This thread is like a wound that won't heal - I keep picking the scab even though I know I should just let it be.....
For me, it seems that there are well-established precedents for this type of situation, and in general it would be better to follow precedent where reasonable. It's generally better when tools behave the way you expect. In the spreadsheet example above, it's absolutely true that if you open a csv, add some fomulas, and save as a csv you will lose the formulas. Pretty good analogy to the topic at hand. The spreadsheets that I'm familiar with all do the same basic thing in this situation: 1: They default to saving the file in the same format to the same file name as you opened in the first place 2: They warn you that if you accept this default behavior, you may lose some data OO also gives you the option to have it remind you every time or not. >From my outsider perspective, that seems like a clean, simple, and logical approach that would avoid unwanted data loss and conform more closely with the de facto standard for this situation. Seems obvious to me, and it's baffling that this has become such a shouting match. Didn't have to be that way. -- pbft (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list