Re: [Gimp-developer] Bring back normal handling of other file formats

[peter sikking <peter mmiworks net>]

Richard Gitschlag wrote:

> > > I doubt that would violate the terms of the Save/Export spec that the dev team swears by.
> > 
> > yes it does. you cannot go through save if it is not safe.
> 
> Well, the spec only says:
> > Save, ‘Save as’ and ‘Save a copy’ shall only save to (compressed) GIMP formats, which shall be the only available format choices in
> > the Save dialog. Only Save and ‘Save as’ shall change the saved-status of the document and replace the document–to–file association.

that is why I wrote the clarification above.

it is the whole _route_ of Save that is off-limits to things
that re not safe. see my other posts of today.

    --ps

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