Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Sep 12, 2012 5:56 PM, "maderios" wrote: > > On 09/12/2012 10:16 AM, Simon Budig wrote: >> >> maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: >>> >>> May be but you have already the choice with "window-single mode" or >>> not. Then you open edit -> preferences and here, incredible thing, >>> you can disc

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread Simon Budig
maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: > >True, we know that we have way too many configuration settings. > > > >Unfortunately adding to these doesn't help with this problem. > > I don't understand. What's the problem ? You can keep a default conf > or change a few things, or change many things...

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread Andrew Clarke
maderios, please, please just accept that it will not happen. This has been discussed at great length, and it will not change. On 12/09/2012 10:55, maderios wrote: On 09/12/2012 10:16 AM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: May be but you have already the choice with "wind

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread maderios
On 09/12/2012 10:16 AM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: May be but you have already the choice with "window-single mode" or not. Then you open edit -> preferences and here, incredible thing, you can discover about thousand settings ! I joke, you know that. True, we kn

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread Archie Arevalo
On Tuesday 11 September 2012 07:23:34 Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * maderios [09-11-12 06:15]: > ... > > > It's really very simple: > > > > Photoshop / Saving images > > Save a file > > Use the Save command to save changes to the current file or the Save As > > command to save changes to a differ

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread Simon Budig
maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: > May be but you have already the choice with "window-single mode" or > not. Then you open edit -> preferences and here, incredible thing, > you can discover about thousand settings ! I joke, you know that. True, we know that we have way too many configuration

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-12 Thread maderios
On 09/12/2012 01:52 AM, Ofnuts wrote: On 09/11/2012 08:38 AM, maderios wrote: Hi I'm not developper but I think it is certainly possible to give the choice in the configuration. Yes, but it's a bad idea. Having all the people using more or less the same Gimp is beneficial. The same tutorials w

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:50:54 -0700 > From: kwarner...@verizon.net > To: ofn...@laposte.net > CC: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8 > > The obvious design that satisfies both groups has been offered sev

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Ken Warner
The obvious design that satisfies both groups has been offered several times and has been derided as --- I don't know why, although numerous attempts to justify the current design has been proffered. On 9/11/2012 4:52 PM, Ofnuts wrote: On 09/11/2012 08:38 AM, maderios wrote: Hi I'm not develo

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Ofnuts
On 09/11/2012 08:38 AM, maderios wrote: Hi I'm not developper but I think it is certainly possible to give the choice in the configuration. Yes, but it's a bad idea. Having all the people using more or less the same Gimp is beneficial. The same tutorials work everywhere, and the people answe

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Ken Warner
That's good news! I wish that effort all success. On 9/11/2012 2:49 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Maarten De Munck wrote: If you are really really annoyed by this behaviour, use 2.6, start a fork, ask/pay someone to start a fork for you, use another image ed

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* maderios [09-11-12 06:15]: ... > It's really very simple: > > Photoshop / Saving images > Save a file > Use the Save command to save changes to the current file or the Save As > command to save changes to a different file. > http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea5

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread maderios
On 09/11/2012 11:49 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Maarten De Munck wrote: If you are really really annoyed by this behaviour, use 2.6, start a fork, ask/pay someone to start a fork for you, use another image editor, ..., No need to. There already is a fork.

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: >> Inkscape does not do this. > > Inkscape saves in SVG format. Lots of luck getting that to display > in software that expects raster image files. Moreover, the plan is to stop saving to file formats other than SVG. Alexandre Prokoudine http

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Steve Kinney
On 09/11/2012 05:05 AM, Daniel Hauck wrote: > On 09/11/2012 04:25 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: >> My word processor responds to "control-s" by saving the open >> document in its own native format, which does not happen to be >> suitable for distribution to end users. [etc] > > Which word processor migh

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread maderios
On 09/11/2012 11:45 AM, Maarten De Munck wrote: maderios schreef op di 11-09-2012 om 08:52 [+0200]: 1. This change doesn't remove functionality. It only moves it. The problem is that gimp arbitrarily separates the types of files: .xcf and others. This does not happen like this in the work. We

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Maarten De Munck wrote: > If you are really really annoyed by this behaviour, use 2.6, start a > fork, ask/pay someone to start a fork for you, use another image > editor, ..., No need to. There already is a fork. https://github.com/mskala/noxcf-gimp Alexandre P

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Maarten De Munck
maderios schreef op di 11-09-2012 om 08:52 [+0200]: > > 1. This change doesn't remove functionality. It only moves it. > The problem is that gimp arbitrarily separates the types of files: .xcf > and others. This does not happen like this in the work. We work > indifferently on all file types. M

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:56 AM, maderios wrote: > arbitrary = "depending on individual discretion" > > It's the case... Developers know their job developers. They do not > listen to what happens on the side of people who work with images. The problem is not about us allegedly not listening. The

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel Hauck
On 09/11/2012 04:25 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: My word processor responds to "control-s" by saving the open document in its own native format, which does not happen to be suitable for distribution to end users. My audio editor does the same thing. My video editors do the same thing. My vector edit

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Steve Kinney
On 09/11/2012 03:56 AM, maderios wrote: > It's the case... Developers know their job developers. They do not > listen to what happens on the side of people who work with images. The GIMP development team is not a bunch of people hired from an employment agency. Most of them have already forgotte

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread maderios
On 09/11/2012 09:29 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, maderios wrote: Reread what I wrote above. Do not distort what I meant. Thanks... Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the word "arbitrary"? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbitrary arbi

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:11 AM, maderios wrote: > Reread what I wrote above. Do not distort what I meant. Thanks... Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the word "arbitrary"? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arbitrary The distinction isn't arbitrary. It's a design decision. A

