Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP won't handle simple copy-and-paste?

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 07/17/2012 05:14 AM, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:53:09 +0200
> > From: schumaml gmx de
> > To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP won't handle simple copy-and-paste?
> >
> > > Von: Keith Purtell <kpurtell imirus com>
> >
> > > I open and copy the middle screen capture, then paste into my xcf. Then I
> > > have the middle as a new layer, and need to trim off part of the bottom of
> > > that layer. I draw a rectangle around the part of the new floating layer
> > > that needs to be removed. The moment I've done that, everything else on
> > > the layer that is not inside the selection rectangle disappears.
> >
> > At that time, is it a new layer already or still a floating selection?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Michael
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> I've tried the same steps myself.  If it is a normal layer then everything's 
> fine - however if it is still floating then the select tools produce this 
> cropping-like behavior.  Is that deliberate?
Seems to me it is. The floating selection appears to be intended to modify the 
layer from which it was taken; it does not extend that layer's boundaries.

  -- Burnie