I've just reverted to 2.2 2.4 has too many problems to bother with; the alt key is the final straw.
TW On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:42:29 -0000, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 21:18 +0000, Thomas Worthington wrote: > >> It's not a "problem" either with window managers nor Linux - the >> alt-mouse >> behaviour is standard and well established; it's a problem with the Gimp >> (assuming it can't be changed). > > Applications such as GIMP used to use this modifier key long before some > window managers started to grab it for their purpose. > >> >> How do I tell Gimp to use another shift-type key for that action? > > It usually helps to press Shift together with Alt if you want the Alt > key to end up being seen by the application. > > Anyway, there is no action in GIMP that absolutely requires use of the > Alt modifier. So if you can't change your window manager key-bindings > and Shift-Alt doesn't work, you should still be able to use all > functionality. > > > Sven > > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user