[gimp-help-2] Update image window
- From: Julien Hardlin <jhardlin src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help-2] Update image window
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:29:38 +0000 (UTC)
commit 9acad3478b8db9026feb75075f9872fb228bb7fd
Author: Julien Hardelin <jm hard wanadoo fr>
Date: Sun Apr 15 07:30:21 2012 +0200
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--- a/src/concepts/basic-setup.xml
+++ b/src/concepts/basic-setup.xml
@@ -2,175 +2,259 @@
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd";>
<!-- section history:
- 2008-12-10 JPL: updated to v2.6
- 2008-06-04 prokoudine: fixes to Russian translation
- 2008-01-04 ude: replaced calloutlist with orderedlist
- 2007-01-29 fixed Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-07-15 spelling fixes for german
- 2006-05-24 added croatian translation by semka
- 2006-05-02 added Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-02-27 added norwegian by kolbjÃrn
--->
-<sect1 id="gimp-concepts-main-windows"
- xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";>
+ 2012-04-11 j.h: update to v-2.8
+ -->
+ <sect1 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
+id="gimp-concepts-main-windows">
+
<title>Main Windows</title>
<anchor id="gimp-concepts-usage"/>
<indexterm>
<primary>Basic Setup</primary>
</indexterm>
+
+ <para>
+ The GIMP user interface is now available in two modes:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ multi-window mode,
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ single window mode.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you open GIMP for the first time, it opens in multi-window mode by
+ default. You can enable single-window mode through
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Windows</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>>Single-Window Mode</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>) in the image menu bar.
+ After quitting GIMP with this option enabled, GIMP will start in
+ single-window mode next time.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id="multi-window-mode">
+ <term>Multi-Window Mode</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <figure>
+ <title>
+ A screenshot illustrating the multi-window mode.
+ </title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/multi-window.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ The screenshot above shows the most basic arrangement of
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> windows that can be used effectively.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can notice two panels, left and right, and an image window in
+ middle. A second image is partially masked. The left panel collects
+ Toolbox and Tool Options dialog together. The right panel collects
+ layers, channels, paths, undo history dialogs together in a
+ multi-tab dock, brushes, patterns and gradients dialogs
+ together in another dock below. You can move these panels on
+ screen. You can also mask them using the <keycap>Tab</keycap> key.
+ </para>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--1-->
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>The Main Toolbox:</emphasis>
+ Contains a set of icon buttons used to select tools.
+ By default, it also contains the foreground and background colors.
+ You can add brush, pattern, gradient and active image icons.
+ Use
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Toolbox</guisubmenu>
+ </menuchoice>
+ to enable, or disable the extra items.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--2-->
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Tool options:</emphasis>
+ Docked below the main Toolbox is a Tool Options dialog, showing
+ options for the currently selected tool (in this case, the
+ Move tool).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--3-->
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Image windows:</emphasis>
+ Each image open in <acronym>GIMP</acronym> is displayed in a
+ separate window. Many images can be open at the same time, limited
+ by only the system resources. Before you can do anything useful in
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, you need to have at least one image
+ window open. The image window holds the Menu of the main commands
+ of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> (File, Edit, Select...), which you can
+ also get by right-clicking on the window.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ An image can be bigger than the image window. In that case, GIMP
+ displays the image in a reduced zoom level which allows to see the
+ full image in the image window. If you turn to the 100% zoom
+ level, scroll bars appear, allowing you to pan across the image.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--4-->
+ <para>
+ The <emphasis>Layers, Channels, Paths, Undo History</emphasis>
+ dock — note that the dialogs in the dock are tabs.
+ The Layers tab is open : it shows the layer structure of
+ the currently
+ active image, and allows it to be manipulated in a variety of
+ ways. It is possible to do a few very basic things without using
+ the Layers dialog, but even moderately sophisticated
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> users find it indispensable to have the
+ Layers dialog available at all times.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--5-->
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Brushes/Patterns/Gradients:</emphasis>
+ The docked dialog below the layer dialog shows the dialogs (tabs)
+ for managing brushes, patterns and gradients.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ Dialog and dock managing is described in
+ <xref linkend="gimp-concepts-docks"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry id="single-window-mode">
+ <term>Single Window Mode</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <figure>
+ <title>
+ A screenshot illustrating the single-window mode.
+ </title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/single-window.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
- <figure>
- <title>The standard windows of <acronym>GIMP</acronym></title>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/using/standard-setup.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <caption>
<para>
- The screenshot illustrates the standard windows of
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym>
+ You find the same elements, with differences in their management:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Left and right panels are fixed; you can't move them. But you
+ can decrease or increase their width. If you reduce the width of
+ a multi-tab dock, there may be not enough place for all tabs;
+ then arrow-heads appear allowing you to scroll through tabs.
