Let's put it another way: I'm the user and I want GIMP to do that. How can I get it to?
-- Best regards, Jeremy Morton (Jez) On 26/06/2011 14:18, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Jeremy Morton wrote: >> When I open a non-GIMP format file, like a PNG, by drag-dropping it into >> GIMP, and then I edit it, I go to export it, by pressing ctrl+E... and >> nothing happens. This is because what I actually have to do is select >> "File | Overwrite (filename.png)". >> >> Wouldn't it be more intuative to behave as if you'd just exported >> (filename.png), or whatever file you've just imported into GIMP, so that >> once you've edited it you can just press ctrl+E and easily export it >> back to its native format? > > Intuition is unrelated. > > IMO the distiction between exporting and overwriting is quite clear: > You can overwrite imported file or export it to save under a different > name. GIMP should not try to guess whether you are editing original > image or creating a new modification to be saved next to original > file. > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
