Re: [Gimp-developer] Eraser Tool default setting (Was [Gimp-user] ERASER TOOL)

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 05:02 +0200, scl wrote:
> On  9.7.2014 at 3:38 PM Jluc wrote:
> > Le 09/07/2014 15:32, PDG-USER a écrit :
> > > Very new to this program with elementary uses for Gimp.  Main task is
> > > erasing
> > > extraneous graphics from pdf. maps and drawings.  Currently, the
> > > setting for the
> > > eraser tool is not removing graphics, but painting on the checkerboard
> > > pattern.
> >
> > have you tried, in the layers pane, to select the layer, click right,
> > and remove the alpha channel ?
>
> Hi,
>
> the default setting for the Eraser Tool is to not erase from the
> background layer. As the example above shows this is not what
> users expect and therefore (new) users have problems with it.
> Is there a reason to have chosen this default?

I don't know what you mean, the eraser erases to "transparent
background", which results in transparency if there is an
alpha channel, and in the background color if there is no
alpha channel.

I can't see anything unexpected here, I don't even see a "default"
because that's how it always behaves.

--Mitch