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Snap to Guides by default

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Snap to Guides by default malefico 08 Apr 14:22
  Snap to Guides by default David Gowers 08 Apr 14:59
   Snap to Guides by default malefico 08 Apr 16:04
    Snap to Guides by default Jay Smith 08 Apr 16:15
     Snap to Guides by default Michael J. Hammel 08 Apr 16:41
    Snap to Guides by default Akkana Peck 09 Apr 04:19
     Snap to Guides by default malefico 10 Apr 16:10
malefico
2009-04-08 14:22:14 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

Hi, two rather noob questions here:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option which is on by default (Gimp 2.4), I look in configuration windows but couldn't find how to turn it off.

Secondly, when use accidentally click on rulers, the current tool changes to Move which is a pain when you are frantically painting like mad. Is it possible to change this behaviour as a preference ?

If the answer for both is to switch to 2.6 I apologize in advance.

Best regards

malefico.

PS: Hope I'm not breaking any rules by asking about 2.4....

David Gowers
2009-04-08 14:59:42 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM, malefico wrote:

Hi, two rather noob questions here:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option which is on by default (Gimp 2.4), I look in configuration windows but couldn't find how to turn it off.

is

View->Snap to guides

what you want? (in the menus on the image windows, not in GIMP preferences)

David

malefico
2009-04-08 16:04:26 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

David Gowers wrote:

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM, malefico wrote:

Hi, two rather noob questions here:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option which is on by default (Gimp 2.4), I look in configuration windows but couldn't find how to turn it off.

is

View->Snap to guides

what you want? (in the menus on the image windows, not in GIMP preferences)

David

Thank you David, I know where the option is, but it is always on by default. Is there any way to turn it off by default ? So when Gimp starts it is unchecked ?

Regards

malefico.

Jay Smith
2009-04-08 16:15:38 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

On 04/08/2009 10:04 AM, malefico wrote:

David Gowers wrote:

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:52 PM, malefico wrote:

Hi, two rather noob questions here:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option which is on by default (Gimp 2.4), I look in configuration windows but couldn't find how to turn it off.

is

View->Snap to guides

what you want? (in the menus on the image windows, not in GIMP preferences)

David

Thank you David, I know where the option is, but it is always on by default. Is there any way to turn it off by default ? So when Gimp starts it is unchecked ?

Regards

malefico.

I posted a similar question a few days ago and got no from the group/list. My question was about the various defaults in the dialog "Image, Canvas Size".

Is there a way to control _all_ these various defaults? I can't find an 'rc' file or anything in Preferences that does this.

Jay

Michael J. Hammel
2009-04-08 16:41:37 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:16 -0400, Jay Smith wrote:

I posted a similar question a few days ago and got no from the group/list. My question was about the various defaults in the dialog "Image, Canvas Size".

Is there a way to control _all_ these various defaults? I can't find an 'rc' file or anything in Preferences that does this.

It's possible you got no answer because

a) if it is possible, no one knew how to do it b) it isn't possible.

Either way, no one was able to help. Such is life on a mailing list. In my case, I simply don't read every message to the list.

There are quite a few rc files under the .gimp-2.6 user directory. The gimprc file suggests the global /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc has options you can override. One of these is snap-distance. Setting it to 0 might simulate removing snap to grid though it may not turn it off. You might also try -1, which is often used to disable an integer value that can start at 0.

I've not tried this since I don't need it. You'll just have to experiment.

I don't believe there is any configurable data saved for the Image->Canvas Size dialog, which means you wouldn't be able to set this in an rc file. I could be wrong, however.

Akkana Peck
2009-04-09 04:19:00 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

malefico writes:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option

[ ... ]

Thank you David, I know where the option is, but it is always on by default. Is there any way to turn it off by default ? So when Gimp starts it is unchecked ?

In GIMP 2.6, no. In GIMP 2.7, yes (as of a couple of weeks ago), but so far only by editing your gimprc. A patch has been submitted to add it to the prefs dialog but that has to be reviewed by the UI team ... I don't know if Peter has had a chance to think about it yet.

...Akkana

malefico
2009-04-10 16:10:01 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Snap to Guides by default

Thank you Akkana, good to know these settings will be configurable in next versions.

Regards

malefico.

Akkana Peck wrote:

malefico writes:

I wonder if there is any way to turn off the "Snap to Guides" option

[ ... ]

Thank you David, I know where the option is, but it is always on by default. Is there any way to turn it off by default ? So when Gimp starts it is unchecked ?

In GIMP 2.6, no. In GIMP 2.7, yes (as of a couple of weeks ago), but so far only by editing your gimprc. A patch has been submitted to add it to the prefs dialog but that has to be reviewed by the UI team ... I don't know if Peter has had a chance to think about it yet.

...Akkana