for "savedir" to search for data files. As of version 0.9.18, they may be specified separately.

💡 Note: When specifying a Windows drive (e.g., "H:\"), you must also specify a subdirectory.

Example: datadir=/home/johnny/tuxpaint-data/

colorfile=FILENAME

You may override Tux Paint's default color palette by creating a plain ASCII text file that describes the colors you want, and pointing to that file using the "colorfile" option.

The file should list one color per line. Colors are defined in terms of their Red, Green and Blue values, each from 0 (off) to 255 (brightest). (For more information, try Wikipedia's "RGB color model" article.)

Colors may be listed using three decimal numbers (e.g., "255 68 136") or a 6- or 3-digit-long hexadecimal 'triplet' (e.g., "#ff4488" or "#F48").

After the color definition (on the same line) you may enter text to describe the color. Tux will display this text when the color is clicked. (For example, "#FFF White as snow.")

As an example, you can see the default colors currently used in Tux Paint in: "default_colors.txt".

NOTES: You must separate decimal values with spaces, and begin hexadecimal values with a pound/number-sign character ("#"). In 3-digit hexadecimal, each digit is used for both the high and low halves of the byte, so "#FFF" is the same as "#FFFFFF", not "#F0F0F0".

mouse-accessibility=yes

In this mode, instead of clicking, dragging and releasing (e.g., to draw), you click, move, and click again to end the motion.

keyboard=yes

This allows the keyboard arrow keys to be used to control the mouse pointer. (e.g., for mouseless environments, or handicapped/accessibility purposes)

Features:

• Fine movement within canvas, or coarse movement if Shift is held.
• Coarse movement within tool button areas.
• Key controls:
  • [Left]/[Right]/[Up]/[Down], numpad [1] thru [9]: Move mouse
  • [Space]/[5]: Click mouse (except when using "Text" or "Label" tools)
  • [Insert]/[F5]: Click mouse (always)
  • [F4] jump mouse between "Tools", "Colors" and canvas areas
  • If mouse is within "Tools" section on the left, or "Colors" section at the bottom:
    • [F7], [F8]: Move down/up between buttons, respectively (Tools section, only)
    • [F11], [F12]: Move to previous/next button, respectively
• To click-and-drag, hold one of the 'click' keys (e.g., [Insert]), and use the movement keys (e.g., [Left]).

  💡 Note: The "mouse accessibility" feature works with the keyboard mouse controls. With both options enabled, painting tools can be used to draw by pressing a 'click' key to start clicking, movement keys to move around (which will draw), and another 'click' key to end the click (stop drawing).

• A regular mouse and/or joystick may still be used (so you can, e.g., move with the mouse, and click with the keyboard, or vice-versa)

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "keyboard=no" or "mouse=yes". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--mouse".

onscreen-keyboard=yes

Presents a clickable on-screen keyboard when using the Text and Label tools.

onscreen-keyboard-layout=LAYOUTNAME

Selects the initial layout for the on-screen keyboard when using the Text and Label tools.
Note: Using this option implies automatically onscreen-keyboard=yes, so setting both is redundant.

onscreen-keyboard-disable-change=yes

Disables the possibility for changing the layout of the on-screen keyboard when using the Text and Label tools, useful for simplifying things for the small children.
Note: Using this option implies automatically onscreen-keyboard=yes, so setting both is redundant.

⚙ Note: If used in a system-wide configuration file, may be overridden by the user's configuration file using "onscreen-keyboard-disable-change=no". In both cases, may be overridden by the command-line option "--onscreen-keyboard-disable-change=no".

joystick-dev=N

Specify which joystick device should be used by Tux Paint. Default value is 0 (the first joystick).

joystick-slowness=SPEED

Sets a delay at each axis motion, allowing to slow the joystick. Allowed values are from 0 to 500. Default value is 15.

joystick-threshold=THRESHOLD

Sets the minimum level of axis motion to start moving the pointer. Allowed values are from 0 to 32766. Default value is 3200.

joystick-maxsteps=STEPS

Sets the maximum pixels the pointer will move at once. Allowed values are from 1 to 7. Default value is 7.

joystick-hat-slowness=SPEED

Sets a delay at each automatic motion, allowing to slow the speed of the hat. Allowed values are from 0 to 500. Default value is 15.

joystick-hat-timeout=MILLISECONDS

Sets the delay after wich the pointer will start moving automatically if the hat is keeped pushed. Allowed values are from 0 to 3000. Default value is 1000.

joystick-buttons-ignore=BUTTON1,BUTTON2,...

A set of joystick button numbers, as seen by SDL, that should be ignored. Otherwise, unless they are used by one of the "joystick-btn-" options above, buttons will be seen as a mouse left-click.

Button Shortcuts

joystick-btn-escape=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be used to generate a escape event. Useful to dismiss dialogs and quit.

joystick-btn-brush=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the brush tool.

joystick-btn-stamp=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the stamp tool.

joystick-btn-lines=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the lines tool.

joystick-btn-shapes=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the shapes tool.

joystick-btn-text=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the text tool.

joystick-btn-label=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the label tool.

joystick-btn-fill=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the fill tool.

joystick-btn-magic=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select the magic tool.

joystick-btn-undo=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to invoke the undo tool.

joystick-btn-redo=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select redo tool.

joystick-btn-eraser=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to select eraser tool.

joystick-btn-new=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to launch the dialog for creating a new drawing.

joystick-btn-open=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to launch the dialog for opening an existing drawing.

joystick-btn-save=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to save the drawing.

joystick-btn-pgsetup=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to launch the page setup dialog for printing.

joystick-btn-print=BUTTON NUMBER

Selects the joystick button number, as seen by SDL, that will be a shortcut to print.