Re: [Gimp-gui] gimp-gui-list Digest, Vol 11, Issue 1

[Jehan <jehan girinstud io>]

On 2016-09-28 15:28, Jehan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2016-09-28 15:12, Joseph Bupe wrote:
> > Also, shouldn't we just have the Paths Layers within the Layers
> > dialog, then provide "Layer type" option to choose what type of layer
> > to add through that pop-up dialog.
>
> Paths are not layers, neither in the code nor conceptually (well you
> could stretch the concept, I guess, but y first idea would not put
> these on the same conceptual level). So no, I don't think so.

This said, playing with it, I could see how you could see it as a layer 
rather than a single object. But we really don't process these that way 
in GIMP. One "path" is pretty much a unique object and not a layer (with 
several objects in it).

Also if you could order paths and layers together, it means you could 
have paths under layers (which currently doesn't exist). That could all 
be interesting ideas if GIMP had more powerful support of vectors. But 
right now I feel our implementation is too weak to consider paths as 
layers for vectors.

Jehan

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