Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Hi, Keith Goatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've tried the lastest snapshot and the differences are minor. It seems bizarre that an additional keypress is necessary to bring up the text dialog box. With GTK+ HEAD you should almost always get away without using the text dialog box, as you call it, because the file chooser supports typeahead. The only image type filter currently listed in the drop down menu is native xcf files. That's a bug in the 2.2 pre-release that has been fixed shortly after the release. It also used to work correctly in the later 2.1.x releases. Sven ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Sven Neumann wrote: With GTK+ HEAD you should almost always get away without using the text dialog box, as you call it, because the file chooser supports typeahead. Granted, but it still doesn't support handy wildcards like the former dialog did. Keith ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Hi, Keith Goatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sven Neumann wrote: With GTK+ HEAD you should almost always get away without using the text dialog box, as you call it, because the file chooser supports typeahead. Granted, but it still doesn't support handy wildcards like the former dialog did. Yes. It works somewhat less good for the 5% of our users who figured out the expert features of the old file-selection dialog. I guess though that the other 95% will prefer the new one. Of course I've only made up these numbers but I think it's a reasonably good guess. Sven ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
...If you are talking about the file-chooser then the answer is that it would not be feasible to do this. The APIs of the two widgets differ. It's not a matter of look and feel. It's a completely rewritten widget with a completely different API and lots of different functionality. Also I don't see any advantage in doing what you suggest. It would only introduce inconsistency and bloat. Sven -- Then I was right, I must post this enh to gtk team ;) Signature: Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal, Mithrakoota, Bhoj Rao's Lane Dongerkery, Mangalore- 575003 MOBILE : 9845061385 IMMOBILE 0824-2491499 http://www.geocities.com/kamathln
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Hi, Laxminarayan Ammembal Kamath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I haven't yet checked out 2.2, i hope i soon will. But any way i have this idea, i think i must post to the gtk team. Yet i am posting it here too, if GIMP can temporarily achieve at implementing this idea. What about a button on the dialog which switches between the Good old dialog box and the New cool dialog box. It may also have a shortcut key and an option included in the gimp's preferences dialog about which should be default. Would you mind to explain what's the Good old dialog box and the New cool dialog box? If you are talking about the file-chooser then the answer is that it would not be feasible to do this. The APIs of the two widgets differ. It's not a matter of look and feel. It's a completely rewritten widget with a completely different API and lots of different functionality. Also I don't see any advantage in doing what you suggest. It would only introduce inconsistency and bloat. Sven ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
[Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Hi, I have used the development version for some time now and there are many improvements which I really appreciate. However, I have a couple of questions about two of the dialogs which have changed. 1. What is the advantage of the new file selection dialog? I find it much more difficult to use (even after having stumbled across the ctrl+L facility). 2. Why has the scale factor (ratio) has been removed from the image scale dialog? I personally found it very useful. Keith ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
Sven Neumann wrote: Despite the fact that it has a sane API (which the old widgets didn't have), it also has a number of useability improvements like bookmarks, mime-type icons and the ability to mount volumes. It also features a Win32 backend and in the future it will allow GIMP to work on remote files (if we figure out how to use gnome-vfs w/o pulling in too many dependencies). It is also expected that Search capabilities will be added in the future (see http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/file-chooser-extension-spec/) If you are missing keyboard navigation in the file chooser, you might want to try a recent GTK+ development snapshot. There have been some improvements in that area. Yes all the features you mention above are technically very nice, and make it more in line with the standard windows file dialog. However, at the moment it is just plain annoying because it takes longer to select the file I want. Since this is a common task it makes using the new version frustrating to use when I don't dnd from my browser. I will try the latest GTK development snapshot to see if it's any better. 2. Why has the scale factor (ratio) has been removed from the image scale dialog? I personally found it very useful. It hasn't been removed but got integrated with the units menu. This has been suggested by users a while ago. Thanks, I'd not found that. The previous dialog suited the way I work better, but being able to select the percentage is OK. Keith ___ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Dialog layouts in 2.2pre1
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