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Alex, that is one of the most concise and civil replies in not just this latest thread, but possibly the whole debate debacle. You should consider making that a stock e-mail :)
> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:36:30 +0400 > From: alexandre prokoudine gmail com > To: gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Save, Save As and Export separated? > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Paul Naude wrote: > > Hi Gimpers > > > > I only recently upgraded to 2.8 from 2.6 and was wondering if I am the only > > one missing the option to edit the file extension in the SAVE form which > > basically allowed you to Save, Save Copy, Save As or Export to any format > > from the same form? > > > > I also found it strange that if I now open a JPG file (or drag into GIMP), I > > can't save changes (to the JPG) directly (it wants to save to native Gimp > > format), so I again first have to go to Export instead! > > > > I am wondering why this was incorporated, and if it's going to stay, is > > there a setting I can set to work like I am used to (and find much faster > > and more flexible)? > > Hello, Paul! > > Welcome: you've reached the sacred land of eternal struggle saving > your stuff back to lossy files :) > > This is a design decision that cannot be reverted as a user > preferences and will not be reverted in code. > > Further reading: > > http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Save_%2B_export_specification > http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Vision_briefing > http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gimp-2.8-understanding-ui-changes > > Additionally you can spend few days reading just the archives of this > very mialing list for the past few months. Just make sure you don't > read them aloud or, at least, there are no kids around. Youngsters > tend to pick most horrible words. > > Alexandre Prokoudine > http://libregraphicsworld.org > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > gimp-user-list gnome org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |