[gimp-help] Update Free Selection and Move tools
- From: Julien Hardlin <jhardlin src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help] Update Free Selection and Move tools
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:23:46 +0000 (UTC)
commit 5ea06e61d78ae7624c24a1edb7e9900df617f342
Author: Julien Hardelin <jhardlin orange fr>
Date: Wed Jul 10 15:23:09 2019 +0200
Update Free Selection and Move tools
src/concepts/grid-and-guides.xml | 22 ++++++++--------------
src/toolbox/selection/free.xml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
src/toolbox/transform/move.xml | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/concepts/grid-and-guides.xml b/src/concepts/grid-and-guides.xml
index b6a62c012..683eeaf70 100644
--- a/src/concepts/grid-and-guides.xml
+++ b/src/concepts/grid-and-guides.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- section history:
- 2009-02-19 j.h: revised for v2.6
- 2006-09-17 added norwegian translation by KoSt
- 2006-05-02 added Korean translation by Dust
- 2006-02-28 Added italian translation and fixed 'Shift' key meaning for
- guide move (en,it) by ciampix
- 2006-01-06 Activated dutch translation and replaces some
- ' by " by HdJ
- 2005-12-18 reviewed and added de translation by lexa
- 2005-11-28 replaced informalfigures by figures by lexa
+ 2019-07-08 j.h: add moving guides intersection
-->
<sect1 id="gimp-concepts-image-grid-and-guides">
<title>Grids and Guides</title>
@@ -153,11 +145,13 @@
</para>
<para>
You can create as many guides as you like, positioned wherever you like.
- To move a guide after you have created it, activate the Move tool in the
- Toolbox (or press the <keycap>M</keycap> key), you can then click and
- drag a guide. To delete a guide, simply drag it outside the image.
- Holding down the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key, you can move everything but
- a guide, using the guides as an effective alignment aid.
+ To <emphasis>move a guide</emphasis> after you have created it, activate
+ the Move tool in the Toolbox (or press the <keycap>M</keycap> key), you
+ can then click and drag a guide; click-and-drag the intersection of
+ two guides to move them together. To <emphasis>delete a guide</emphasis>,
+ simply drag it outside the image. Holding down the <keycap>Shift</keycap>
+ key, you can move everything but a guide, using the guides as an
+ effective alignment aid.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/src/toolbox/selection/free.xml b/src/toolbox/selection/free.xml
index aa4a2caf0..7ca558f04 100644
--- a/src/toolbox/selection/free.xml
+++ b/src/toolbox/selection/free.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
"http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- section history:
2019-02-03 j.h: rewrite explanations
+ 2019-07-08 j.h:
-->
<sect2 id="gimp-tool-free-select" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>Free Selection (Lasso)</title>
@@ -42,9 +43,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Maintaining the mouse button pressed (i.e click-and-drag), drag to
- draw a free hand selection. When <emphasis>end point</emphasis> comes
- superimposed on the starting point, release the mouse button to
- <emphasis>close the selection</emphasis>.
+ draw a free hand selection. When end point comes superimposed on the
+ starting point, release the mouse button to close the selection.
</para>
<para>
If you click on the end point, it turns accompanied by a moving cross.
@@ -54,12 +54,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Or release the mouse button and drag to draw a polygonal selection.
- When the <emphasis>end point</emphasis> comes superimposed on the
- starting point, click to <emphasis>close the selection</emphasis>.
- Since GIMP-2.10, closing polygonal selection doesn't confirm the
- selection automatically; you still can tweak positions of nodes.Then
- press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or switch to another tool to confirm the
- selection.
+ When end point comes superimposed on the starting point, click to
+ close the selection.
</para>
<para>
Press the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> keyboard key and click on the end
@@ -72,8 +68,15 @@
straight line.
</para>
<para>
- Press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or double click inside the shape to validate
- the selection.
+ In polygonal mode, this selection is a <emphasis>preliminary
+ selection</emphasis>; ants are marching, but the small yellow circle is
+ still present: you can copy the selection and, pressing the
+ <keycap>Backspace</keycap> key, you return to the previous selection step
+ (re-open the shape), and you can edit the selection.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or double click inside the shape to
+ <emphasis>validate the selection</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
Pressing and releasing the mouse pointer allows you to mix free hand
@@ -147,14 +150,15 @@
<sect3>
<title>Key modifiers</title>
<para>
- The Free Select tool does not have any special key modifiers,
- only the ones that affect all selection tools in the same way.
+ The Free Select tool has key modifiers that affect all selection tools in
+ the same way.
See <link linkend="gimp-tool-select">Selection Tools</link> for
help with these.
</para>
<para>
- <keycap>Backspace</keycap> removes last segment drawn,
- <keycap>Escape</keycap> cancels all selection segments.
+ <keycap>Backspace</keycap> returns to previous selection step (removes
+ last selection segment), <keycap>Escape</keycap> cancels all selection
+ segments.
</para>
</sect3>
diff --git a/src/toolbox/transform/move.xml b/src/toolbox/transform/move.xml
index 03fbcf34a..f3dc48cbd 100644
--- a/src/toolbox/transform/move.xml
+++ b/src/toolbox/transform/move.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@
the mouse pointer goes over. Then it is activated and you
can move it.
</para>
+ <para>
+ At the point of intersection of two guides, you can
+ click-and-drag to move them together. This is useful when the
+ guides are used to mark a point, rather than a pair of lines
+ (e.g, as is the case for the mandala symmetry guides, which
+ mark the symmetry point of origin).
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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