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/scroll-through-tabs.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ As in multi-window mode, you can mask these panels using the
+ <keycap>Tab</keycap> key.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The image window occupies all space between both panels.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When several images are open, a new bar appears above the image
+ window, with a tab for every image. You can navigate between
+ images either using
+ <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>PageUp or
+ PageDown</keycap></keycombo> or
+ <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>0-1</keycap></keycombo>.
+ <quote>0-1</quote> represent tab number; you must use the number
+ keys of the upper line of your keyboard, not that of keypad
+ (Alt-shift necessary for some national keyboards).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
- </caption>
- </mediaobject>
- </figure>
- <orderedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
<para>
- The screenshot above shows the most basic arrangement of
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> windows that can be used effectively.
+ This is a minimal setup. There are over a dozen other types of dialogs
+ used by <acronym>GIMP</acronym> for various purposes, but users typically
+ open them when they need them and close them when they are done.
+ Knowledgeable users generally keep the Toolbox (with Tool Options) and
+ Layers dialog open at all times. The Toolbox is essential to many
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> operations. The Tool Options section is actually
+ a separate dialog, shown docked to the Main Toolbox in the screenshot.
+ Knowledgeable users almost always have it set up this way: it is very
+ difficult to use tools effectively without being able to see how their
+ options are set. The Layers dialog comes into play when you work with an
+ image with multiple layers: after you advance beyond the most basic stages
+ of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> expertise, this means
+ <emphasis>almost always</emphasis>.
+ And of course it helps to display the images you're editing on the screen;
+ if you close the image window before saving your work,
+ <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will ask you whether you want to close the file.
</para>
- <listitem>
+ <note>
<para>
- <emphasis>The Main Toolbox:</emphasis>
- Contains a set of icon buttons used to select tools.
- May also contain the foreground and background colors;
- brush, pattern, and Gradient; and an icon of the active image.
- Use
+ If your <acronym>GIMP</acronym> layout is lost, your arrangement
+ is easy to recover using
<menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
- <guisubmenu>Toolbox</guisubmenu>
- </menuchoice>
- to enable, or disable the extra items.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Tool options:</emphasis>
- Docked below the main Toolbox is a Tool Options dialog, showing
- options for the currently selected tool (in this case, the Smudge
- tool).
+ <guimenu>Windows</guimenu>
+ <guisubmenu>Recently Closed Docks</guisubmenu>
+ </menuchoice>
+ ; the Windows menu command is only available while an image is open.
+ To add, close, or detach a tab from a dock, click
+ <guiicon>
+ <inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/using/tab-icon.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject>
+ </guiicon>
+ in the upper right corner of a dialog. This opens the Tab menu. Select
+ <guimenuitem>Add Tab</guimenuitem>,<guimenuitem> Close Tab
+ </guimenuitem>, or <guimenuitem>Detach Tab</guimenuitem>.
</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>An image window:</emphasis>
- Each image open in <acronym>GIMP</acronym> is displayed in a separate
- window. Many
- images can be open at the same time, limited by only the system
- resources. Before you can do anything useful in
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym>, you need to
- have at least one image window open. The image window holds the
- Menu of the main commands of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> (File, Edit,
- Select...), which you can also get by right-clicking on the window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <emphasis>Layers, Channels, Paths</emphasis> dock with the
- Layers Dialog open; note that the <quote>dialogs</quote> in the
- <quote>dock</quote> are tabs.
- This dialog window shows the layer structure of the currently active
- image, and allows it to be manipulated in a variety of ways. It is
- possible to do a few very basic things without using the Layers
- dialog, but even moderately sophisticated <acronym>GIMP</acronym>
- users find it
- indispensable to have the Layers dialog available at all times.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Brushes/Patterns/Gradients:</emphasis>
- The docked dialog below the layer dialog shows the dialogs (tabs) for
- managing brushes, patterns and gradients.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- <para>
- This is a minimal setup. There are over a dozen other types of dialogs
- used by <acronym>GIMP</acronym> for various purposes, but users typically
- open them when they need them and close them when they are done.
- Knowledgeable users generally keep the Toolbox (with Tool Options) and
- Layers dialog open at all times. The Toolbox is essential to many
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> operations; in fact, if
- you close it, <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will exit after confirming that that
- is actually what you want to do. The Tool Options section is actually
- a separate dialog, shown
- docked to the Main Toolbox in the screenshot. Knowledgeable users almost
- always have it set up this way: it is very difficult to use tools
- effectively without being able to see how their options are set. The
- Layers dialog comes into play when you work with an image with
- multiple layers: after you advance beyond the most basic stages of
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> expertise, this means
- <emphasis>almost always</emphasis>.
