[Gimp-user] Tired of losing images due to "exporting" instead of saving as png/jpg.

["Bodo Eggert" <7eggert web de>]

Dear list,

first I need to grumble about the only-xcf-is-saving-misfeature. I rarely  
have images where I need layers or other data, and even if I do, I'll be  
warned. But I have to "export" it instead, and that leaves me with no way  
to tell weather I'll lose my work by closing an image window - and thus, I  
just had to redo a scan.

I have absolutely no need to keep additional .xcf-files around or a  
possibility to use them. Having a .jpg/png to use and a .xcf for keeping  
the "I have saved"-flag is a burden, and even if I started doing it, I  
know I'd someday forget to export and use an outdated .jpg instead of the  
corrected version.

I'm planning to fix it - by going back to 2.6 if I must. I'd prefer to  
have a patch for 2.8 or a patched version that can safe .jpg files,  
therefore I'd like to know weather somebody has done this.

Sorry for being in a bad mood.