Re: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior

[Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 22:30:23 +0100
> From: forums gimpusers com
> To: gimp-user-list gnome org
> CC: notifications gimpusers com
> Subject: [Gimp-user] HATE the new save vs. export behavior
>
> > Just wanted to add yet another voice to the "really annoyed" list.
> > That is all.
>
> I came here and other gimp related sites to try to find some solution to always
> asking settings of exporting/saving an image in jpeg format and to bypass the
> dialog saying it was unsaved

The first part -- prompting you for the export settings -- is actually expected to happen the first export 
per image session.  Depending on which filetype you're outputting to, some settings could make or break 
compatibility with specific apps (e.g. I seem to recall one of the BMP export options doing precisely this, 
if it was set wrong then Win32 APIs refused to read the file) .  At least some export types (e.g. JPG) allow 
you to save and load export settings....

As for the second part, confirm closing of exported-not-saved images, personally I would prefer this to be a 
preferences option but I've never seen any support for the idea expressed by GIMP devs.  (Though I haven't   
exactly been tracking it, either.)  However, didn't somebody make a plug-in that calls the Export command 
then resets the image's dirty flag?  It does not replace the existing Export command but it would save you 
the extra prompt when closing the window.

On a tangent (feel free to split this), I typically run GIMP in single-window mode and I would really like an 
option that if more than one image is open in SWM, closing the window will ALWAYS prompt if you want to do 
this, regardless of whether those images are saved.  (Analogous to Firefox prompting if you want to close a 
window that has multiple open tabs on it.)

-- Stratadrake
strata_ranger hotmail com
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