[gimp] NEWS: add various missing changes worth to be listed.
- From: Jehan Pagès <jehanp src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp] NEWS: add various missing changes worth to be listed.
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:23:46 +0000 (UTC)
commit 008c8b145c71fda66302e5cd74d84c9d85260034
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date: Mon Dec 11 23:15:25 2017 +0100
NEWS: add various missing changes worth to be listed.
- OpenCL disabled by default.
- Manual localization choice in preferences.
- Abbreviated layer mode names.
- Free Select tool commit with double click.
- Color tags inherited from parents.
- "Wheel" dynamics also works for "Rotation" feature.
Preparing for 2.9.8 release. Hopefully I did not forget any other
worthwhile change!
NEWS | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b33c56e..e5a719e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Core:
- Color Picker now reads values under cursor in local windows making
it work at least inside GIMP Windows on Wayland platforms with no
color-picking capabilities (for instance GNOME/Wayland) yet.
+ - OpenCL is now disabled by default. Depending on graphics cards and
+ drivers, OpenCL acceleration is often slower than multi-threaded
+ implementation, and can also sometimes be "glitchy".
+ - Now possible to open a locally-installed manual different from the
+ GUI localization. The manual language choice can be customized
+ through preferences when several manuals are installed. If no manual
+ language has been selected already and no manual for current GUI
+ localization is available, choice of help language will be proposed
+ at first call to the manual.
Configurability:
@@ -48,6 +57,9 @@ Usability:
bar (as angle value and flip icon). Clicking on these canvas status
will respectively raise the "Select Rotation Angle" dialog or unflip
the canvas.
+ - Use abbreviated versions for long layer mode names. In particular,
+ replace the "(legacy)" suffixes with "(l)" in the abbreviated
+ versions, still showing the unabbreviated names in the full list.
Tools:
@@ -62,10 +74,21 @@ Tools:
and restored across sessions.
- All transform tools: it makes no difference now whether a modifier is
pressed before of after mouse button press/release.
+ - Free Select tool selection can now be committed with double click as
+ well (only through Enter key before). This allows smoother workflows
+ on some setups, and in particular when no keyboard is available
+ (e.g. tablet-like computers).
+ - Layer group children now inherit the color tags of the parent by
+ default, unless specific color tags are assigned. Inherited color
+ tags show in a less saturated color than assigned ones.
Painting:
- When copying a generated brush, GIMP now copies its 'Spacing' property.
+ - Rename "Wheel" dynamics labels as "Wheel/Rotation". It turns out
+ that graphics pens with barrel rotation feature use the same axis as
+ the wheel feature. Therefore they already work in GIMP. Unhide the
+ feature with more obvious labels.
Color management:
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