Piotr, next time try replying to the list =) ----- Forwarded message from Piotr Legiecki <piotrlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----- Envelope-to: diablo@localhost Delivery-date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:42:27 -0500 From: Piotr Legiecki <piotrlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Patrick McFarland <unknown@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] alpha vs. transparency / translucency X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Oy8H-0001fW-00*pRRb2yo43eE* Patrick McFarland wrote: >On 18-Dec-2002, Sven Neumann wrote: > >>suggests to replace the term "Alpha" in the GIMP user interface by the >>terms Transparency and/or Translucency. This could need some >>discussion here, that's why I'd like to point the fellowship of >>gimp-developer to this report. Please keep the discussion on the list. >> >>Once we've settled on a strategy for this, we might need a volunteer >>to go through the source and do the changes. Sounds like a good >>opportunity to browse the GIMP source and contribute, don't you think? > > >I say leave it alone. Alpha is the correct term here, transparency isnt. > That is correct. 'Alpha' is a term used not only in gimp. It is a well known and established term in gfx world. Don't change it. Piotr L. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Patrick "Diablo-D3" McFarland || unknown@xxxxxxxxx "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
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