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> From: liam holoweb net
> To: cr33dog gmail com > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:09:30 -0500 > CC: gimp-user-list gnome org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] import vs open > > Or I wasn't clear, I think. It's not really clean vs. dirty, but > whether the canvas is new and unused and empty. E.g. try this in a word > processor: open the program and you get a blank canvas into which you > can type right away; open a file and it replaces that blank canvas. > > This is actually a separate issue from open/import really. > > Liam > . . . which is also behavior that varies between individual products. Comparing the few word processors I have on hand, I get: MS WordPad: Only allows one window per application instance. If you want multiple windows you have to start it multiple times. (Not a problem - lightweight, shares the system clipboard) MS Works 4.5: MDI application that displays one child window per file opened, and never replaces one window with another. (Comparable to GIMP) MS Word 2003: Opens a blank window by default. If no changes are made to the blank document then opening a file will replace it, otherwise it opens in a separate window. MS Works 8: Aside from having a separate task launcher for accessing its WP, spreadsheet, etc, it has the same behavior as Word 2003. -- Stratadrake strata_ranger hotmail com -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. |