Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.9.5 Erase

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 02/18/2017 01:26 PM, programmer_ceds wrote:
> One other piece of information - I have just found if the erased path crosses
> itself (without releasing the mouse button) the intersection stays erased - for
> example if a figure 8 is drawn in one operation the problem doesn't appear.
>
> I don't see the same thing on the same PC (running W7 64-bit) using V2.8.20.
>
> > Am I missing something obvious here?
> >
> > I create a new image, use bucket fill to fill it with the background
> > colour (not white, although the 'problem' still occurs with white) and
> > add an alpha channel to the layer.
> >
> > I then select the eraser tool and erase a strip of the image - this
> > works fine and I see the chequered/transparent background as expected.
> >
> > If I then erase another strip that in part crosses the first strip the
> > intersection of the strips becomes white.
> >
> > Erasing the intersection again toggles it back to being transparent..
> >
> > I have tried adjusting various controls for the eraser tool without
> > success (I consider success to be that the intersection of the two
> > strips remains erased).
> >
> > I am using GIMP V2.9.5 commit 7111ead (the portable Windows version
> > from Partha's site posted 12.2.2017 (many thanks to Partha for posting
> > these versions))

Probably this bug, which has been fixed in git:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778597