Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 01/15/2014 07:08 AM, Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net 
> <mailto:ofnuts laposte net>> wrote:
>
>
>         On 01/14/2014 01:43 PM, Chris Mohler wrote:
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>             And yet the desktop menu in Mint/Cinnamon does precisely
>             this and it
>             *is*  fast.  I type "Win-key,c,h,r,Enter" and have
>             Chromium running.
>             Easy.  Faster than the menu navigation.  I go without
>             clicking an item
>             in the system menu for weeks at a time, on a desktop I use
>             daily.
>
>
>     I don't think it is applicable here because you can be pretty much
>     mouse-less on a desktop so that you can type everything with two
>     hands.
>
>     In Gimp you have only one hand (the other one is on the
>     mouse/tablet). Either you lose time going back and forth between
>     mouse and keyboard to use both hands on the keyboard, or your
>     non-mouse hand goes in hunt-and-peck mode on the keyboard half it
>     is not accustomed to.
>
>
> So I'm the only one using keyboard shortcuts then?  You actually 
> File->Save with your *mouse*?  How to you enter text on your text layers?

Inputting text for text layers is a completely different matter.

I do use shortcuts (including Ctr-S and Ctrl-E...) but these are mostly 
on the left side of the keyboard. Ctrl-shift-N is already rather awkward 
despite my long fingers. The [] tp set the brush size are out of reach 
(on my AZERTY, these require the AltGr key). I mostly switch tools using 
the tools palette (where I removed those I seldom use and added some 
others).

What I would love is an extension of the Tool palette to include filters.