Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-23 Thread Barak Korren
Joey Hess wrote: This is a really amusing thread. Try the following: Pop up the context menu of a drawing (or use the triangle upper-left). Now, pin it up by clicking on the dashed line. Now you have a "context" menu that is pinned. Close the image window it came from. Open up several others. Try

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-23 Thread Joey Hess
This is a really amusing thread. Try the following: Pop up the context menu of a drawing (or use the triangle upper-left). Now, pin it up by clicking on the dashed line. Now you have a "context" menu that is pinned. Close the image window it came from. Open up several others. Try using the pinned w

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Shaun ONeil
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 14:19, Pigeon wrote: > It wouldn't take much coding effort to put a File menu on the image > window. I'm almost tempted to hack it myself, but now that I know how > to save, I can't be arsed to familiarise myself with the source of > such a large app just to make one tiddly c

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Travis Crump
Dave Sherohman wrote: image window (as is the case with GIMP, which only has a menu on the toolbox window), then saving the focused window makes no sense. Dumb-founded that no one has pointed this out yet, I thought I may as well mention it before this thread ends. GIMP[at least the version in t

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Pigeon
RRRGGGHHH!!! I must not assume Microsoft behaviour in Linux apps. I must not assume Microsoft behaviour in Linux apps. I must not assume Microsoft behaviour in Linux apps. I must not assume Microsoft behaviour in Linux apps. I must not assume Microsoft behaviour in Linux apps Thanks to ev

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 09:00:41AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:16:20AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > ...and then there are the fruitcakes like me who use sloppy focus > > without auto-raise and frequently choose to work in windows that > > aren't on top. > > Who said

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:16:20AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > ...and then there are the fruitcakes like me who use sloppy focus > without auto-raise and frequently choose to work in windows that > aren't on top. Who said anything about the window

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Glenn English
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 02:27, Paul Johnson wrote: > It's not totally unreasonable in a Mac environment, but it's entirely > proposterous in Unix. Why? Very rarely do you find a window manager > that isn't capable of focus-follows-mouse and auto-raise. Plus, even > in Windows and MacOS, in The GI

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 07:57:02AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Regarding people's replies of "how does GIMP know which image you want to > save ?", ask the same question to gedit or any other > multiple-document-interface gtk/gnome app. And there is your answer: GIMP is not an MDI app. It p

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:27:16AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > It's not totally unreasonable in a Mac environment, but it's entirely > proposterous in Unix. Why? Very rarely do you find a window manager > that isn't capable of focus-follows-mouse and auto-raise. ...and then there are the fruitc

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 07:57:02AM -0500, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Regarding people's replies of "how does GIMP know which image you want to > save ?", ask the same question to gedit or any other > multiple-document-interface gtk/gnome app. Logically,

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Ross Burton
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 12:57, Hall Stevenson wrote: > Regarding people's replies of "how does GIMP know which image you want to > save ?", ask the same question to gedit or any other > multiple-document-interface gtk/gnome app. Logically, it saves the one > you're looking at. Wrong. Example 1:

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 01:50 AM 3/19/2003 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my > woody system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File > menu.

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Joerg Johannes
I can still save files by hitting Ctrl-S, but only over the top of the original file. I don't get prompted for a filename to save under, nor do I get a chance to save it into a different directory. This is not a bug. Gimp is intentionally context sensative. You can have multiple images open at

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my > woody system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File > menu. This is because all operations pertaining to a

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-19 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 09:11:34PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > MacPhotoshop resolves the question of which image to save by assuming > the one you want to save is the one you're looking at (the active > window). This is not a totally unreasonable ass

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Once upon a time Kirk Strauser said... > At 2003-03-18T16:49:08Z, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there some incantation one has to perform to get a Save option? If so, > > what is it? And WHY??? > > Well, you can have a large number of files open at once. If the main "File" > menu h

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-03-18T16:49:08Z, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there some incantation one has to perform to get a Save option? If so, > what is it? And WHY??? Well, you can have a large number of files open at once. If the main "File" menu had a "Save" option, how would you tell it which file(

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 20:34, Richard Hector wrote: > The File menu in the main window doesn't have it - it wouldn't know which > image to save if you have several open. There's another one if you right > click in the image window, and Save and Save As are in there. MacPhotoshop resolves the quest

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Richard Hector
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my > woody system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File > menu. > > I can still save files by hitting Ctrl-S, but only over the top of the > original file. I

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Seneca
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my > woody system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File > menu. > > I can still save files by hitting Ctrl-S, but only over the top of the > original file. I

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread Nicolas Kratz
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my > woody system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File > menu. Yup. > I can still save files by hitting Ctrl-S, but only over the top of the > original fil

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread nate
Pigeon said: > The subject says it all really... I've just installed gimp1.2 on my woody > system and there are no Save, Save As etc. options in the File menu. funny, I just noticed that too.. never noticed it before and I've been using gimp1.2 for ages! what I've always done is right click on t

Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp

2003-03-18 Thread David Purton
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 04:49:08PM +, Pigeon wrote: > > I haven't done anything "funny" to it - just apt-get install, go into > X, type "gimp", get a File menu with "New..." and "Open..." but no > "Save" or "Save As...". I load an image... still no "Save"/"Save As". > I make some changes to th