On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Dave Bodenstab <dave_bodens...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've begun learning & using Gimp. I figured I may as well start with the > newest version of Gimp that I could find so I am using Partha's build: > win7x64, v2.9.5, commit 14795c1. > > I should have been more careful but I ignored the "Unstable Development > Version" warning which I get when I start Gimp. I lost quite a bit of work > after getting some error messages about not being able to read swap or > something. A save (CTL-S) seemed to work, so I continued. It turns out the > image is corrupted. > Yes, you have to save and save often. Another option is to always make a backup of the image you're about to edit. > > Question: many editors have an option to make a backup of the item being > edited before writing over the original. I know I could do a "save as" but > that is rather tedious as I would have to type a name each time. Is there > any option or extension that would save a time stamped backup before > overwriting the original when I use CTL-S to save my progress? > GIMP's default saving option is an XCF file. So, I am assuming you are talking about a backup of the XCF file itself? I am not aware of this option. > > I would think this would be a very useful option. I was very surprised to > find that I could accidentally move the background layer. It seems to me > that it is far too easy to accidentally do something (because I forgot to > click the right tool), not notice and then save over my original. > You should be able to click on the lock button so that you don't accidentally move a layer. > > As an aside, is there something I could put on the windows shortcut that > would save a log of error messages? The popup said something about writing > to stderr, but that does not exist on windows when I start via the shortcut > link. > Assign the error window to one of the tabs. that way, you don't see message/error windows popping up. This way, you can save everything in that tab to an error log if you will. Also, my builds create and save a log of the current session in your temp folder. The file is called runGIMP-2.9.5-std-(long series of numbers).log. Your temp folder is usually C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp. Note that this log is deleted at the start of the next GIMP session. Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Partha _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
