Re: [Gimp-user] Definition of "project data" .... vs "image data" vs "workspace data"

[Jay Smith <jay JaySmith com>]

On 08/07/2012 07:11 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:29 AM, Jay Smith wrote:
>
> > However, to me, the XCF does not _currently_ really save what I consider to
> > be the _project_ data.
> >
> > Gimp does not save, to my knowledge (please excuse any errors), the
> > following (and more, I am sure):
> >
> > - window positions or sizes
> > - visible dialogs
> > - viewing magnification magnification
> > - active tool
> > - most recently applied filter
> > - most recently used settings in dialogs (such as Image Size settings
> >       such as inch vs mm etc.)
> > etc., etc.
>
> OK, fair point. I can see how a project could have several related
> images and certain workspace preferences preserved (i.e. "restore as I
> left it"). Maybe Peter would be interested to have a go at this in the
> future.
>
> Of all the items listed above only the latter is kinda being addressed
> so far. Right now, in Git master, some of the former GIMP filters that
> have been ported to GEGL use the skeleton of the experimental GEGL
> tool and thus save recent settings automatically. I use it a lot for
> applying the unsharp mask filter (but I only scale down and clean-up
> stuff with this version, really -- it's not ready for prime time use).
>
> > (Or maybe "project" and "workspace" are completely different things??)
>
> To me, they overlap. At least, a little bit.
>
> Alexandre Prokoudine

Alexandre,

Thank you for your very constructive and helpful reply.

See, I _feel_ heard.  And I am a happy camper.

Clarification:  I made the statement "Gimp does not save....".  I should 
have said "Gimp does not save in the _image_ file when saving an 
image....".   [The program 'workspace' does remember things like what 
dialogs were open when the program was closed.]

Jay