Re: [Gimp-user] edit text content and properties

[Donald Miller <damiller2 gmail com>]

Hello Rich

Good vid, thanks. Manual site should have links to such external assets,
with someone's approval.

Regards,
 Don Miller   damiller2 gmail com
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Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:52:04 AM, you wrote:

> > Hello Alexandre

> > Thanks for fast response.

> > Sounds logical. Highlighting in place seemed not to work, so I
> > "use editor", changed px to pt, found NO CHANGE. Also tried editor
> > with "use selected font", no change. Have previously found GIMP to
> > reject my mods, including size/ppi.
> > Is something "protected"?

> > Also, can one make "Use editor" the default?

> > Regards,
> > Don Miller   damiller2 gmail com
> > ======================================
> > Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:10:09 AM, you wrote:

> > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Donald Miller wrote:

> > > > On GIMP2, I can select similarly, but edit options seem not to allow
> > > > easy change of text or properties.

> > > They absolutely do :)

> > > > Attempting to highlight or select
> > > > from text box seems to only let me move box, copy all, paste replace.

> > > This is because you are trying to to enter text editing mode with the
> > > Move tool. Try the Text tool instead.

> > > Actually, it's a good point. Automatically entering the text mode from
> > > the Move tool after a double click would make sense.

> > > Alexandre Prokoudine

> Not quite sure at which stage you are editing text.
> Plenty of how-to's around, mine has the advantage of being only 4 minutes.
>  h.t.t.p://youtu.be/ChcTE9KROmc   I had to mux this remove the stops  

> One snag with formatted text is once transformed if you go back to edit
> the text, all the formatting is lost. 
> but Gimp does warn you of this.