-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Nordholts wrote: > On 08/04/2009 01:29 AM, Christopher Howard wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164774 >> >> Hi - I was going to look into this enhancement. It was a request to make >> it possible for the user to change the zero-point of the image rulers. >> However, it looks like the last comment was made about three years ago. >> Since I'm new around here, I was wondering if there had been any >> relevant discussion on the issue recently. (Or related discussion.) > > Hi, > > There hasn't been any further discussion, but we should have one. The > first step would be to figure out a UI for the feature that helps > fulfill the product vision [1]. > > BR, > Martin > > [1] http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/GIMP_UI_Redesign#product_vision >
Maybe it would help get more people to chime in if I summarized what has been going on: Four years ago, a user submitted a feature request (bug #164774) asking for the developers to make it possible for users to be able to set the zero-points of the ruler. In other words, the user could have the rulers tell him that point 0,0 begins at, say, the center of the image, instead of the top-left. This is a feature which would be useful to web developers and perhaps also game sprite developers. Back then, none of the developers really had time to look into it. Now, however, I am looking at it as a possible project. In and of itself, it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to modify the basic gimpruler widget code to handle the offsets. However, I also see that there are other parts of the User Interface that display coordinates, including the box at the bottom left of the main window, and several tools such as the measuring tool. So the question I asked was: if it is possible to have an offset in the rulers, should all these components be in sync with the rulers? All the developers I've communicated with so far have said that not only should all the components be working well together, but that this whole issue should be discussed on the developers list from the perspective of user interface considerations. This e-mail is my attempt to start such a discussion. - -- http://indicium.us http://theologia.indicium.us I sign /all/ my e-mail messages via PGP. If you receive any e-mail supposedly from me without my valid PGP digital signature, please take additional steps to verify the authenticity of the message. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkp6NccACgkQQ5FLNdi0BcWE3ACgn3VTKq+8bWQyK5QwaAsrbddv UswAoJIK5EWiptVCy91kJfRyp2A/GRNe =q6Pi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
