>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Budig <Simon.Budig@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Simon> Roland Roberts (roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>> I'm trying to copy a layer from one image to another. Below is a
>> fragment of the code to do this; new-image has already been created
>> with the same base type as the old-image.
>>
Simon> [...]
>> (gimp-selection-all old-image)
>> (gimp-edit-copy old-layer)
Simon> It *might* (just tested with the GUI) be a better idea to
Simon> use (gimp-selection-none old-image), [...]
Thanks for this suggestion. It turns out that using
gimp-selection-none on both the old and new images gets things pasted
into the right locations.
Simon> Also you might want to use gimp-floating-sel-to-layer and
Simon> use (gimp-layer-set-offsets ..) on this newly created
Simon> layer. [...]
Naively using this results in twice as many layers as what I started
with. And gimp-floating-sel-to-layer is documented to return nothing,
so I'm not sure how I am supposed to find the newly created layer.
Maybe I should have used gimp-selection-float to create the layer?
In any event, just removing the selection from both images results in
an exact copy.
Simon> However, it is an annoyance that gimp-layer-copy restricts
Simon> the usage of the result to the originating image. [...]
I agree...I first thought that was exactly what I wanted until I read
the comments to realize I could only copy within an image.
roland
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