Multipaint 2025

Great software, but just having a small problem here with the Open menu crashing my Linux box:

Formatext: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.startsWith(String)" because "platName" is null        at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11FontManager.getFileNameFromPlatformName(X11FontManager.java:161)        at java.desktop/sun.font.SunFontManager.initCompositeFonts(SunFontManager.java:3102)        at java.desktop/sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:445)        at java.desktop/sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:309)        at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:319)        at java.desktop/sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:309)        at java.desktop/sun.awt.FcFontManager.<init>(FcFontManager.java:35)        at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11FontManager.<init>(X11FontManager.java:55)        at java.desktop/sun.font.PlatformFontInfo.createFontManager(PlatformFontInfo.java:37)        at java.desktop/sun.font.FontManagerFactory.getInstance(FontManagerFactory.java:51)        at java.desktop/sun.font.SunFontManager.getInstance(SunFontManager.java:242)        at java.desktop/sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:260)        at java.desktop/sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1242)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1700)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLabelUI.getPreferredSize(BasicLabelUI.java:251)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.getPreferredSize(JComponent.java:1734)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.updateLayoutState(BasicListUI.java:1446)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI.maybeUpdateLayoutState(BasicListUI.java:1394)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicListUI$Handler.valueChanged(BasicListUI.java:2815)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:231)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:206)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.fireValueChanged(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:258)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:459)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.changeSelection(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:469)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.DefaultListSelectionModel.setSelectionInterval(DefaultListSelectionModel.java:513)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JList.setSelectedIndex(JList.java:2232)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup.setListSelection(BasicComboPopup.java:1281)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup$Handler.itemStateChanged(BasicComboPopup.java:1097)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComboBox.fireItemStateChanged(JComboBox.java:1257)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComboBox.selectedItemChanged(JComboBox.java:1318)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComboBox.contentsChanged(JComboBox.java:1365)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.AbstractListModel.fireContentsChanged(AbstractListModel.java:127)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI$FilterComboBoxModel.propertyChange(MetalFileChooserUI.java:1187)        at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.fire(PropertyChangeSupport.java:343)        at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:335)        at java.desktop/java.beans.PropertyChangeSupport.firePropertyChange(PropertyChangeSupport.java:268)        at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.firePropertyChange(Component.java:8717)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.setFileFilter(JFileChooser.java:1477)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(JFileChooser.java:1151)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.updateUI(JFileChooser.java:1844)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.setup(JFileChooser.java:397)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(JFileChooser.java:376)        at java.desktop/javax.swing.JFileChooser.<init>(JFileChooser.java:325)        at multipaint.fileselector(multipaint.java:17673)        at multipaint.gui_stuff(multipaint.java:13667)        at multipaint.draw(multipaint.java:434)        at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:2094)        at processing.awt.PSurfaceAWT$9.callDraw(PSurfaceAWT.java:1386)        at processing.core.PSurfaceNone$AnimationThread.run(PSurfaceNone.java:356)</init></init></init></init></init>

It would be awesome if we could have support for MS-DOS EGA (16 colors) and MS-DOS VGA! 

Are there any plans for that?

Yes, we have grafx2, and pydpainter and all that but ... Multipaint is fantastic! THANKS!

My favorite app for working on C64 pictures!
On macOS 15.x you may experience that Multipaint won't start anymore. Even with the known tricks for unsigned apps...
There is an app for that called "Sentinel". Search at GitHub for "alienator88/Sentinel" and be your own Gatekeeper!
Remember, you will NEED OpenJDK 17 (or higher) + Download the Multipaint P4 version!