Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Lucian Sabo
Same thing happend to me when I announced on a forum I created a program named RIOT (an acronym of Radical Image Optimization Tool). Some people pointed that the name is not good. Quote: The name is not good. It conveys the impression that the program will make a right mess of users' images.

[Gimp-developer] Mouse Pointer Coordinates

2009-10-30 Thread Niranjan
Hi I am new to gimp plug-in development. I wanted to know how mouse clicks are handled and also how coordinated for the mouse pointer position are retrieved (similar to what the pointer dialog does). I suspect it is something to do with GTK/GDK (GDKCursor?), but i am not sure how it works

Re: [Gimp-developer] Mouse Pointer Coordinates

2009-10-30 Thread Sven Neumann
On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 10:02 +0100, Niranjan wrote: Hi I am new to gimp plug-in development. I wanted to know how mouse clicks are handled and also how coordinated for the mouse pointer position are retrieved (similar to what the pointer dialog does). I suspect it is something to do

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread David Gowers
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Brendan mailingl...@endosquid.com wrote: On Thursday 29 October 2009, you wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Brendan mailingl...@endosquid.com wrote: All the above comprise a significant factor in why forks are regarded, at best, as a necessary evil. All

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Alexia Death
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Brendan mailingl...@endosquid.com wrote: A list of files that would need modification: ... SINP LONG LIST... And all of GIMP code. 98% functions are prefixed as gimp. You can try to grep for

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Monty Montgomery
if it were more canonical, people would already be calling it Gnu IMP or IMP). That's fair enough.. IMP *is* a better name (and people who object to it on religious grounds probably are terminally humorless), Actually I think there are quite a few people who would be more open to using the

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Rob Antonishen
I honestly don't see the problem people have with the word. My school-age daughter came home talking about using gimp in school. I thought great, a progressive schoolboard willing to use open source software. Alas, she was referring to gimp, the plastic craft lace. Also known as boondoggle

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Patrick Horgan
Monty Montgomery wrote: Actually I think there are quite a few people who would be more open to using the Gimp if the development community were screened for religious preferences. I don't see why it's OK to offend the Christian users, but not ok to offend just the 'prudes'. We could fork

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Scott
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 09:13:55AM -0400, Monty Montgomery wrote: We could fork the project to only include Christian developers, thus... uh... you all *are* getting this is sarcasm, right? Way OT, but speaking of getting in trouble with acronyms, I remember years ago at law school when

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Scott drmem...@3rivers.net wrote: Way OT, but speaking of getting in trouble with acronyms, I remember years ago at law school when someone founded a Christian Legal Association there, and they would post bulletins on the walls. Somebody (hmmm, wonder who?...)

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Christopher Howard
Alexia Death wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Brendan mailingl...@endosquid.com wrote: A list of files that would need modification: ... SINP LONG LIST... And all of GIMP code. 98% functions are prefixed as gimp.

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Nathan Summers
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Christopher Howard chow...@indicium.us wrote: People keep saying the original developers named it GIMP and that is that. Every heard, though, of the original name of the Linux OS? Torvalds wanted it called Freaxs. Fortunately, though, the name Linux stuck, and

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Christopher Howard chow...@indicium.us wrote: Alexia Death wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Brendan mailingl...@endosquid.com wrote: A list of files that would need modification: ...

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread Stephen Griffiths
On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 13:06 +0200, Alexia Death wrote: Some English speakers discomfort at the name is getting a bit ridiculous IMHO. These words make me squirm. fag - a pile of sticks (secondary meaning, rarely used) nigger - a person from a poor background (secondary meaning, almost unheard

[Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread peter sikking
guys, would like to tap the wisdom of this crowd here. say I have made a selection in GIMP, done what needed to be done to the pixels in the selection and now want to get rid of the selection. the obvious way is Select-None. how many more ways are there? --ps founder +

Re: [Gimp-developer] The name Gimp

2009-10-30 Thread John Meyer
Stephen Griffiths wrote: On Fri, 2009-10-30 at 13:06 +0200, Alexia Death wrote: Some English speakers discomfort at the name is getting a bit ridiculous IMHO. These words make me squirm. fag - a pile of sticks (secondary meaning, rarely used) nigger - a person from a poor

Re: [Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:59 AM, peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net wrote: guys, would like to tap the wisdom of this crowd here. say I have made a selection in GIMP, done what needed to be done to the pixels in the selection and now want to get rid of the selection. the obvious way is

Re: [Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread Stephen Griffiths
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 01:29 +0100, peter sikking wrote: how many more ways are there? ctrl+shift+a ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer

Re: [Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:37 PM, David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:59 AM, peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net wrote: guys, would like to tap the wisdom of this crowd here. say I have made a selection in GIMP, done what needed to be done to the pixels in the

Re: [Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 01:29 +0100, peter sikking wrote: the obvious way is Select-None. how many more ways are there? Save the image as png, quit gimp and restart. :D go to channels dialogue, make an empty channel, and do, channel to selection. (and then go to layers and select a layer in

Re: [Gimp-developer] ceci n'est pas une selection...

2009-10-30 Thread David Gowers
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Liam R E Quin l...@holoweb.net wrote: On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 01:29 +0100, peter sikking wrote: the obvious way is Select-None. how many more ways are there? Save the image as png, quit gimp and restart. :D go to channels dialogue, make an empty channel,

[Gimp-developer] Re branding ....

2009-10-30 Thread vabijou2
Christopher Howard-3 wrote: Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon as I say GIMP, you can see the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being weak or lame. I agree with this. Many people shy away from using products that aren't

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re branding ....

2009-10-30 Thread Patrick Horgan
vabijou2 wrote: Christopher Howard-3 wrote: Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon as I say GIMP, you can see the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being weak or lame. I agree with this. Many people shy away from using