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** Changed in: gimp (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/940399 Title: Selected area vanishes on change of tool choice To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/940399/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs