David G said >always opened like this and Gimp already has the ability to save it's layout too. Photoshop allowed this >perfectly and still was a single window program.
i would like to have also the ability so save my workspace and change "inside" the gimp from. for example. paint workspace to a "photoretouch" space . instead having different sessionrc and quiting gimp to change the workspace. i hope you will understand me. 2009/9/6 David G. <for...@gimpusers.com> > >I like modular structures becouse they allows more custom changes. So this > >way you can change your layout of panels. But if all it would be in a > single > >window , ithink lot of users would thanks that. becouse i hear a lot..." > >Gimp is nice , but his gui is ugly and uncomfortable.i don?t like to see a > >lot of panels flying through my desktop" > > > >Lets give it a try to a single window mode > > > >2009/9/5 Martin Nordholts <ense...@gmail.com> > > > >> On 09/05/2009 06:22 PM, Richard Nespithal wrote: > >> >> A single-window mode would also turn 2.8 into a remarkable release > >> > is it possible, to switch back to multi-window mode in 2.8? > >> > >> That is not really relevant to this thread. > >> (But yes of course it will be possible.) > >> > >> / Martin > >> > >> -- > >> > >> My GIMP Blog: > >> http://www.chromecode.com/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gimp-developer mailing list > >> Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > >> https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > >> > > > > > > I don't know why people mention so much that if you create a single > window > Gimp that that it will not allow you to put your tools in a second monitor > because I used Photoshop also many times and despite it being a single > window > program it allows you to put the toolbox and the parameter windows (or at > least it did in some older versions) in a separate monitor and leave the > main > program window all for editing pictures if that's what people wanted. You > coul > also save the workspace layout so Photoshop always opened like this and > Gimp > already has the ability to save it's layout too. Photoshop allowed this > perfectly and still was a single window program. > > If that's the concern of people then perhaps Gimp should become a single > windows program that allows this, that allows you to put the toolbox and > the > right utilities window in a separate monitor while still preserving a > single > box or entry in the taskbar. In my opinion having a single entry in the > taskbar is much better because it's far less messy, the biggest problem > with > the multiple entries interface is that some people seem to think that > everybody opens Gimp only here and there and ocasioanlly and they are not > thinking of the profesional users that use Gimp seriously (and yes it is a > powerfull program already and it can be used seriously) and some people > seem > to be forgetting that some people like me for example many, many times have > several windows and applications running simultaneously and when I mean > several I mean a lot, I find myself many times with 10 or 12 aplications > and/or utilities or more open at the same time (with todays memorys and CPU > power this is very possible and more common than some people think) and > switching among them and believe me this is not uncommon for professional > artists that are jumping from 3D to illustration to bitmap editor, video > editing, Flash and/or a web page layout program or even more programs back > and > fort like a carrousel. In todays workflow you can find many users that work > just like that instead of the persons that just open a bitmap editor > ocasionally and the issue is that when you have a lot of windows of > different > programs open at the same time a program like Gimp can become a mess in the > task bar in MS Windows or even in other Operating Systems. Sometimes when > I'm > working like that the taskbar is so full that it creates a second entry > line > and you have to switch between the first line of items or entries in the > task > bar and the secong and with Gimps it gets sort of confusing or anoying in > that > situation and I use Blender too which creates a second window for the > command > window and many times a third windows for the rendering window and then you > get a mess. Programs that have a single entry in the task bar are far > better > for this type of workflow, they are easier to manage. > > Maybe the Gimp team should make a survey to see how many people prefer the > single entry or single window program over the multiple ones. This issue of > too many windows have been a source of complain of many, many Gimp users > for > long years and I think that it would be foolhardy to ignore and at the very > least the Gimp team should consider making a survey to see how many people > prefer the single window interface but remember what I told you at first > about > being able to put the toolbox pane and the right pane in other monitors > despite the program being single window or single entry program. > > I think that part of the confussion comes precisely from the fact that the > issue of being a single window program and a program that has a single > entry > in the task bar are really two separate things. > > I personally, deffinitely prefer the Gimp being a program that always shows > as a single entry in the taskbar that's really my main concern, it's just > easier to manage single entry programs with a multiple applications > workflow. > > -- > David G. 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