Re: GNOME CVS: gimp mitch

[tomr]

Marc;

On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 09:48:21AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
 I am not at all sure what people are talking about... the hints for
 the splash screen advise most window managers to not use a decor
 already (works in fvwm, 4dwm and vuewm).

I believe that mitch made the splash screen "unmanaged" or something
like that - so it wasn't even under the control of the wm. Thus, not
only would it have no decor (or border!) but it would be on _every_
page of your virtual screen and could not be moved/hidden.

That's my guess.

 When in doubt get a real wm, like fvwm, who honours these hints ;-

I have set up fvwm2 to have a huge 16-pixel border (with no handles)
for my gimp splash screen window. Looks really funky.

Tom

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Re: the ultimate solution to the i18n problem...

[tomr]

Marc;

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 03:20:07AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
 demand a net-connection and call babelfish for untranslated items ;)

That's not realistic, but I think I mentioned a similar idea a long
time ago. Or maybe I just kept it in my head because it's a bit silly.

What if _every_ text widget - static labels in particular - was
clickable and allowed the user to modify the translation and submit it
to a central server?

If you are using the GIMP in French, and the "File" menu item isn't
translated, simply alt-rightclick on it in the menu and select
"French" and enter the translation. The next time anyone in the world
starts the GIMP it contacts the server and gets the translation.

Tom

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Re: limited slider range

[tomr]

On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 10:25:01AM -0700, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
 On Wed, Oct 27, 1999 at 12:15:27PM -0400, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
 20 pixels is pretty small (on 300 dpi that means 1.69
 millimeters)

Shouldn't these ranges be tied to the resolution setting?  ie
change the resolution and the ranges will update (well, maybe
not for an open dialog, but perhaps the next time its opened).
  
  Using sliders for these things is wrong.  You cannot specify
  things precisely and they have a limited range.  These should be
  GtkSpinButtons with a *big* adjustment range instead.
 
 Though sliders are nice to adjust when things dont have a
 'enumerated' nature like "tilt sensitivity" - it is hard to justify
 what a setting of "35" does, but having a slider is easier since you
 can visualize the range easier.. But I am not really sure what the
 ideal solution would be.. For percentage-type stuff (0-1 values)
 sliders are good (like for opacity)

I personally would prefer to use the slider to get an idea of where
I'm going then type a hexadecimal value from 0x00 to 0xFF to set the
opacity. However, I know that it is especially important to
accommodate normal humans who may not actually think in terms of
numerical values.

 Maybe the spinbutton would be ok after all, testing it in practice
 would give more ground to judge the stuff.. It's a lot about how you
 are used to doing different things and how long you have been using
 a feature..

I know I'm repeating myself, but why not use _both_? In the case of
the opacity slider, the number is displayed right beside it. Making
this number a spinbutton would not take up very much more screen real
estate and it would allow everyone to work with the value in the
manner they prefer.

I'd like to see more slider/spinbox combinations in the GIMP. The
slider is great for figuring out the correct value but being able
to tune it by typing in a number is essential for precision work.

Cheers,

Tom

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