Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 02:53 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one do this in Gimp? You open the text tool, add text and move the text using your mouse or the cursor keys. How does one do this in KolourPaint? Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 02:53 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: In KDE's KolourPaint one can open the Text tool, add text, and move the text insert location while the text is in edit mode. How does one do this in Gimp? You open the text tool, add text and move the text using your mouse or the cursor keys. How does one do this in KolourPaint? Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. In KolourPaint there is no separate text window, rather, the user opens a text box in a fashion similar to the Select tool, and types directly in it. The dimensions and placement of the text box in KolourPaint can be dynamically resized via the mouse while the text is being edited. Although I can use and get used to the Gimp behaviour, I prefer the intuitive and versatile method presented in KolourPaint. As I am new to Gimp, would it be a waste of developers' time to file an Enhancement Request? I know that projects like KDE love these types of usability requests, and other projects such as Mozilla hate them. In which camp does Gimp lay? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 14:07 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the text. What keeps you from moving the text if the text editor window is open? In KolourPaint there is no separate text window, rather, the user opens a text box in a fashion similar to the Select tool, and types directly in it. The dimensions and placement of the text box in KolourPaint can be dynamically resized via the mouse while the text is being edited. GIMP in trunk already allows on-canvas text editing. This will be in GIMP 2.8. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the text. What keeps you from moving the text if the text editor window is open? After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation: If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard (nor the mouse, because I was not clicking on the text field). If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the mouse. GIMP in trunk already allows on-canvas text editing. This will be in GIMP 2.8. Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? The developers appreciate high quality usability feedback which should go to the gimp-developer mailing list. We don't like people to file enhancement request to the bug tracker before they have been discussed on the mailing list however. - Martin ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
I thought that was just because I was using the MAC version. Actually, I find I can only move the text with the arrow keys while any use of the mouse closes the box to editing regardless of where one clicks. On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:04:38 +0200, Dotan Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close the window labeled Gimp Text Editor in order to move the text. I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the text. What keeps you from moving the text if the text editor window is open? After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation: If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard (nor the mouse, because I was not clicking on the text field). If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the mouse. GIMP in trunk already allows on-canvas text editing. This will be in GIMP 2.8. Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
2008/11/15 Martin Nordholts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dotan Cohen wrote: 2008/11/15 Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Excellent, thanks! However, the more general question stands: do the Gimp devs take kindly to feature requests regarding the usability of Gimp's tools? Or should I not even bother and waste their time? The developers appreciate high quality usability feedback which should go to the gimp-developer mailing list. We don't like people to file enhancement request to the bug tracker before they have been discussed on the mailing list however. Thanks, Martin. I will consider signing up at that list. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 16:04 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: After more experimentation, I see that this is the situation: If I click the canvas outside the text field, then the Gimp Text Editor window gets focus and I cannot move the text with the keyboard (nor the mouse, because I was not clicking on the text field). If you are clicking outside the text, then you are creating a new text layer. Of course the text tool can only move the currently active text. If I click the canvas on the in the text field, then I can move the text field with the arrow keys, but I still cannot drag it with the mouse. Why not? Works just fine here. Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] gimp 2.6 - separate+
Hello, I've been trying to use the seperate+-plugin recently with gimp2.6 to create CMYK tiff images... it's currently not working for me. is there a way to use it with gimp 2.6? i can compile it after installing libtiff-dev and libgimp2.0-dev, but after installing it, gimp tells me the following error msg: ...uses an obsolete version of the plugin-protocol OS: Ubuntu 8.04 is there any way to use it with 2.6 already? -- Bernhard S. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.6 - separate+
Hi, On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 21:43 +0100, Bernhard S. wrote: I've been trying to use the seperate+-plugin recently with gimp2.6 to create CMYK tiff images... it's currently not working for me. is there a way to use it with gimp 2.6? i can compile it after installing libtiff-dev and libgimp2.0-dev, but after installing it, gimp tells me the following error msg: ...uses an obsolete version of the plugin-protocol It should work just fine with GIMP 2.6, even without recompiling it. But it looks like your plug-in picks up an old version of the GIMP libraries. Do you perhaps still have gimp-2.4 installed somewhere? Sven ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
