I'm going to direct this to the gimp-developer mailing list instead of just gimp-user for further explanation.
What is the method by which GIMP decides the default filename in the Export dialog? -- Stratadrake strata_ran...@hotmail.com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:38:03 +0200 > From: for...@gimpusers.com > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > CC: t...@gimpusers.com > Subject: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name > > Hello again, does anyone have interest to solve this problem? How can i > communicate with gimp developers, is writing on this forum not the proper way > to ask something about gimp? > I think it is senseless to keep old file name for export after saving as your > image with different name? > > >>> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:48:15 +0200 > >>> From: for...@gimpusers.com > >>> To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > >>> CC: t...@gimpusers.com > >>> Subject: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name > >>> > >>> > >> Hello, i have a question, when i open a new file and export it with > >>ctrl+e, the gimp 2.8 exports the file with the current file name as > >>expected but after i save (with save as) file with a new file name, > >>ctrl+e exports the new file with the old file name, and i think it has > >>to be changed, because it is an absolutely new file and it is senseless > >>to keep the old file name for exporting the new file... > >>> Is this a bug or did developers do this feature intentionally? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> realbezo (via gimpusers.com) > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gimp-user-list mailing list > >>> gimp-user-list@gnome.org > >>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > > >>More specifically: > > >>1 - Open any convenient (non XCF) image file. E.g. "filename.png" > >>2 - Access the Export command. The default filename shown is > >>"filename.png" (e.g. whatever the source filename was). > >>3 - Access the Save As command. The default filename shown here is > >>"filename.xcf". > >>4 - Save the image as an XCF but with a different filename, e.g. > >>"filename.different.xcf" . > >>5 - Access the Export command again. The default filename is now > >>"filename.different.png", not "filename.png". > > >>Why is that? > > >>-- Stratadrake > >>strata_ran...@hotmail.com > >>-------------------- > >>Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. > > >Yes, this what i tried to ask. We create a new file with "save as" and it > >keeps exporting with the old file name and overwrites file exported before, > >this doesn't make sense to me. > > > -- > realbezo (via gimpusers.com) > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
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