Hello, list - I have a severe problem that shows itself under OS X (10.9 "Mavericks") both with GIMP 2.8.8 and with 2.8.10; 2.8.6 behaves correctly. The problem happens both on my iMac and on my MacBook Pro.

I have installed on my computers the distribution "GIMP on OS X" by Simone Karin Lehmann; I have alerted about my problem the maintainer of the distribution, because it is probably due to a wrong interaction of GIMP with OS X graphics; but S.K.L. didn't answer to my two requests for help, the first one for 2.8.8 and the second one, now, for 2.8.10.

Here is what happens: using the pencil tool (or the brush tool), with 2.8.6 I was used to see the outline of the brush shown on the GIMP canvas; that was extremely useful since I was able to check the current size of the brush on my screen, also while increasing/decreasing that size. Now, I cannot see the brush outline anymore. And this happens with the clone/healing tools too; I cannot see where the clone source will be set (with cmd-click), nor where exactly the cloned zone will land on my image (with left-click).

Maybe I am not so clear (english is my third language only); but I have done two screen recordings, in the .mov format, the first one with 2.8.6 and the second one with 2.8.10; they are available for download on Google Drive, and the link is:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1oP_87P_BIOLW13X1hOeTV5Znc&usp=sharing

In the first video you may see the brush outline (while I am using the pencil tool and clone tool); in the second one, they are not visible.

Please, help; I know that I could downgrade to 2.8.6, but I would like to see a current GIMP correctly working on my computer.

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//\   | Maurizio Loreti - Retired physicist, happy grandfather

V_/_  | of two grandsons, wanderer and amateur photographer...

This has been posted to GIMP-users; but maybe GIMP-developers is more appropriate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maurizio Loreti
Date: Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Subject: OS X, GIMP 2.8.8-2.8.10: brush outline not displayed To: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org"

Hello, list - I have a severe problem that shows itself under OS X (10.9 "Mavericks") both with GIMP 2.8.8 and with 2.8.10; 2.8.6 behaves correctly. The problem happens both on my iMac and on my MacBook Pro.

I have installed on my computers the distribution "GIMP on OS X" by Simone Karin Lehmann; I have alerted about my problem the maintainer of the distribution, because it is probably due to a wrong interaction of GIMP with OS X graphics.

Here is what happens: using the pencil tool (or the brush tool), with 2.8.6 I was used to see the outline of the brush shown on the GIMP canvas; that was extremely useful since I was able to check the current size of the brush on my screen, also while increasing/decreasing that size. Now, I cannot see the brush outline anymore. And this happens with the clone/healing tools too; I cannot see where the clone source will be set (with cmd-click), nor where exactly the cloned zone will land on my image (with left-click).

Maybe I am not so clear (english is my third language only); but I have done two screen recordings, in the .mov format, the first one with 2.8.6 and the second one with 2.8.10; they are available for download on Google Drive, and the link is:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1oP_87P_BIOLW13X1hOeTV5Znc&usp=sharing

In the first video you may see the brush outline (while I am using the pencil tool and clone tool); in the second one, they are not visible.

Please, help; I know that I could downgrade to 2.8.6, but I would like to see a current GIMP correctly working on my computer.

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//\   | Maurizio Loreti - Retired physicist, happy grandfather

V_/_  | of two grandsons, wanderer and amateur photographer...

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Mark Bourne < gimp-users.mbourne@spamgourmet.com> wrote:

Check the setting:
Edit > Preferences > Image Windows > Show brush outline

Maybe it's somehow been unselected, or perhaps the default has changed.

Mark.

It is selected, but the brush outline doesn't show. However, on the gimp-developer mailing list, the bug has been tracked down to the use of a pointer, dereferenced after having been freed; and will be corrected in a future release. Thank you any way for your suggestion!

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//\   | Maurizio Loreti - Retired physicist, happy grandfather

V_/_  | of two grandsons, wanderer and amateur photographer...