On 07/23/2012 05:37 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Enda wrote: >> The word gimp is defined as: >> >> a physically disabled or lame person. >> a feeble or contemptible person. >> >> >> The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less >> offensive; now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? > > No
GIMP is an acronym. It first stood for General Image Manipulation Program. Later it got a new license, and the acronym now stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. Whether to call it GIMP or The GIMP is a matter of context and personal preference. & BTW, I have been using it for a decade or so, and the user interface has never given me a moment's trouble. I think it is one of the most efficient UIs I have ever encountered on a complex program. The other day I saw a copy of the latest version of the GIMP running on a Windows 7 box and the interface was horribly ugly. I think that's because the desktop theme was bleeding over into the GIMP interface. If I am ever forced to use that OS, the first thing I will do is search for 20 minutes to find the configuration menu in question, and switch to a "classic" theme to make the whole interface less ugly and confusing. Fortunately I don't anticipate ever using a Microsoft OS again. Thank God - and Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman - for Linux. :o) Steve _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
