Re: [Gimp-developer] present xcf as what it is, a gimp project file format

[yahvuu <yahvuu gmail com>]

Am 17.06.2012 23:29, schrieb peter sikking:
 > you are on a roll with brainstorming, aren’t you?
> 
> taking that a bit further, that would be ‘export + force close’
> or ‘overwrite and force close’.
> 
> the combinations; the integration in the file menu; and
> the edge case-ness all give me stomach ache. interaction
> stomach ache.
> 
> but Force close,
> 
> that could be useful to a lot more people.

possibly, even like http://gimp-brainstorm.blogspot.de/2010/01/behind-bars.html ?!?

A pop-up  is certainly appropriate for preventing _accidental_ data loss via Close.
But for Force Close, i see no justification to interrupt the train of thought by 
raising a pop-up.


best regards,
yahvuu


PS: In retrospect, it does not seem very clever to propose adjacent keys for the Force Close
hot key chording. Too easy to accidentally hit both of them in sequence.