Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-10 Thread Heinrich Moser
Hi! Sven Neumann writes: > On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 08:14 +0700, Charles wrote: >> The FileOpen plugin can be found here >> >> http://asso.lsf.05.free.fr/telechargement/image/gimp/?M=A Great, thanks a lot! >> I tried it with GIMP 2.6.4, it worked but we need to create a new >> image first before

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-09 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 08:14 +0700, Charles wrote: > The FileOpen plugin can be found here > > http://asso.lsf.05.free.fr/telechargement/image/gimp/?M=A > > I tried it with GIMP 2.6.4, it worked but we need to create a new > image first before the menu become active, otherwise the menu is >

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Charles
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Heinrich Moser wrote: > Hi! > > Short question: > > Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save > dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I > remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which > add

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:15:47 +0100, Jernej Simončič wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:11:48 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> No, users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging them >> because the OS works like this. If the OS said "bad boy!" and lost >> data _once_ then the users would stop

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 01:11:48 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > No, users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging them > because the OS works like this. If the OS said "bad boy!" and lost > data _once_ then the users would stop. Windows 2000 did that. Users were not happy. -- < Jernej S

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Heinrich Moser
"Dotan Cohen" writes: > 2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič : >> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: >>> No, that is because your operating system of choice sucks at file I/O. >>> Windows does not buffer access to flash and network drives. >> >> It does this with removable drives because

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-08 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/8 Elwin Estle : > I eject mine every time. Gimp is the only program that has this > problem. I use Inkscape with it and it works fine. > The problem is not that any particular user (you) does not eject disks properly. The problem is that the OS is designed to have disks ejected improperly

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Elwin Estle
I eject mine every time. Gimp is the only program that has this problem. I use Inkscape with it and it works fine. --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Dotan Cohen wrote: > From: Dotan Cohen > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog > To: "Jernej Simonči

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Elwin Estle
Linux, I don't worry about it too much.) --- On Wed, 1/7/09, Sven Neumann wrote: > From: Sven Neumann > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog > To: chrysalis_reb...@yahoo.com > Cc: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Date: Wednesday, Janu

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/7 Jernej Simončič : > On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > >> No, that is because your operating system of choice sucks at file I/O. >> Windows does not buffer access to flash and network drives. > > It does this with removable drives because users rarely bother to eject

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:19:03 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > No, that is because your operating system of choice sucks at file I/O. > Windows does not buffer access to flash and network drives. It does this with removable drives because users rarely bother to eject (unmount) them before unplugging t

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:11:37 +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > The above mentioned plug-in will always only be a kludge as it can't > provide all the features that an internal file dialog offers. So the > focus should be on fixing the GtkFileChooser. There is absolutely no > reason why it can't be as f

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Heinrich Moser
Hi! Sven Neumann writes: > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 01:24 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: >> I don't think I will further investigate this, since I don't see much >> point in this, to be honest. Yes, we could find out what's taking >> GIMP's file open dialog so long and make it be as "fast" as other GT

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 18:16 -0800, Elwin Estle wrote: > I wonder if a problem I have had with saving files from Gimp in > Windows is somehow related. If I save direct to the local hard drive, > there isn't much of a problem. But if I try to save to say, a flash > drive plugged into the same

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-07 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 01:24 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: > I don't think I will further investigate this, since I don't see much > point in this, to be honest. Yes, we could find out what's taking > GIMP's file open dialog so long and make it be as "fast" as other GTK > applications. But I re

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Elwin Estle
ly do, save first to the local hard drive, then transfer the file to the drive I actually want to store the file on.) --- On Sat, 1/3/09, Sven Neumann wrote: > From: Sven Neumann > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog > To: "Heinrich Mose

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Heinrich Moser
Sven Neumann writes: > On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 00:17 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: >> Sven Neumann writes: >>> On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 17:35 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configur

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 00:17 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: > Sven Neumann writes: > > On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 17:35 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: > > > >> Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save > >> dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? >

[Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Richard H.
>I understand why it is the way it is, which is why I mention that it >is sometimes the 'right' decision. However, end users don't like it, >no matter what the technical merits may be. Also, each application >obviously has it's own special needs, and the OS default File Chooser >cannot satisfy them

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Heinrich Moser
Hi! Sven Neumann writes: > On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 17:35 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: > >> Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save >> dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? > > No. And we are certainly not willing to add such an option. OK,

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/3 Martin Nordholts : >> There seems to be a NIH syndrome in many programs, Gimp included, >> where the devs feel (possibly rightly in many cases) that they must >> reimplement core OS functionality. > > Hi, > > GIMP not reimplementing core OS functionality, we are using the GTK+ > library so

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Martin Nordholts
Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2009/1/3 Heinrich Moser : > >> Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save >> dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I >> remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which >> added "Windows Open" and "Windo

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Dotan Cohen
2009/1/3 Heinrich Moser : > Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save > dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I > remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which > added "Windows Open" and "Windows Save As" menu options) but

Re: [Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Sven Neumann
HI, On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 17:35 +0100, Heinrich Moser wrote: > Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save > dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? No. And we are certainly not willing to add such an option. > The reason that I want this is b

[Gimp-user] Win32: Use standard Windows File Open/Save dialog

2009-01-03 Thread Heinrich Moser
Hi! Short question: Is it possible to make GIMP use the "default" Windows File Open/Save dialog*, for example, by setting some secret configuration option? I remember that there was a plug-in for this a long time ago (which added "Windows Open" and "Windows Save As" menu options) but I cannot fin