Hi all, all the stuff below sounds quite good (the current modifier usage is really confusing, even for experienced users). When redefining it (making it...
Michael Natterer
mitschel@...
Nov 1, 1999 8:54 am
8600
... But, people like dragging with mouse1 - its more of a psychological think. Also, not everyone has a 3 button mouse, so putting too much on mouse2 is...
Austin Donnelly
austin@...
Nov 1, 1999 10:27 am
8601
Hello all Gimpers ;-) ... Sounds fair to me. Really lovely if I may say so --> me say go for it. To add my view the path to Gimp 1.2 is * Good, consistent and...
Olof S Kylander
olof@...
Nov 1, 1999 10:30 am
8602
Hello all ... Gimp is a X11/UNIX program, which is designed to make use of three mouse buttons. I say get a three button mouse or don't use Gimp. It's a ton ...
Olof S Kylander
olof@...
Nov 1, 1999 11:03 am
8603
... Also, mouse2 is used for panning on the canvas. Can we add similar delay as in the brushes and patterns dialog into the toolbox popups too? It could even...
Tuomas Kuosmanen
tigert@...
Nov 1, 1999 11:56 am
8604
... This has a point. However, you _can_ use "Quickmask" to apply transformations to selections with the normal tools, just make sure your background color is...
Tuomas Kuosmanen
tigert@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:15 pm
8605
... Just listen to Olof :) I was probably sleeping or something .. The point is in Photoshop you can do a trick called "NUDGE" (not nuke :) that basically does...
Tuomas Kuosmanen
tigert@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:21 pm
8606
Hi, ... Ooh, it hurts that now even our major poweruser nows how to set the tile_cache_size correctly. This makes clear that we have to do something about...
Sven Neumann
neumanns@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:36 pm
8607
Hello (again) ... Well talk about generating "help" mails ;-). ... [snip] ... Maybe but as you also say Cut&Paste is more common in the comp world. Beside that...
Olof S Kylander
olof@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:44 pm
8608
Idea: if the size is set to 0, make it mean "guess something good". Out of the box gimp can come with it set to 0, and we just make the algorithm pick...
Austin Donnelly
austin@...
Nov 1, 1999 12:45 pm
8609
... Just to start a discussion: What about trying to detect if it is a "private" machine with less than 5 regular users and then using 80% of the physical...
Simon Budig
Simon.Budig@...
Nov 1, 1999 6:00 pm
8610
Hi, ... I'm not entirely happy with this, too. However there are places where both eg a popup _and_ dnd are logical to bind to mouse1. If I find a way to...
Michael Natterer
mitschel@...
Nov 1, 1999 6:54 pm
8611
... Ah, ok. It's just another word for "float". At least I didn't confuse it with "nude" ;-) Anyway "nuke" sounds a bit radioctive ... we would need a special...
Michael Natterer
mitschel@...
Nov 1, 1999 7:15 pm
8612
Michael J. Hammel
mjhammel@...
Nov 1, 1999 7:26 pm
8613
Michael J. Hammel
mjhammel@...
Nov 1, 1999 7:47 pm
8614
... What? All our users have login names starting from nobody000 to nobody999! ... Also, 5x80% = 400%.. a hypothetical situation of all 5 users using Gimp at ...
Tuomas Kuosmanen
tigert@...
Nov 1, 1999 8:04 pm
8615
... From my experience, tile cache size should be calculated (in a stand alone workstation, aka system where processes are mainly owned by the guy with the ...
Guillermo S. Romero /...
famrom@...
Nov 1, 1999 8:37 pm
8616
... This is not necissarily true. The System-Swap routine is optimized for arbitrary data. Gimp organizes its image-data in tiles and may perform better in...
Simon Budig
Simon.Budig@...
Nov 1, 1999 8:59 pm
8617
... It´s easy... try to detect the pysical memory (on common platforms). Then use getrlimit to find out how much virtual memory we are to use. Then take a bit...
Marc Lehmann
pcg@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:01 pm
8618
Hello All :-) ... Well if I think of some I will send them to you instantly. ... Yes thats the way to go! ... Totally agree with Mitch! I.e Mitch hack it nice...
Olof S Kylander
olof@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:03 pm
8619
Hello Michael, ... Well I know that there are people trying to write books, I'm one of them. And sure my life would be a lot easier if we just said release...
Olof S Kylander
olof@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:11 pm
8620
The stupid I18N behaviour of the week: when menus are translated, any string for which the system finds no translation gets translated to "Fichier" (in...
David Monniaux
David.Monniaux@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:12 pm
8621
... This is totally wrong in the case of Linux (ok, not unix, but even more common). With a better layout, gimp swapping should be able to succeed virtual ...
Marc Lehmann
pcg@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:15 pm
8622
... Last time I looked, swap space in gimp is managed on a first come first server basis, i.e. no special layouting. It should not perform worse than linux´...
Marc Lehmann
pcg@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:17 pm
8623
... Nor false. ... Yes, but Gimp swaps to files, while system normally swaps to partition, and if the admin is smart, to a fast disk which main (unique?) task...
Guillermo S. Romero /...
famrom@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:19 pm
8624
... The point is that the kernel keyes the swap by memory address (physical or virtual does not matter). Which means the keys are basically random. Gimp can...
Marc Lehmann
pcg@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:35 pm
8625
Michael Natterer <mitschel@...> writes: Hi, ... One way to do it might be this: Popup the preview immediately when the user presses the button....
Bernhard Herzog
herzog@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:38 pm
8626
... Hehehe, then how will you describe my experiences with other non-unix systems? Do not waste your time trying: pathetic and noisy just to start. ... Thanks...
Guillermo S. Romero /...
famrom@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:44 pm
8627
Dear Olof, Michael> for the freeze - focus on bug fixing. UI problems can be Michael> considered bugs, but the truth is they are a design issue. They do...
Carey Bunks
cbunks@...
Nov 1, 1999 9:59 pm
8628
Hello Gimpers ... It depends how you specify feature freeze. Some specify it as a stop to add anything (nearly a code freeze) some one else specify it as a...
