[Gimp-developer] Newbie startup problems

2010-08-26 Thread Phani Bhushan Tholeti
Hi, I am new to GIMP (its source, usage and features). I had joined this list with a view to contribute to GIMP. I did manage to get it to compile and run (though my code is old - about a month or two). Currently I am giving the manual a try (to get used to GIMP), but its HUGE and a lot of

[Gimp-developer] Closing Command Line Window in Batch Mode (Windows

2010-08-26 Thread pakko
Those two tips were exactly what i have searched for. Everything works fine now. Thanks a lot! -- pakko (via www.gimpusers.com) ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File-Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 20:55 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: [...] . So unless someone comes up with a very good idea this time, things will stay as they are. I complained when we had two File-New menu items, and it did get changed, but really I still think there should only be one menu. The

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File-Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Christopher Curtis
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Sven Neumann s...@gimp.org wrote: somewhere else is not a very intuitive place either. We've had a longer discussion when these items were moved to File-Create and no one came up with a better solution. I find the 'Create' label non-obvious as well. It makes

Re: [Gimp-developer] (no subject) plus dockables

2010-08-26 Thread Sven Neumann
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 21:11 +0200, g...@catking.net wrote: If I want a colour , I should find it on the colour menu . If I want to select layers I should fine the necessary interface elements on the layer menu. Sounds reasonable. We could duplicate the menu items from the Dockables menu

Re: [Gimp-developer] (no subject) plus dockables

2010-08-26 Thread oliver
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:11:25PM +0200, g...@catking.net wrote: [...] Since the subject here is (no subject) I will add a related comments on some similar oddities in the menu system [...] Sorry, I was too tried, it was Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File-Acquire before; I

Re: [Gimp-developer] (no subject) plus dockables

2010-08-26 Thread Sven Neumann
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 22:05 +0200, oli...@first.in-berlin.de wrote: I'm not long enough on this list to know all the old discussions, but AFAIK Sven Neumann once (some years ago) was interviewed by the Chaos Radio, and mentioned there, that one person did a complete usability anylsis. I

Re: [Gimp-developer] scanner support should be File-Acquire

2010-08-26 Thread Jason Simanek
I personally think File Import Scan or File Import from Device Scanner would make the most sense. 'Acquire' isn't really a common word that I hear being used in association with images, graphics, typesetting, etc. Not in the U.S.A. anyway (for the U.S. perspective on word choice, if anyone

Re: [Gimp-developer] Newbie startup problems

2010-08-26 Thread Jon Nordby
On 26 August 2010 10:25, Phani Bhushan Tholeti tpb...@gmail.com wrote: Can somebody suggest what can be done as a start off? I suggest having a look though the bugtracker, the wiki, relevant user forums and the archives for this bugtracker to see if you find anything that suits you. Find a

Re: [Gimp-developer] (no subject) plus dockables

2010-08-26 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 08/26/2010 09:19 PM, Sven Neumann wrote: On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 21:11 +0200, g...@catking.net wrote: If I want a colour , I should find it on the colour menu . If I want to select layers I should fine the necessary interface elements on the layer menu. Sounds reasonable. We could