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread maderios
On 09/11/2012 09:01 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: May I ask why you keep making incorrect statements for which you apologize later anyway? Hi Reread what I wrote above. Do not distort what I meant. Thanks... Greetings -- Maderios ___ gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:52 AM, maderios wrote: >> 1. This change doesn't remove functionality. It only moves it. > > The problem is that gimp arbitrarily separates the types of files Not arbitrarily, but on purpose and by design. May I ask why you keep making incorrect statements for which yo

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
On 09/10/2012 11:30 PM, Daniel Hauck wrote: I too have ranted about this topic. Not to get into it again, I would like to point out a couple of things: 1. This change doesn't remove functionality. It only moves it. The problem is that gimp arbitrarily separates the types of files: .xcf and othe

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
On 09/10/2012 07:09 PM, Simon Budig wrote: Ken Warner (kwarner...@verizon.net) wrote: And your insistence that your design decisions are right even while the user community tells you otherwise is strictly amateur. See, here you're disregarding my assertion that we got a lot of positive feedbac

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
On 09/10/2012 06:57 PM, Simon Budig wrote: Ken Warner (kwarner...@verizon.net) wrote: On 9/10/2012 9:32 AM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: Because you're not dealing with reality. This is the problem of amateurs who create software professional vocation. See? This is

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Oon-Ee Ng
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > > We just did something some people don't like. Therefore for them the > rest doesn't matter and probably doesn't even exist. Hence all the > talks about reaility. 'Probably doesn't even exist' is probably the quote of the year on thi

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Daniel Hauck
I too have ranted about this topic. Not to get into it again, I would like to point out a couple of things: 1. This change doesn't remove functionality. It only moves it. 2. This is not a show-stopper in any sense of the word. and sorta 3. Someone has created some sort of script which restore

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread bruno
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 21:15:08 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Bruno wrote: > >> I wonder, who gave you credentials to speak "in the name of the community"? > > Bruno, > > We are dealing with the "it stands to reason" kind of logic. It isn't > possible t

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Bruno wrote: > I wonder, who gave you credentials to speak "in the name of the > community"? Bruno, We are dealing with the "it stands to reason" kind of logic. It isn't possible to argue against it. You can laugh at it, or you can ignore it. That's pretty much

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Rob Antonishen
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Ken Warner wrote: > You know, like Forest Gump says [paraphrased] Amateur is as amateur does. > > And your insistence that your design decisions are right even while the user > community tells you otherwise is strictly amateur. > And your insistence that any indi

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Simon Budig wrote: > (although I don't understand the "vocation" word there). Anruf? > I was referring > to the insinuation that we - as the developers - are just amateurs not > dealing with reality and hence do things the wrong way. > > Yes, I do take offense in

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Simon Budig
Ken Warner (kwarner...@verizon.net) wrote: > And your insistence that your design decisions are right even while > the user community tells you otherwise is strictly amateur. See, here you're disregarding my assertion that we got a lot of positive feedback, Alexandre even pointed to a small part o

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread bruno
On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:03:35 -0700, Ken Warner wrote: > You know, like Forest Gump says [paraphrased] Amateur is as amateur does. > > And your insistence that your design decisions are right even while the user community tells you otherwise is strictly amateur. I wonder, who gave you creden

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Ken Warner
You know, like Forest Gump says [paraphrased] Amateur is as amateur does. And your insistence that your design decisions are right even while the user community tells you otherwise is strictly amateur. On 9/10/2012 9:57 AM, Simon Budig wrote: Ken Warner (kwarner...@verizon.net) wrote: On 9/1

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Simon Budig
Ken Warner (kwarner...@verizon.net) wrote: > On 9/10/2012 9:32 AM, Simon Budig wrote: > >maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: > >>Because you're not dealing with reality. This is the problem of > >>amateurs who create software professional vocation. > > > >See? This is what I was referring to. > >

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Ken Warner
Just because the English doesn't meet your standards doesn't mean the viewpoint is invalid. And maybe your refusal to see the thought in the message is the root of the discord. On 9/10/2012 9:32 AM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: Because you're not dealing with reali

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
On 09/10/2012 06:32 PM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: Because you're not dealing with reality. This is the problem of amateurs who create software professional vocation. See? This is what I was referring to. Historically, tools and software are improved by professio

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 8:27 PM, maderios wrote: > On 09/10/2012 06:19 PM, Simon Budig wrote: >> We got a lot of negative feedback, unfortunately most of it was >> incoherent write-only-rambling, which makes it hard to listen to. If >> you're masochistic, go to the gimp-devel archives and read the

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Simon Budig
maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: > Because you're not dealing with reality. This is the problem of > amateurs who create software professional vocation. See? This is what I was referring to. Bye, Simon -- si...@budig.de http://simon.budig.de/ __

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
On 09/10/2012 06:19 PM, Simon Budig wrote: maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: Developers gentlemen, thank you for listening to the users who actually use Gimp to work. Listen to their needs. Practice, there is all that counts and not the theoretical ideas completely divorced from reality.

Re: [Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread Simon Budig
maderios (mader...@gmail.com) wrote: > Developers gentlemen, thank you for listening to the users who > actually use Gimp to work. Listen to their needs. Practice, there is > all that counts and not the theoretical ideas completely divorced > from reality. We got a lot of negative feedback, unfort

[Gimp-user] About bad new save export function in Gimp-2.8

2012-09-10 Thread maderios
Hi State of mind ... I am willing to change things if it is an improvement but if the change causes a regression, I do not see the point unless I was masochistic. For people to understand: I spent a lot of time experimenting on my Linux system new programs, new functions, with bugs. It was for