On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 01:25:13PM +0100, Tilman Bohn wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 11:06:05AM +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 21, 1999 at 10:56:28AM +0100, "Paul E.C. Melis" > > <melis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Default for images could then be that there's no specific active > > > tool, while you could still select one (and make it active) later, > > > if you want. > > > > > I don't see how you could dislike this. > > > > I dislike it because it does not say how this is accomplished. Do I > > have a toggle for each tool, for each image, or? > > For each tool I would think. > > > > be changed, and if you would like an active tool at some point, > > > just make one active. > > > > Yes, but how is this done? > > If I may butt in here for a moment? > > How about context menus for tools in the toolbox? (Are there already > context menus for them in 1.1?) Pop it up, and select from `Stick Tool > to Active Image,' `Activate Tool for all Images,' amongst other "Stick tool to active image" will happen always since the active image IS the one you are drawing to. I seriously suggest you forget this thing and use the keyboard shortcuts to toggle between tools OR use an intuos pen to switch the tools. You can even use one pen - the pen and the eraser tip are different devices - you can assign 2 different tools to them - not just a tool and an eraser. > Oh, and make another entry `Force Tool for all Images,' which is > only active if the user has `stuck' a tool to at least one image. The > difference to `Activate for all' would be that the latter doesn't > override individual tools stuck to single images, while the former > does. Kinda like any -f switch you've ever seen. ;-) Well you'd need to "activate" the "Sticky" tool somehow anyway. Why not just press a key to switch the tool for real? I think this is like shooting a mosquito with a nuclear blast.. > I actually think this would be pretty intuitive, but then I'm used > to the -f-switch-idiom. Um.. Tig -- .---( t i g e r t @ g i m p . o r g )---. | some stuff at http://tigert.gimp.org/ | `---------------------------------------'
