Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread Manish Singh
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 03:35:03AM +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote:
> Hi Sven,
> 
> Sven Neumann wrote:
> > [ ... ]
> > I don't think however that the gfig plug-in has
> > anything to do with this.
> It does insofar, as it binds unnecessary develop-
> er resources. I have been using the Gimp now for
> several years, but I'm beginning to ask myself where
> the priorities for the developers are. Wouldn't, say,
> 16-/32-bit be more important than a small vector
> graphics program that is so difficult to handle?
> Of course there's no direct connection between
> 'gfig' and the text tool; it's just a matter on how to
> spend developer resources.

You assumption that significant developer resources go into maintaining
gfig is simply false. That's why everyone else is confused.

-Yosh
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread Claus Cyrny
Hi Sven,

Sven Neumann wrote:
> [ ... ]
> I don't think however that the gfig plug-in has
> anything to do with this.
It does insofar, as it binds unnecessary develop-
er resources. I have been using the Gimp now for
several years, but I'm beginning to ask myself where
the priorities for the developers are. Wouldn't, say,
16-/32-bit be more important than a small vector
graphics program that is so difficult to handle?
Of course there's no direct connection between
'gfig' and the text tool; it's just a matter on how to
spend developer resources.

Claus


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

On Tue, 2007-03-06 at 19:03 +0100, Claus Cyrny wrote:

> Since I'm not a programmer, I didn't know that the text
> tool already *does* include the text in vector format.
> What I had in mind is a tool where you can scale/rotate
> etc. the text /before/ is is rendered as a bitmap.

Text transformations can be implemented on top of the current text layer
concept. This has been foreseen from the beginning. It just has not yet
been implemented. I don't think however that the gfig plug-in has
anything to do with this.


Sven


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Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread Claus Cyrny
Hi,

William Skaggs wrote:
> From: Claus Cyrny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date:  Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:10:10 +0100
>
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to
>> be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is
>> really so uncomfortable that I would rather
>> like to see the text tool improved, the way it
>> is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo-
>> shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector
>> layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after-
>> wards. The handling of the present text tool is
>> far from satisfactory.
>> 
>
> Huh?  Gfig has nothing to do with text, and the text
> tool already does create "vector" text layers.  Your
> request is impossible to understand.

Sorry, if my post was somewhat unclear. What I was
trying to say is, that in the context of The Gimp, 'gfig'
doesn't make any sense to me (partially due to the very
difficult handling). For those tasks programs like
Inkscape are much better suited (and much easier to
handle). So, it would seem logical to me to abandon 'gfig'
and concentrate more on important things like the text tool.
Since I'm not a programmer, I didn't know that the text
tool already *does* include the text in vector format.
What I had in mind is a tool where you can scale/rotate
etc. the text /before/ is is rendered as a bitmap. In Photoshop,
there are text fx available as well.

Claus



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Re: [Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread William Skaggs


From: Claus Cyrny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:  Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:10:10 +0100

>Hi all,
>
>I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to
>be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is
>really so uncomfortable that I would rather
>like to see the text tool improved, the way it
>is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo-
>shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector
>layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after-
>wards. The handling of the present text tool is
>far from satisfactory.

Huh?  Gfig has nothing to do with text, and the text
tool already does create "vector" text layers.  Your
request is impossible to understand.

  -- Bill
 

 
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[Gimp-developer] Gfig

2007-03-06 Thread Claus Cyrny
Hi all,

I would like to know if 'gfig' is supposed to
be included in Gimp 2.4? The handling is
really so uncomfortable that I would rather
like to see the text tool improved, the way it
is already realized in Paint Shop Pro, Photo-
shop, etc.: to include the text at first as a vector
layer, which can be rendered as a bitmap after-
wards. The handling of the present text tool is
far from satisfactory.

Greetings,

Claus

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