Re: [Gimp-user] gradient tool

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 03/25/2013 10:03 PM, Richard Gitschlag wrote:

> Advance warning:  You can't edit the preset gradients (minor design
> flaw common to all GIMP resources, really), you have to hit the
> "Duplicate" button on a desired gradient before you go into editing
> mode.  Otherwise the editor will be in read-only mode.

That's "a feature, not a bug."  The default gradients live in a
directory shard by all users on a system, so having to work on
copies that "belong to" your user account prevents accidental
sabotage of other users.  The same applies to brushes and other
shared resources.

Redundant on a single user desktop, but there's it.

:o)

Steve