Re: [Gimp-gui] gimp project file support

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

oops, i actually sent that out by mistake, it was in my drafts folder!

it's a bit half-baked (and  the font stuff has been goig better) but
what the heck, let's be radical :)

On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 12:25 -0400, Liam R. E. Quin wrote:
> *OK, maybe i should think about something smaller before trying to
> tackle opentype features and text for now :) Smaller and bigger at
> the
> same way.
>
> I've wished for a long time gimp had the concept of projects -
> * a set of related resources such as fonts, brushes
> * tool settings and other presets
> * default image folders for open/save/import/export
> * possibly, ability to have multiple pejects open at the same time,
> each with its own SWM with toolbox, but maybe that's too big a
> change.
>
> So this could add,
> File->Project
>  * New
>  * Open
>  * Save
>  * Save As...
>
> New would offer to take the current settings and make them into a
> project.
>
> Opening a project would load settings and resources (brushes, fonts,
> palettes, etc) from the project folder.
>
> File->import would import an image in any format into a project (xcf,
> jpeg....) and of course file->export would work as now.
>
> File->Project->save would save all open images in the project as well
> as the project file.
>
> File->Open would open project files by default, or xcf files, or
> offer
> to create a project containing the opened file
>
> It would be possible to have multiple projects open at the same time.
> Evantually, maybe, using an asset from one project in another project
> might copy the asset automatically.
> Eventualy, maybe each project would have its own tabbed single window
> mode. Not sure.