- And of course it helps to display the images you're editing on the screen;
- if you close the image window before saving your work,
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> will ask you whether you want to close the file.
- </para>
- <note>
+ </note>
+
<para>
- If your <acronym>GIMP</acronym> layout is lost, your arrangement
- is easy to recover using
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Windows</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Recently Closed Docks</guisubmenu>
- </menuchoice>
- ; the Windows menu command is only available while an image is open.
- To add, close, or detach a tab from a dock, click
- <guiicon>
- <inlinemediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/using/tab-icon.png"/>
- </imageobject>
- </inlinemediaobject>
- </guiicon>
- in the upper right corner of a dialog. This opens the Tab menu. Select
- <guimenuitem>Add Tab</guimenuitem>,<guimenuitem> Close Tab
- </guimenuitem>, or <guimenuitem>Detach Tab</guimenuitem>.
+ The following sections walk you through the components of each of the
+ windows shown in the screenshot, explaining what they are and how they
+ work. Once you have read them, plus the section describing the basic
+ structure of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> images, you should have learned
+ enough to use <acronym>GIMP</acronym> for a
+ wide variety of basic image manipulations. You can then look through the
+ rest of the manual at your leisure (or just experiment) to learn the
+ almost limitless number of more subtle and specialized things that are
+ possible. Have fun!
</para>
- </note>
- <para>
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> does not support placing all controls and images
- into a single comprehensive window. The consensus in the
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> community, is that
- multiple windows offers a better user experience—and a
- single window is difficult to do in a way that works correctly
- across all of the operating systems on which
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> runs.
- </para>
- <para>
- Earlier versions of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> (up to
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 1.2.5) used many dialogs:
- advanced users often had half a dozen or more dialogs open at
- once, scattered all over the screen and very difficult to track.
- <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.0 is much better in this respect, because it
- allows dialogs to be
- docked together in a flexible way. (The Layers dialog in the screenshot
- actually contains four dialogs, represented by tabs: Layers, Channels,
- Paths, and Undo.) The system takes a little while to learn, but once you
- learn it, we hope that you will like it.
- </para>
- <para>
- The following sections walk you through the components of each of the
- windows shown in the screenshot, explaining what they are and how they
- work. Once you have read them, plus the section describing the basic
- structure of <acronym>GIMP</acronym> images, you should have learned
- enough to use <acronym>GIMP</acronym> for a
- wide variety of basic image manipulations. You can then look through the
- rest of the manual at your leisure (or just experiment) to learn the
- almost limitless number of more subtle and specialized things that are
- possible. Have fun!
- </para>
+
<xi:include href="toolbox.xml"/>
<xi:include href="imagewindow.xml"/>
<xi:include href="docks.xml"/>
diff --git a/src/concepts/imagewindow.xml b/src/concepts/imagewindow.xml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b7e7942..11c08f1
--- a/src/concepts/imagewindow.xml
+++ b/src/concepts/imagewindow.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,8 @@
<!DOCTYPE sect2 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd";>
<!-- section history:
- 2008-03-22 reviewed 'ko' contents by Mr.Dust
- 2008-01-14 alex falappa: fixed outstanding TODOs for 'it'
- 2008-01-04 ude: replaced calloutlist with orderedlist
- 2007-02-27 fixed Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-10-16 added Spanish translation by manuq
- 2006-09-17 added norwegian translation by KoSt
- 2006-07-24 added italian translation by ciampix
- 2006-07-15 fixed spelling errors in german
- 2006-05-02 added Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-01-11 note added by j.h line 744
- 2006-01-06 HdJ: Revised dutch text.
- -->
+ 2012-04-12 j.h: update to v2.8
+-->
<sect2 id="gimp-image-window">
<title>Image Window</title>
@@ -33,48 +23,86 @@
<secondary>Navigation preview</secondary>
</indexterm>
+ <para>
+ GIMP user interface is now available in two modes: multi-window mode
+ (default), and single-window mode (optional, through
+ <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Windows</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>>Single-Window Mode</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
+ But, if you quit GIMP with this option enabled, GIMP will open in single
+ mode next time).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In single-window mode, no new window is added: images and dialogs are added
+ in tabs. Please see <xref linkend="single-window-mode"/>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When you start <acronym>GIMP</acronym> without any image open, the image
+ window seems to be absent in single-window mode, while, in multi-window
+ mode, an image window exists, even if no image is open.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ We will begin with a brief description of the components that are
+ present by default in an ordinary image window. Some of the
+ components can be removed by using commands in the
+ <link linkend="gimp-view-menu">View</link> menu.
