On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 23:03 +0100, Lennart Svensson wrote: > > Sven Neumann wrote, On 2010-03-23 21:38: > > On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 14:19 +0100, Lennart Svensson wrote: > >> When you start gimp from the promptline you got the Application Options: > >> -a, --as-new Open images as new > >> > >> Why is this not available (as a button) when you open a file inside gimp ? > > > > It is considered useful for applications that want to send images to > > GIMP by means of opening them from a temporary location. We haven't seen > > any potential use for it in the user interface so far. > > > > > > Sven > > > > > > > > This button should inhibit the possibility to save the file during editing and > destroy the original file. Same as the command line option -a.
You can already do that using "Save As...". I see the point of your request of being able to do that decision when opening the file. But adding yet another way of opening a file would also add complexity to the user interface. Not sure if that's worth it. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
