Re: [Gimp-developer] small suggestion for consistency

[Marco Ciampa <ciampix posteo net>]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:37:12AM +0200, Simon Budig wrote:
> Marco Ciampa via gimp-developer-list (gimp-developer-list gnome org) wrote:
> > The menu layer should named layers for consistency with the other
> > menus like colors, tools, filters.
>
> Would you suggest to change "Image" to "Images" as well?

No. Image deal with _one_ image at a time. Level deal with one or more
levels at a time (see below).

> Both feels wrong to me, since the "Layer" menu mostly deals with actions
> affecting just one layer (the current one).

Level groups are made not of just one level.
Same as for a stack of levels.

> "Filters" is a collection of multiple filters, 

right

> "Tools" is a collection of multiple tools, 

right

> "Colors" deals with multiple colors in the image.

right

and levels deals with multiple levels in the image, in groups and in a stack.

... but this is just an observation and a suggestion ...

TIA

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Marco Ciampa

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