Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

[Jay Smith <jay JaySmith com>]

On 05/02/2012 08:45 PM, Jonathan Kamens wrote:
> New way:
>
>    1. "gimp file.jpg".
>    2. Make changes.
>    3. Open File menu and select "Overwrite" (no keyboard shortcut for
>       that!).
>    4. Periodically type ctrl-e to save further progress (because for
>       some inexplicable reason, once you use the "Overwrite" command it
>       disappears and is replaced with the "Export" command which appears
>       to do exactly the same thing, but /this/ one has a keyboard
>       shortcut; how does that make sense, exactly)?

Jonathan, I hope that you realized that when editing a JPG, repeatedly 
saving/exporting to JPG (your step 4) reduces the quality (actually 
compresses / deletes data).  Maybe this has been working for what you 
are doing, but I beleive it is contrary to what most users do -- because 
they don't want to diminish quality/data.

>    5. Type ctrl-q.
>    6. GIMP tells me I have unsaved changes, even though I just saved
>       them with ctrl-e.
>    7. Click "Discard Changes" to really exit.