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

[yahvuu <yahvuu gmail com>]

Am 20.06.2012 00:31, schrieb Liam R E Quin:
> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 21:59 +0200, yahvuu wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Years ago I used a mailer called elm, in which "x" was the eXpunge
> command for saving changes.
> 
> Then I moved to mutt, in which "x" meant "quit immediately without
> saving anything."

the idea is actually to shortcut Force Close by a longer key sequence
which is very unlikely to be hit accidentally or by old habits.

For example, Alt-F2 Alt-F4 to Force Close a window as suggested in the brainstorm item.
Or something like CTRL-F2 CTRL-F4 to Force Close a tab/image in GIMP.


To contrast with Close:
An image with unsaved changes can be closed via 
	CTRL-W  (Close) and
	ALT-W   (Confirm)

The difference to Force Close is that the latter works unconditionally, also
for images whithout unsaved changes. This saves you from thinking about
the saved/unsaved state -- in case you are absolutely sure that the data can be discarded.


best regards,
yahvuu