Re: Are @gimp.org aliases needed at all? (was: Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults)

2006-09-25 Thread Raphaƫl Quinet
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:23:38 +0200, "Michael Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Come to think of it, there's probably no reason why anyone should use a > gimp.org address for arbitrary messages to the mailing lists. They are good > for automated things like the bugs list or could be used for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 15:01 +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Well, there's one thing that doesn't work without the middle mouse > button: panning. Not in the development version. You can pan by pressing the space bar there. Sven ___ Gimp-develop

[Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Toby Speight
0> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 0> Roel Schroeven mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ("Roel") wrote: Roel> Sven Neumann schreef: >> >> GIMP doesn't rely on the mouse wheel for anything. It uses it if it's >> there and that's what the mouse wheel controller is doing. Carol is >> making a fuss out of not

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 15:01 +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Well, there's one thing that doesn't work without the middle mouse > button: panning. Hi! you will be happy to hear that you can pan with a spacebar + lmb now (In cvs HEAD that is). cheers -- Jakub Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Novell,

[Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Roel Schroeven
Sven Neumann schreef: Hi, On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 19:37 +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: It seems that more and more applications start to rely more or less heavily on middle mouse buttons and/or scrollwheels (Gimp and Google Earth come to mind), which is a bit annoying as my laptop is my main mac

[Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Roel Schroeven
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: On Thursday, September 21, 2006, 19:37:23, Roel Schroeven wrote: OTOH, touchpads and pointing sticks on laptops don't have scroll wheels. All laptops with touchpads I've seen offer one or more of the following: - scrollwheel emulation by dragging at the edge of touc

Are @gimp.org aliases needed at all? (was: Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults)

2006-09-22 Thread Michael Schumacher
Von: "Alex Fernandez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Speaking about house cleaning. Let me ask why does this person still > hold a @gimp.org email address? Come to think of it, there's probably no reason why anyone should use a gimp.org address for arbitrary messages to the mailing lists. They are good

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Manish Singh
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 11:03:48AM +0200, Alex Fernandez wrote: > >i cannot give any kind of > >logical reason for it and probably you should do the right thing and > >trash this suggestion of mine. > > Yes, it is the usual email pollution. You're guilty of the same. Looking at the archives, you

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-22 Thread Alex Fernandez
i understand that it goes against the current thinking of getting things to work on a computer This odd way of thinking: getting things done. [worthless-chatter-snip] i cannot give any kind of logical reason for it and probably you should do the right thing and trash this suggestion of mine.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 19:37 +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > It seems that more and more applications start to rely more or less > heavily on middle mouse buttons and/or scrollwheels (Gimp and Google > Earth come to mind), which is a bit annoying as my laptop is my main > machine. GIMP does

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread Carol Spears
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:46:00PM +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > Carol, actually, I don't understand your reasoning behind this > question. If we disable this controller by default, the very next > thing that will happen is gazillion of users asking why mousewheel > scrolling doesn't work

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On 9/21/06, Roel Schroeven wrote: OTOH, touchpads and pointing sticks on laptops don't have scroll wheels. Sorry to disappoint you, but here on my ASUS M6N there are two ways to emulate scrolling: 1. Middle touchpad up/down button. 2. Right and bottom borders of the touchpad surface. Carol,

[Gimp-developer] Re: requesting a change in the defaults

2006-09-21 Thread Roel Schroeven
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: On Wednesday, September 20, 2006, 20:46:24, Carol Spears wrote: is this such a common mouse and are the users of such a mouse unable to set the default themselves? Unless you're used to IBM workstations (or old Macs), then yes, wheel mice are common - I bought my fi