Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-17 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 20:35 -0200, John Coppens wrote: > So, I confirm Dotan's report. My WM is xfce 4.4.2, if that influences > things. (X11 is xorg 7.4) Then your window manager is broken in a similar way. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/17 John Coppens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So, I confirm Dotan's report. My WM is xfce 4.4.2, if that influences > things. (X11 is xorg 7.4) > I should have mentioned: Gimp 2.4.6 Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 3.5.10 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-16 Thread John Coppens
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:03:40 +0100 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the > > >> text field with the arrow k

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/16 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Then your window manager is definitely misbehaving. The text editor > dialog is transient to the image window. It is not a modal dialog. If it > was modal, that would explain the behavior you are seeing. Perhaps your > window manager implements transie

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-16 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 10:02 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the > >> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the > >> mouse. > > > > Why not? Works just fine he

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-16 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the >> text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the >> mouse. > > Why not? Works just fine here. > I really do not know why not. I am on a pretty stock Kubuntu 8.0

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 16:04 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation: > If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text > Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard > (nor the mouse, because I was not

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/15 Martin Nordholts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dotan Cohen wrote: >> 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the >> Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of >> Gimp's tools? Or should I not e

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread sablade08
I thought that was just because I was using the MAC version. Actually, I find I can only move the text with the arrow keys while any use of the mouse closes the box to editing regardless of where one clicks. On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:04:38 +0200, "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/15

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Martin Nordholts
Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the > Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of > Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? > The developers

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close >> the window labeled "Gimp Text Editor" in order to move the text. > > I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the > text. What keeps you from moving

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 14:07 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close > the window labeled "Gimp Text Editor" in order to move the text. I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the text. What keeps you fro

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 02:53 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move >> the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one >> do this in Gimp? > > You open the text tool

Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-15 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 02:53 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move > the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one > do this in Gimp? You open the text tool, add text and move the text using your mouse or the cur

[Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

2008-11-14 Thread Dotan Cohen
In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one do this in Gimp? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü __