Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-31 Thread William Skaggs
Sven wrote: Since I haven't got around to write up how I think the next-generation selection tools should work, it will probably be best if you commit your changes and we discuss them based on the code in CVS. Okay, it is there now, and the new tool will show up in the toolbox if you build

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-30 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, William Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been working on a new rectangle-select tool to meet some of the deficiencies of the existing one, and would like to commit what I have to cvs if it is okay. Since I haven't got around to write up how I think the next-generation selection

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-21 Thread Raphaƫl Quinet
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:10:18 +0100, Daniel Egger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20.01.2005, at 22:07, Sven Neumann wrote: That sounds akward. Why would I have to convert a selection to a selection? This should be hidden from the user. A generic way to manipulate active selections would

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-20 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, William Skaggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been working on a new rectangle-select tool to meet some of the deficiencies of the existing one, and would like to commit what I have to cvs if it is okay. Please don't commit this before we have finished this discussion (that we should

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-20 Thread William Skaggs
Sven wrote: This is also akward. The crop tool shouldn't have a dialog, nor should we add one to a possible new rectangle tool. The current rect-select tool shows how the tool-options can be used for this. I'll defer responding to your other points until I see your proposal, but I would

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-20 Thread Daniel Egger
On 20.01.2005, at 22:07, Sven Neumann wrote: Please don't commit this before we have finished this discussion (that we should have had before you wrote the first line of code). Typically a proof of concept implementation is more than welcome, so your attitude is hardly understandable. That sounds

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-20 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Daniel Egger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I for one prefer Bills' approach much to what we have now; but lets see what you'll come up with. I didn't say it's worse than the current approach but it completely contradicts all the work that has gone into GIMP in order to pave the way for better

Re: [Gimp-developer] Improved rect select tool

2005-01-19 Thread Steve Stavropoulos
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, William Skaggs wrote: If Adjustable is checked, then the shape of the rectangle can be modified after it has been drawn, by moving the corners in the same way that works for the crop tool. Once it is satisfactory, clicking inside the rectangle converts it into a