The KXStitch Handbook

Stephen P. Allewell <stephen@mirramar.fsnet.co.uk>

Revision V.0.7 (05/07/2005)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

KXStitch is an application designed to allow people to create cross stitch patterns and print them. These patterns can be either created from scratch on a user defined size of grid, or an image can be imported from various graphic files or from a scanner.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Features
3. The Face of KXStitch
The KXStitch Main Window
Editor Window
Context Menu
Preview Window
Palette Window
Context Menu
4. Command Reference
KXStitch Menus
The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The View Menu
The Stitch Menu
The Tool Menu
The Palette Menu
The Pattern Menu
The Library Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
5. Creating patterns
Starting KXStitch
Importing Images
Scanning Images
Background Images
6. Printing patterns
7. Dialogs
The Add Color Dialog
The New Color Dialog
The Delete Color Dialog
The Floss Calibration Dialog
The Configuration Dialog
The Import Image Dialog
The Pattern Properties Dialog
The Pattern Library Dialog
The Text Dialog
The Printer Dialog
8. Questions and Answers
9. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to obtain KXStitch
Requirements
Compilation and Installation