The single-window mode it's better, because it handles better the menus, etc... on Unity. El 05/07/2011 18:27, "Mantas Kriaučiūnas" <man...@akl.lt> escribió:
> ** Also affects: baltix > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795038 > > Title: > Using GIMP in Unity is troublesome & unintuitive > > Status in Unity: > Confirmed > Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: > New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: unity > > Using GIMP with Ubuntu's Unity is rather troublesome and here's why. > > Let's say I'm on Workspace 1, which currently has Chrome on it. I load > GIMP onto Workspace 2. If I am on Workspace 1 and click on the GIMP > icon to switch me to the Workspace where GIMP is located, I am > switched to GIMP on Workspace 2 but the main window, containing the > image I'm working on, is NEVER focussed, it's nearly always one of the > toolboxes (90% of the time, it'll be the layers/brushes utility window > that gets focussed). > > This is annoying because: > > 1) If I'm having to refer between my web browser and GIMP a lot, and > they're on separate workspaces, this means that every time I switch to > GIMP I then have to click on the main GIMP window before I can access > the global menu bar. Every time. It disrupts the workflow. > > OTHER ANNOYING BEHAVIOURS THAT GIMP SOMETIMES EXHIBITS: > 1) If I open up GIMP on a workspace, the GIMP launcher icon in Unity is > on a constant of "requires attention" (by highlighting one of window > indicators in the launcher) until I click on every GIMP window and utility > window that's open. > > 2) Sometimes, GIMP opens with one of the utility windows slightly off > the side of the workspace. This means that, whenever I try to switch > to GIMP from another workspace (again, say I'm on Workspace 1 and I > want to switch to GIMP on Workspace 2), by clicking on the GIMP icon > in the launcher, nothing happens. This is because, although it's > hidden, Unity sees the GIMP utility window has being on the current > workspace (Workspace 1). Clicking on the icon again brings up the > Scale View with all of the available GIMP windows and utility windows > to choose from. > > 3) Sometimes, dragging a GIMP XCF file from a Unity Lens onto the GIMP > icon in the launcher, so that I can open GIMP straight into the file > to work on, causes the utility windows to be stacked on top of each > other, or in positions on the screen that I didn't leave them on. > > 4) In my experience of using Gnome-shell on Fedora 15, managing GIMP is > much easier. Switching between apps on different workspaces in Gnome-shell, > the main GIMP window is always focussed on, the utility windows never move > from their position and are almost "pinned" to desktop. Managing GIMP in > Gnome-shell is much easier. > > DISCLAIMER: I totally understand that GIMP really, currently, has a > horrible interface and I know that the long-awaited single window mode is > currently in development. Whether this new interface will playing with how > Unity works, I don't know. > > Is it possible for each utility window that is opened by GIMP to pass > on GIMP's main menubar to Unity's global menubar? Is this something > that Unity can solve, or is it an inherent problem with how the GIMP's > interface works that just doesn't mix well with our Unity operates? > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.44-generic 2.6.38.7 > Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Architecture: i386 > CompizPlugins: > [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,place,session,grid,resize,mousepoll,vpswitch,move,imgpng,regex,gnomecompat,animation,workarounds,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon] > Date: Thu Jun 9 14:21:51 2011 > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB:en > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: unity > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/795038/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795038 Title: Using GIMP in Unity is troublesome & unintuitive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/795038/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