+ </para>
<figure>
- <title>
- A screenshot of the image window illustrating the important components.
- </title>
+ <title>The Image Window in Multi-Window Mode</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
- <imagedata format="PNG"
- fileref="images/using/imagewindow-description.png"/>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/image-window-multi.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </figure>
+
+ <figure>
+ <title>The Image Area in Single-Window Mode</title>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/image-window-single.png"/>
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <orderedlist>
+ <note>
<para>
- An image window exists, even if no image is open.
- The Title Bar in an image window without an image reads
- <quote>GNU Image Manipulating Program</quote>.
- An image window with an image displays the image name
- and its specifications in the title bar according to the settings
- in <link linkend="gimp-prefs-dialog">Preference Dialog</link>.
- Each window displays exactly one image, or no image if no image is
- open. Each image is displayed in one or more image windows;
- it is unusual to display the same image in more than one window.
- We will begin with a brief description of the
- components that are present by default in an ordinary image window.
- Some of the components can be removed by using commands in the
- <link linkend="gimp-view-menu">View</link>
- menu.
+ Despite <emphasis>Single</emphasis>-window Mode, we will we will use
+ <quote>image window</quote> for <quote>image area</quote>.
</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <orderedlist>
<listitem>
<!--1-->
<para>
<emphasis>Title Bar:</emphasis>
- The top of the image window typically displays a Title Bar with
- the name of the image and some basic information about the image. The
- Title Bar is provided by the operating system, not by
+ The Title Bar in an image window without an image displays
+ <quote>GNU Image Manipulating Program</quote>.
+ An image window with an image displays the image name
+ and its specifications in the title bar according to the settings
+ in <link linkend="gimp-prefs-dialog">Preference Dialog</link>.
+ The Title Bar is provided by the operating system, not by
<acronym>GIMP</acronym>, so its appearance is likely to vary with
- the operating system, window manager, and/or theme. Use the
- <link linkend="gimp-prefs-dialog">Preferences dialog</link>
- to customize the information that appears in the Title Bar.
+ the operating system, window manager, and/or theme — in Linux
+ systems, this title bar has a button to display the image
+ window on all your desktops. You also have this button in toolbox window
+ and layer window.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you have opened a non-xcf image, it is <quote>(imported)</quote>
+ as a .xcf file and its original name appears in the status bar at the
+ bottom of the image window.
</para>
+ <para>
+ When an image is modified, an asterisk appears in front of title.
+ </para>
</listitem>
+
<listitem>
<!--2-->
<para>
@@ -82,7 +110,7 @@
Directly below the Title Bar appears the Image Menu (unless it has
been suppressed). The Image Menu provides access to nearly every
operation you can perform on an image. You can also right-click
- on an image to display a pop-up image menu.
+ on an image to display a pop-up image menu,
<footnote><para>
Users with an Apple Macintosh and a one button mouse can use
<keycombo>
@@ -90,14 +118,14 @@
<mousebutton>mousebutton</mousebutton>
</keycombo> instead.
</para></footnote>,
- or by left-clicking on the little <quote>arrow</quote> symbol in
- the upper left corner, called the <emphasis>Menu Button:</emphasis>,
- if for some reason you find one of these more
- convenient. Many menu commands are also associated with keyboard
+ or by left-clicking on the little <quote>arrow-head</quote> symbol in
+ the upper left corner, called <emphasis>Menu Button</emphasis>,
+ described just below.
+ Many menu commands are also associated with keyboard
<emphasis>shortcuts</emphasis> as shown in the menu.
You can define your own custom shortcuts for menu actions, if
you enable <link linkend="gimp-prefs-interface"> Use Dynamic Keyboard
- Shortcuts</link> in the Preferences dialog.
+ Shortcuts</link> in the Preferences dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -105,7 +133,8 @@
<anchor id="gimp-image-window-origin"/>
<para>
<emphasis>Menu Button:</emphasis>
- Click the Menu Button to display the Image Menu in a column.
+ Click the Menu Button to display the Image Menu in a column,(essential
+ in full screen mode).
If you like to use keyboard shortcuts, use
<keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo>
to open the menu.
@@ -132,6 +161,10 @@
image to delete it; you can always drag another guide into the
image. You can even use multiple guides at the same time.
