[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-27 Thread cg2
>I don't think it has anything to do with the button :), but it >probably is what the OP meant. Too bad he doesn't reply to explain >what he meant to say :( Has nothing to do with the button. There are many ways to find the features one requires in GIMP. Buttons are there for convenience. Moving t

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-27 Thread cg2
Here is the reply about the bug in the "Text to Path" issue in gimp 2.8.2 GIMP bugzi...@gnome.org Nov 7 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676413 GIMP | General | 2.8.0 --- Comment #15 from Michael Natterer 2012-11-07 22:28:24 UTC --- The fix will be in 2.8.4, which will be released wh

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Ofnuts wrote: > On the varoius forums I have seen several people showing cases of text > truncation even when the path is long enough. IIRC at least one of these has > been reported on Bugzilla. I don't think it has anything to do with the button :), but it probab

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/15/2012 08:48 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:38 PM, minyor wrote: Let me try to clarify this for you :) I think he meant that there's no 'Along path' button in the text toolbox anymore in the Ubuntu 12.10. And yeah, this is not great at all. So, is this just an

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 12:19 AM, minyor wrote: > However, I still think that a button in the text toolbox is more preferable > for > new users because all the tutorials uses this place to show this feature. 1) There's not a terrible lot of those tutorials. 2) No buttons should be allowed to str

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread minyor
>Why would you call it a problem? > >The feature is still available: > >1) via Layer menu; >2) via right-click menu for the current text object. > >How is this a regression? > >Alexandre Prokoudine >http://libregraphicsworld.org However, I still think that a button in the text toolbox is more pref

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread minyor
>On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:38 PM, minyor wrote: >Why would you call it a problem? > >The feature is still available: > >1) via Layer menu; >2) via right-click menu for the current text object. > >How is this a regression? > >Alexandre Prokoudine >http://libregraphicsworld.org Huh.. My bad. I alwa

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:38 PM, minyor wrote: > Let me try to clarify this for you :) > I think he meant that there's no 'Along path' button in the text toolbox > anymore > in the Ubuntu 12.10. > And yeah, this is not great at all. > So, is this just an Ubuntu problem? Why would you call it a

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-15 Thread minyor
>On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:01 AM, C G wrote: >Dear C G, > >You spent an awful lot of time writing an email that was supposed to >be about text on path in 2.8.2, but somehow you never actually >explained what it is that is wrong with text on path. > >I'm afraid I don't know what "hole" is supposed to

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-07 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:01 AM, C G wrote: > Hi, > > GIMP is a great product. I have used it for over five years now and have > enjoyed learning how to use it. I generally pick things up as I need them > rather than sitting through tutorials A-Z style. > > Recently I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 1

Re: [Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-07 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 07.11.2012 23:01, C G wrote: Recently I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 and this automatically upgraded GIMP from 2.6 to 2.8.2. A common tool I use in GIMP is "Text Along Path" for creating logos etc for my business. Now, as I am sure you are aware, this is now broken in the latest rele

[Gimp-user] Text Along Path GIMP 2.8.2

2012-11-07 Thread C G
Hi, GIMP is a great product. I have used it for over five years now and have enjoyed learning how to use it. I generally pick things up as I need them rather than sitting through tutorials A-Z style. Recently I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 and this automatically upgraded GIMP from 2.6 to 2