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Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3

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Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3 Dave M G 06 Jun 02:39
  Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3 DJ 06 Jun 07:08
Dave M G
2007-06-06 02:39:32 UTC (over 17 years ago)

Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3

GIMP Users,

I have switched to GIMP 2.3. Even though it is the "bleeding edge" version, the ability to hold down the space bar and move the image around alone is worth the occasional instability.

Anyway, I'm not sure if this is a problem with version 2.3 not being quite done yet, or if it's a settings issue, or something that simply can't be done.

What I would like to do is have all my tools retain their settings when I close GIMP, so that they will have those same settings next time I open GIMP.

Primarily, I frequently need anti-aliasing turned off on almost every tool that has anti-aliasing, since I work on a lot of line drawings that will eventually be printed.

Also, things like which brush the pencil tool is set to, and what size, would be nice to keep.

In Preferences->Tool Options, I have the "Save Tool Options On Exit" box checked. But either this is having no effect, or it's not having the effect I assumed it would have.

Perhaps this is some kind of permissions issue or something?

Please let me know what, if anything, I can do to have anti-aliasing turned off when I next start up GIMP.

Thank you for any and all advice.

DJ
2007-06-06 07:08:03 UTC (over 17 years ago)

Saving tool settings between sessions in GIMP 2.3

Hi Dave,

I'm using 2.2.13 Gimp on Linux. If there isn't something in the preference, take a gander at the gimprc file. There should be a system wide one, and a local user one. If I remember correctly the system one had options defined but commented out, so it served as the documentation. I picked stuff out of the system wide gimprc and put it into my local gimprc.

Do a google site search on docs.gimp.org (pick your language) for "gimprc" there's a little there.

HTHS