Re: [Gimp-user] Inital zoom ratio bug?

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Richard Gitschlag
<strata_ranger hotmail com> wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 00:48:46 +0200
> > From: forums gimpusers com
> > To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> > CC: team gimpusers com
> > Subject: [Gimp-user] Inital zoom ratio bug?
> >
> > So I'm using Gimp 2.8 in single window mode and not fullscreen window on
> > winXp. Initial zoom ratio is set to "Fit to window". And yet when I open a
> > big image which wouldn't fit to Gimp's window, Gimp still resize its own
> > window even to out of my screen's resolution boundary. I don't want that. My
> > pref window: http://i.imgur.com/fVHaR.jpg
> > So is this bug or how can I prevent Gimp doing this?
> > Thanks for any answers!
> >
> > --
> > berniek (via gimpusers.com)
>
> That is odd.  I have the same settings (including single-window mode, with
> my window carefully sized/placed to fill the whole screen because there's a
> bug with maximized window status) and have yet to encounter the problem.
>
> Hmm ... I have an idea what could be responsible (though exactly why fails
> me), so try these steps:
>
> 1 - Size your GIMP window as desired.
> 2 - Go to the "Window Management" section of Preferences and hit the button
> for "Save Window Positions Now".
> 3 - Restart GIMP and see if the behavior persists.
>
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When using single-window mode, try tuning off fit-to-window etc. by
unchecking resize and zoom behavior.