Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Naming conflicts in files are another reason I frequently expand the dialog. I often save successive images to similar names. For instance, I might have lesson6-step1.jpg, lesson6-step2.jpg, lesson7-step1, etc. The autocomplete in the dialog will

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Favorites or Bookmarks that were always visible would help some of the time, but not all of the time: I can't bookmark every directory where I ever save images, so I tend to bookmark the top of a hierarchy, then navigate down within that hierarchy.

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Jeffrey Brent McBeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Take a look at the ROX people. They were the ones pushing Direct Save. Thanks. That did at least allow me to locate the spec again: http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xds/ http://rox.sourceforge.net/xds.html Even though this page claims

Drag and Drop Saving [was Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog]

2005-03-25 Thread Alan Horkan
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Pasi Savolainen wrote: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:22:00 + (UTC) From: Pasi Savolainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog Slightly OT: I'd very much like some kind of drag'n'drop saving

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks. That did at least allow me to locate the spec again: http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xds/ http://rox.sourceforge.net/xds.html Even though this page claims that GTK+ and KDE would support this protocol, to my knowledge this is not the

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Akkana Peck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I might be missing something. When should I hit the tab key? For instance, if I have a bunch of existing files called gimptxt-[0-7].jpg and I want to save this one as gimptxt-8.jpg. I type gim, and the dropdown pops up. If I hit tab now, nothing

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, I had a look at the source and the file entry does indeed behave differently whether it is in Open or Save mode. After thinking about it a little, this even makes sense. If the entry would complete like it does in the Open dialog, it would be hard to enter filenames that match the first few

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Pasi Savolainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not Philip, but: I keep original photos in a separate directory tree. After modifying them with gimp, they're saved in a folder of my choice. Which happens to be never the one I open image from (and which is suggested in save-dialog), so

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Akkana Peck
(Regarding needing to expand the Save As dialog to show directories:) Pasi Savolainen writes: I keep original photos in a separate directory tree. After modifying them with gimp, they're saved in a folder of my choice. Which happens to be never the one I open image from (and which is suggested

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Default mode for file dialog

2005-03-24 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 01:11:16AM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: There used to be a spec proposing a DND enhancement called Direct Save or XDS. I have not been able to locate that again but this is something that the file manager handling the desktop would have to implement. If there is a widely