Cristian Secară wrote, On 2010-03-25 07:19: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:19:29 +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 ? > > If I understand correctly you want to open the same image as the one > currently opened, but as separate image ?
No > > If this is what I have understand (?) you can open as many > same-but-different image by simply drag and drop the image over the > toolbox. > > (opening images by drag and drop is always an easier method for me > than to browse for a file via the open dialog each time I want to open > something; unfortunately the save by drag and drop is no possible :) > > Cristi > When using gimp in a shell and open a file r/o you write: prompt> gimp -a picture.jpg So what I want is to use the '-a' feature when I use 'open image' window. This feature exist in the application but you can only reach it from the shell prompt. So my question is why it is not reachable inside gimp ? I can live without the feature but if I press Contr-S will my original file be destroyed. /Lennart PS. I use the '-a' to inhibit destroying _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
