[Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing

2009-09-06 Thread Bill S.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S.for...@gimpusers.com wrote:
 I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro.   I've been
trying
 to learn about GIMP.  I bought a book about GIMP for $45.  The book says
there
 should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't
have
 the DIALOGS option.  The option is very essential, but I don't have it. 
Also
 there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no
menu
 bar there.  Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme
that
 is missing from my GIMP.   Probably many other things are missing but I
don't
 know because I am not familiar enough.

 Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu
option
 called DIALOGS in the FILE menu?  Has anybody here had these problems I
 described?

Yes, there is a downgrade package called 'Gimp 2.4'  that will give
you the obsolete menus you described.

Chances are, there is nothing missing; it just isn't where you expect it to
be.

1. there is no script-fu menu any more (although there is a
'script-fu' submenu in the filters menu, which AFAIK contains just the
script-fu console). Script-fu now register in appropriate menu
locations according to their respective function -- for example logo
creation scripts are registered in File-Create-Logo, IIRC.
2. the Windows-Dockable Dialogs menu is probably what you actually
want when you talk about the DIALOGS menu.
3. various other rationalizations and reorganizations of the menu
structure have been done since your book was written.


Thanks for the info

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Bill S. (via www.gimpusers.com)
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Re: [Gimp-user] Important menu options are missing

2009-09-04 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S.for...@gimpusers.com wrote:
 I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro.   I've been trying
 to learn about GIMP.  I bought a book about GIMP for $45.  The book says there
 should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have
 the DIALOGS option.  The option is very essential, but I don't have it.  Also
 there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu
 bar there.  Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that
 is missing from my GIMP.   Probably many other things are missing but I don't
 know because I am not familiar enough.

 Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option
 called DIALOGS in the FILE menu?  Has anybody here had these problems I
 described?

Yes, there is a downgrade package called 'Gimp 2.4'  that will give
you the obsolete menus you described.

Chances are, there is nothing missing; it just isn't where you expect it to be.

1. there is no script-fu menu any more (although there is a
'script-fu' submenu in the filters menu, which AFAIK contains just the
script-fu console). Script-fu now register in appropriate menu
locations according to their respective function -- for example logo
creation scripts are registered in File-Create-Logo, IIRC.
2. the Windows-Dockable Dialogs menu is probably what you actually
want when you talk about the DIALOGS menu.
3. various other rationalizations and reorganizations of the menu
structure have been done since your book was written.
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