Hi, Martin Bernreuther <MartinBern@xxxxxx> writes: > I just wantet to copy a rectangle area from a source-layer to a target layer > of an image. That's what I done first: > > (gimp-rect-select image 0 0 layer-width height REPLACE FALSE 0) > (gimp-edit-copy source-layer) > (let ((floating-sel (car (gimp-edit-paste target-layer FALSE)))) > (gimp-floating-sel-anchor floating-sel)) > > This works for a lot of cases BUT if I have an image showing a > figure on a transparent background (with alpha channel), something > strange happens: The position of the figure on the target-layer is > shifted (an the only the figure itself is selected) It only works if > the bounding box of the visible parts equal the selection. I got > the same results using the GUI (also with select-all). the internal clipboard automatically crops the stored selection. > How can I avoid this? > > Is there a faster way to transfer the layer contents to another layer, > avoiding the intermediate step of the buffer? you could copy the whole layer using (gimp-layer-copy). Salut, Sven