</para>
+ <para>
+ In ruler area, the mouse pointer position is marked with two small
+ arrow-heads pointing vertically and horizontally.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--5-->
@@ -173,8 +206,8 @@
<para>
<emphasis>Zoom Button:</emphasis>
There are a number of ways to zoom the image in or out, but the Zoom
- Button is perhaps the simplest. With GIMP-2.6, you can directly enter
- a zoom level in the text box for very fine control.
+ Button is perhaps the simplest. You can directly enter a zoom level in
+ the text box for precise control.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -183,8 +216,8 @@
<para>
<emphasis>Status Area:</emphasis>
The Status Area is at the bottom of the image window.
- By default, the Status Area displays the active part of the image,
- and the amount of system memory used by the image.Use
+ By default, the Status Area displays the original name of the image.xcf
+ file, and the amount of system memory used by the image. Please use
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
@@ -199,10 +232,10 @@
<para>
Note that the memory used by the image is very
different from the image file size. For instance, a 70Kb .PNG
- image may occupy 246Kb in memory when displayed.
+ image may occupy 246Kb in RAM when displayed.
There are two primary reasons the difference in memory usage.
First, a .PNG file is compressed format, and the image is
- reconstituted in memory in uncompressed form.
+ reconstituted in RAM in uncompressed form.
Second, <acronym>GIMP</acronym> uses extra memory, and copies
of the image, for use by the Undo command.
</para>
@@ -237,8 +270,8 @@
on the navigation control to display the Navigation Preview.
The Navigation Preview has a miniature view of the image
with the displayed area outlined. Use the Navigation Preview
- To quickly pan to a different part of the
- image—move the mouse while keeping the button depressed.
+ to quickly pan to a different part of the
+ image—move the mouse while keeping the button pressed.
The Navigation Window is often the most convenient way to
quickly navigate around a large image with only a small portion
displayed. (See
@@ -251,7 +284,8 @@
<!--12-->
<para>
<emphasis>Inactive Padding Area:</emphasis>
- This padding area separates the active image display and the inactive
+ When the image dimensions are smaller than the image window, this
+ padding area separates the active image display and the inactive
padding area, so you're able to distinguish between them. You cannot
apply any Filters or Operations in general to the inactive area.
</para>
@@ -275,7 +309,8 @@
<para>
<emphasis>Image Window Resize Toggle:</emphasis>
Without enabling this feature, if you change the size of the image
- window, the image size and zoom does not change. If you make the
+ window by click-and-dragging border limits, the image size and zoom
+ does not change. If you make the
window larger, for example, then you will see more of the image.
If this button is pressed, however, the image resizes when the window
resizes so that (mostly) the same portion of the image is displayed
@@ -283,13 +318,39 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
+
+ <para>
+ <anchor id="dotted-lines"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Dotted lines</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <emphasis>Dotted lines</emphasis>:
+
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG"
+ fileref="images/using/left-vertical-line.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+
+ This is a feature specific to the single-window mode.
+ These small dotted vertical lines, on the left and the right of the image,
+ mark the limit between the image area and the panels, from top to bottom.
+ When the mouse pointer passes over this line, it turns to a double-arrow.
+ Then, click-and-drag to move the limit between image area and panels.
+ </para>
+
<tip>
<para>
- Drag and drop an image into the Toolbox window to open the image
- in its own Image window. This is very different than dragging
- an image into an existing Image window, which adds it to the
- currently open image in a new layer—usually not what
- you want.
+ Drag and drop an image into the Toolbox window from a file browser to
+ open the image in its own Image window or tab.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In multi-window mode, dragging an image into an existing Image window,
+ adds it to the currently open image in a new layer. This feature
+ is not available in single-window mode but you can, of course, drop the
+ image in the Layers dialog.
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
diff --git a/src/dialogs/gradient-dialog.xml b/src/dialogs/gradient-dialog.xml
index edcfe76..fef61a6 100755
--- a/src/dialogs/gradient-dialog.xml
+++ b/src/dialogs/gradient-dialog.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry id="script-fu-gradient-save-as-css">
+ <varlistentry id="python-fu-gradient-save-as-css">
<term>Save as CSS</term>
<listitem>
<!--Written with the help of Joao S.O Bueno, plugin author-->
@@ -326,17 +326,7 @@ background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom,
</literallayout>
</para>
</formalpara>
- <para>
- Clicking on this command opens a somewhat disconcerting dialog:
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="images/dialogs/SaveAsCSS.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- </mediaobject>
- You can't enter a name directly for your CSS snippet; you must go
- through the file browser.
- </para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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