Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-20 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 13:33 -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote:

> File->new from an image window copies the characteristics of
> that window, too, so I now find myself creating grayscale
> images all the time.

It would be nice if we could finally get to the overhaul of the
Templates menu in the "New Image" dialog. The combo-box on top should
not only list the templates, but also the image that the dialog was
called from and the New Image Defaults from the Preferences Dialog. Then
the combo-box wouldn't have to be empty, but would clearly indicate
where the settings shown below originate from. I think that would
eliminate quite some confusion.


Sven


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Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-19 Thread SorinN
New Layer from Clipboard, New Layer from Screenshoot ( to be explicit and
correct and to be online with the Usability rules ), anyway AS IS NOW is
pretty OK.

2008/9/19 Liam R E Quin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 12:46 +0200, peter sikking wrote:
>
> > the structure is good: 'New...' _must_ remain a first level menu item,
> agreed with that part...
>
> > the rest is OK to have in a sub-menu.
> and with this...
>
> >
> > My solution is to rename the 'New' sub-menu to 'Create'
> so I think this is a good idea.
>
> Might be difficult to preserve the (artificial) distinction between New
> and Create.  How about "Get From" or "Make From"?
>
> Liam
>
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Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-19 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 12:46 +0200, peter sikking wrote:

> the structure is good: 'New...' _must_ remain a first level menu item,
agreed with that part...

> the rest is OK to have in a sub-menu.
and with this...

> 
> My solution is to rename the 'New' sub-menu to 'Create'
so I think this is a good idea.

Might be difficult to preserve the (artificial) distinction between New
and Create.  How about "Get From" or "Make From"?

Liam

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Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-19 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 12:46 +0200, peter sikking wrote:

> the structure is good: 'New...' _must_ remain a first level menu item,
> the rest is OK to have in a sub-menu.
> 
> My solution is to rename the 'New' sub-menu to 'Create'

We have done that change in trunk.


Sven


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Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-19 Thread peter sikking
Sven wrote:

> Liam wrote:

>> (2) am I the ony person bothered by having two entries for New in
>>the file menu?  They should probably be combined.
>
> So far no one came up with a good proposal on how this could be  
> solved.


the structure is good: 'New...' _must_ remain a first level menu item,
the rest is OK to have in a sub-menu.

My solution is to rename the 'New' sub-menu to 'Create'

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Re: [Gimp-developer] some minor nits

2008-09-18 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi,

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 13:33 -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> Not clear these are bugs, I'll gladly file bugs for them if it
> will help.
> 
> (1) filters->recently used has a list of recnetly used fiters;
> these menu items bringup dialogue boxes, so they should have
> "..." after the names, and don't.

That code is a little tricky, but I have done some changes in trunk and
the labels are now correct at least for plug-ins that register their
menu entries using the gimp_plugin_menu_register() API.

> (2) am I the ony person bothered by having two entries for New in
> the file menu?  They should probably be combined.

So far no one came up with a good proposal on how this could be solved.

> (3) if I have an image open, and minimise/iconify it, I now have
> no way to create a new file, except by opening the image again.
> File->new from an image window copies the characteristics of
> that window, too, so I now find myself creating grayscale
> images all the time.

Ideally if you minimized the last open image, the toolbox and docks
would minimize with it. Unfortunately this only works if you enable
"transient-docks" and this setting has other issues.


Sven


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