Re: [Gimp-developer] JPEG quality factor - some remaining odds and ends

2010-01-19 Thread Scott
could be tweaked up or down. Having limited storage space on my server, I am always doing the quality/size compromise. Would be handy if the default starting-point could be adjusted to size rather than quality. Scott. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list

[Gimp-developer] PF_FILE of the register functi on in python plugins with 'new file' support (Sco tt)

2010-01-13 Thread Scott
uld translate, which it did. Finding a single source of current documentation on Python scripting in GIMP is darn near impossible. I just fire up my google-fu and burn some bandwidth. Experimentation is also key. Not sure if something works, try it out. What's the worse that

[Gimp-developer] PF_FILE of the register function in python plugins with 'new file' support

2010-01-12 Thread Scott
red. A >graphical selection is much easier. > >Thanks in advance! >Mathias > My way around this was to use a PF_DIRNAME immediately above the PF_STRING and combining them for the total path. -- Scott (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name "Gimp"

2009-10-30 Thread Scott
as the names of other programs I use every day such as emacs, mutt, lynx etc do not bother me. You gotta love mutt's bug list on the manpage ("Mutts don't have bugs; they have fleas.") Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gi

Re: [Gimp-developer] translation related - who's right ?

2008-09-26 Thread Scott
point randomly picked from a collection of points and offered up as an indication of what the points generally look like, which is what "sample point" would mean. Perhaps someday a "correct_english.pot" could be prepared Good luck in your endeavours! scott swanson

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposal for managing resources such as brushes, gradients, etc

2008-01-17 Thread Scott
tags that are in XYZ minus the subtle tags in ABC...) - then if the selection could be given a new 'project DEF' tag. I drool. Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] proposal for managing resources such as brushes , gradients, etc

2008-01-17 Thread Scott
le during the duration of the project. Done with the project, delete the workspace (or just some of its brushes, depending), start on the next one. I don't know anything about gimp programming, but I can't imagine this would involve extra fs-acc

Re: [Gimp-developer] Annoying behavior of shared settings for file save plug-ins

2007-08-30 Thread Scott
rks fine for my purposes (other than the save-to directory which I mentioned), and I hope it does in 2.4. Sorry to have misunderstood. Scott Swanson -- (or ss - hey, you've given me ideas, except it looks like something from a notary seal or the nazi era - my middle initial is

Re: [Gimp-developer] Annoying behavior of shared settings for file save plug-ins

2007-08-30 Thread Scott
ally, the more I think about it, the idea of a "begin task - end task" pair of buttons makes sense to me. Perhaps there could be pre-defined task parameters which the user has set up for different ones. Such as defaults for the resize-image, crop image, save directory, etc,

Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp Ruby

2007-07-15 Thread Scott Lembcke
I suppose I'm most qualified to answer that. (I still lurk on the mailing list) It hasn't been forgotten, just put on the back burner. At the moment, I'm unsure what to do with it as it requires Gimp 2.3. I tried doing a bit of advertising on a couple Ruby sites, but nobody seemed interested

Re: [Gimp-developer] jpeg quality factor

2007-07-09 Thread Scott
> I was refering to your reply which was discouraging and completely > needless. And so was your second reply. sorry to bother. > The happy user is silent. Is that from the Book of Tao, or what? I like it. I shall remain silent. The silent user is happy (or unhappy - who knows?

Re: [Gimp-developer] jpeg quality factor

2007-07-09 Thread Scott
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 08:18:44PM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 11:36 -0600, Scott wrote: > > > Just curious, what would be so wrong with saving the original file as > > a backup before doing a destructive save? Emacs only bites me when

Re: [Gimp-developer] jpeg quality factor

2007-07-09 Thread Scott
ers to realise the illogic of this "feature". If more of us users would be as persistent instead of just going away after the initial knee-jerk "you don't know enough to even be talking to us" response which seems too preva

Re: [Gimp-developer] default setup for 2.4 comments

2006-12-12 Thread Scott
ome forgotten reason. But it has been fascinating to watch you discuss the evolving 2.4. There seem to be some who are interested in what we poor schmucks out here in Userland have to say, while others seem to take the attitude of "Let them eat cake". Fr

Re: [Gimp-developer] The GIMP

2006-12-06 Thread Scott
> Any objections? How about /*--G nu--I mage--M anipulation--P rogram-- Just a thought Scott. ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: More interface rantings

2006-11-01 Thread Scott
Most salient responses: "The new tools are still under construction and subject to changes"; and "IRC works much better than bugzilla" for these kinds of issues. Ignore that man behind the curtain! Also saw bug #10686 - why is that sort of thi

