Re: [Gimp-user] Question about XCF files

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Ofnuts wrote:

> Uh? The only edits that don't seem to change the "text" status of a text
> layer are those done using the text tool itself (and the Move tool, of
> course)

You can paint over a text layer, and that will change its status. But
if you saved that as XCF and then reload, attempting to edit such a
layer will give you a choice: throw away all the painting and edit the
text, or not edit as text.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org