Re: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name



I'm going to direct this to the gimp-developer mailing list instead of just gimp-user for further explanation.

What is the method by which GIMP decides the default filename in the Export dialog?

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> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:38:03 +0200
> From: forums gimpusers com
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> CC: team gimpusers com
> Subject: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name
>
> Hello again, does anyone have interest to solve this problem? How can i communicate with gimp developers, is writing on this forum not the proper way to ask something about gimp?
> I think it is senseless to keep old file name for export after saving as your image with different name?
>
> >>> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:48:15 +0200
> >>> From: forums gimpusers com
> >>> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> >>> CC: team gimpusers com
> >>> Subject: [Gimp-user] gimp 2.8 export, after save as keeps old files name
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Hello, i have a question, when i open a new file and export it with
> >>ctrl+e, the gimp 2.8 exports the file with the current file name as
> >>expected but after i save (with save as) file with a new file name,
> >>ctrl+e exports the new file with the old file name, and i think it has
> >>to be changed, because it is an absolutely new file and it is senseless
> >>to keep the old file name for exporting the new file...
> >>> Is this a bug or did developers do this feature intentionally?
> >>>
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> >>More specifically:
>
> >>1 - Open any convenient (non XCF) image file. E.g. "filename.png"
> >>2 - Access the Export command. The default filename shown is "filename.png" (e.g. whatever the source filename was).
> >>3 - Access the Save As command. The default filename shown here is "filename.xcf".
> >>4 - Save the image as an XCF but with a different filename, e.g. "filename.different.xcf" .
> >>5 - Access the Export command again. The default filename is now "filename.different.png", not "filename.png".
>
> >>Why is that?
>
> >>-- Stratadrake
> >>strata_ranger hotmail com
> >>--------------------
> >>Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth.
>
> >Yes, this what i tried to ask. We create a new file with "save as" and it keeps exporting with the old file name and overwrites file exported before, this doesn't make sense to me.
>
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