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: More interface rantings

2006-10-31 Thread Scott
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 12:13:33AM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 15:01 -0700, Scott wrote: > > > I have yet to hear any feedback regarding my idea of allowing the > > options for a tool like the current "crop" to be customised by th

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: More interface rantings

2006-10-31 Thread Scott
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:30:07AM +0100, Michael Schumacher wrote: > Scott wrote: > > > > > Hm... don't you think that sticking to the current problem - crop tool - > would make this thread more useful than expanding it into a generic > rant once again? Well

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: More interface rantings

2006-10-30 Thread Scott
l remember what I want it to do will be appreciated as a wise tool. Take a look at the way Gqview does directories. Then wonder why most users use it as a front-end to get their pictures into the gimp to edit. Then ponder why the gimp couldn't do that itself Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

[Gimp-developer] Troubles with Make

2006-10-27 Thread Scott
o '(automake1.8)...' which was suggested, and it was entirely over my head. My apologies if this duplicates a post I sent earlier from a non-registered address which appears not yet to have materialized. scott swanson Here is the output from ./autogen.sh: I am testing that you have the to

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-23 Thread Scott
ays took great pains to conceal the newly-arrived models from the public until the Grand Unveiling. To the point that he would drive a model from his garage to the public display the night before with bedsheets over it, driving down the back alleys in the wee hours of the morning. Scott Swanson __

Re: [Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Scott
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 11:36:48AM -0700, William Skaggs wrote: > > Scott, thanks for the feedback, although you could try to be a bit less > emotional about it, since this is after all a development version. Sorry, I tend to get emotional over tools like the Gimp that I have known and

[Gimp-developer] More interface rantings

2006-10-20 Thread Scott
ously am thinking of going back to 2.2, and I shudder to even think of what a mess 2.4 is going to be if this is any indication of "progress". How can a tool so simple in concept and so frequently used as "crop" have been bollixed up so badly? Scott Swanson _

Re: [Gimp-developer] [GIMP] Suggestion to simplify user interaction

2006-10-13 Thread Scott
mmands run lightning-fast in emacs compared with the snail-like workings of the gimp/gtk. But whatever you do, please, please, PLEASE do not do as one poster suggested and eliminate single-keystroke commands!! The ability to assign your own keys to gimp commands on the fly is one of its shining fe

[Gimp-developer] gimp-ruby progress

2006-07-25 Thread Scott Lembcke
I've been working on the gimp-ruby binding. The project is almost complete except for an interactive console, gettext support, and documentation. Otherwise you can register procedures in a way similar to script fu, call procedures as Ruby methods, and use GIMP types as Ruby objects. The int

Re: [Gimp-developer] fact roundup

2006-07-20 Thread Scott
derstand, or cease and desist. Just 2 cents from a one-horse town. Scott Swanson Pendroy, Montana ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] Thanks developers

2006-03-23 Thread Scott
developers: it's a fantastic > tool. I'd like to offer my encouragement too: you're doing a great job > with very limited resources. Hear, hear! Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] possible mail handling software to consider

2006-03-22 Thread Scott
st. Hardly nazi-ish; just doing automatically what we as good netizens now do for ourselves... This is presuming that the software does fairly reliably catch top-postings. Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] Bring Back the Keyboard!

2006-02-13 Thread Scott
... > I wonder; are we witnessing the coming-of-age of a new generation of programmers who grew up *not* using the shell, and who therefore overlook the importance of shell-like features in the GUI? Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gim

Re: [Gimp-developer] Bring Back the Keyboard!

2006-02-10 Thread Scott
On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:36:19PM -0800, Carol Spears wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:06:52PM -0700, Scott wrote: > > > > IMHO, any app which is asking for a filename as input should give both > > a keyboard-oriented and a mouse-oriented means of providing it. How > &

[Gimp-developer] Bring Back the Keyboard!

2006-02-10 Thread Scott
mouse-oriented means of providing it. How much extra work is that to program? *Especially* when it has already been done, and done well, in previous versions??! /rant Scott Swanson ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

[Gimp-developer] Re: Gimp-developer Digest, Vol 21, Issue 33

2004-06-29 Thread Scott Griffith at ISES-LLC
other nerds like me that will run aground on this, and will wish for the old nasty behavior. If it isn't too painful, it might be worth considering a backwards compatible mode, even though it is ugly... The true magic of the Gimp is that it works as well as it does on these enormous datasets.

[Gimp-developer] Text question

2004-06-28 Thread Scott Griffith at ISES-LLC
as taken to make this tool what it is! -skod -- Scott Griffith ISES-LLC 9745 Steeplechase Drive Franktown, CO 80116 303-660-2541 303-660-2542 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer