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some changes are required in po-tips file

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some changes are required in po-tips file Cristian Secară 06 Dec 15:40
  some changes are required in po-tips file Liam R E Quin 06 Dec 15:54
  some changes are required in po-tips file Alexandre Prokoudine 06 Dec 15:56
   some changes are required in po-tips file Cristian Secară 06 Dec 16:08
  some changes are required in po-tips file Mukund Sivaraman 06 Dec 19:20
Cristian Secară
2011-12-06 15:40:44 UTC (about 13 years ago)

some changes are required in po-tips file

1. Since the implementation of the export menu, this string is no longer stricly true:
===
When you save an image to work on it again later, try using XCF, GIMP's native file format (use the file extension .xcf). This preserves the layers and every aspect of your work-in-progress. Once a project is completed, you can save it as JPEG, PNG, GIF, ... ===

The "..., try using XCF, ..." is a bit misleading, since now the xcf is the only format that can be _saved_ (and a b/gzip still contains the xcf).

But more important is that the "... you can save it as JPEG, ..." should now say "... you can export it as JPEG, ...".

2. I supose that the Stroke Selection menu item is now the Border menu item (?):
===
You can draw simple squares or circles using Edit→Stroke Selection. It strokes the edge of your current selection. More complex shapes can be drawn using the Path tool or with Filters→Render→Gfig. ===

Cristi

Liam R E Quin
2011-12-06 15:54:30 UTC (about 13 years ago)

some changes are required in po-tips file

On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 17:40 +0200, Cristian Secară wrote:

1. Since the implementation of the export menu, this string is no longer stricly true:
===
When you save an image to work on it again later, try using XCF, GIMP's native file format (use the file extension .xcf). This preserves the layers and every aspect of your work-in-progress. Once a project is completed, you can save it as JPEG, PNG, GIF, ... ===

It was never true -- e.g. undo history is not saved, tool options are not saved...

The "..., try using XCF, ..." is a bit misleading, since now the xcf is the only format that can be _saved_ (and a b/gzip still contains the xcf).

But more important is that the "... you can save it as JPEG, ..." should now say "... you can export it as JPEG, ...".

right.

2. I supose that the Stroke Selection menu item is now the Border menu item (?):
===
You can draw simple squares or circles using Edit→Stroke Selection. It strokes the edge of your current selection. More complex shapes can be drawn using the Path tool or with Filters→Render→Gfig.

I'd be reluctant to send people to gfig really. Better to suggest using an external SVG editor such as Inkscape and then importing as paths.

Liam

Alexandre Prokoudine
2011-12-06 15:56:13 UTC (about 13 years ago)

some changes are required in po-tips file

2011/12/6 Cristian Secară:

1. Since the implementation of the export menu, this string is no longer stricly true:
===
When you save an image to work on it again later, try using XCF, GIMP's native file format (use the file extension .xcf). This preserves the layers and every aspect of your work-in-progress. Once a project is completed, you can save it as JPEG, PNG, GIF, ... ===

The "..., try using XCF, ..." is a bit misleading, since now the xcf is the only format that can be _saved_ (and a b/gzip still contains the xcf).

But more important is that the "... you can save it as JPEG, ..." should now say "... you can export it as JPEG, ...".

True, not sure if I can fix it at this point hough.

2. I supose that the Stroke Selection menu item is now the Border menu item (?):

Absolutely not :)

Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org

Cristian Secară
2011-12-06 16:08:41 UTC (about 13 years ago)

some changes are required in po-tips file

On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 19:56:13 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

2. I supose that the Stroke Selection menu item is now the Border menu item (?):

Absolutely not :)

Sorry, that was my mistake, the tip says Edit, but in practice I was looking for the Stroke Selection under the Selection menu and found none there :/

Cristi

Mukund Sivaraman
2011-12-06 19:20:21 UTC (about 13 years ago)

some changes are required in po-tips file

Hi Cristian

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 05:40:44PM +0200, Cristian Secară wrote:

1. Since the implementation of the export menu, this string is no longer stricly true:
===
When you save an image to work on it again later, try using XCF, GIMP's native file format (use the file extension .xcf). This preserves the layers and every aspect of your work-in-progress. Once a project is completed, you can save it as JPEG, PNG, GIF, ... ===

The "..., try using XCF, ..." is a bit misleading, since now the xcf is the only format that can be _saved_ (and a b/gzip still contains the xcf).

But more important is that the "... you can save it as JPEG, ..." should now say "... you can export it as JPEG, ...".

Thanks for pointing it out. As this save vs. export change is recent, parts of GIMP and its docs still need to be updated about it as we keep finding out. :)

Mukund