Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.8 Feature Request (2)

[gg catking net]

On 01/05/12 10:30, Alexia Death wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Liam R E Quin<liam holoweb net>  wrote:
> > I suggest a preference,
> > default export format:
> >    [same as imported file]
> >    [same as last export]
> >    [tiff]
> >    [jpeg]
> >    [png]

Not sure jpeg should be explicitly in there since lossy.
tiff is very clunky to put in as default. png first IMHO

> The current spec states
> 1. Last export on this file
> 2. Last export on any file
> 3. png
>
> That's so mindbogglingly annoying, but yeah found out last night that
> this is how it was specked and there have been rows over this before.

Odd that   [same as imported file] is not in that list
If find 2. rather odd, I'm not surprised there was disagreement on this 
spec.


> I hacked up a quick patch to change that to:
>
> 1. Last export on this file
> 2. Last export on any file
> 3. Import type
> 4. png
>
> its a tiny patch and man did that make my life nicer.
>
> http://to.who.ee/0001-app-Add-import-type-as-third-preference-on-Export.patch
> <- link to the pack. its very easy for those who build git to maintain
> their own miniforks ;)

Cool, I'll build that in locally. I'll probably push it up to position 2.

Many thanks for posting.

/gg