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

[realbezo <forums gimpusers com>]

> > Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:48:15 +0200
> > From: forums gimpusers com
> > To: gimp-user-list gnome org
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> > 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?

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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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