On 31 Jul 2003, Jay Cox wrote: > > While we are on brushes I am wondering what kind of information needs to > > be stored in a Brush file and why does it need a special file type of its > > own? > In general it needs some pixel data, spacing information, a hot spot, > and whatever dynamic parameters that can apply to image hoses. Any > format that supports meta data would work fine. something for my brain to chew on, thanks. i was thinking it might be nice to be able to arbitrarily use any supported image format as a crude brush. > We could create a brushes menu, but there really isnt enough stuff to > put in there. I dont expect this will change for 2.0. Rather than creating a brushes menu improvements to the brush selection dialog might be a better place for it. > > > It requires two key presses (shift and =/+) to zoom-in which is one > > > of the most common operations that gets used. (this is on US > > > keyboards) > > > > > > RECOMMENDATION: accept '=' and '+' to zoom in. > > > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94910 > > Both + and = should work, with + being the default label. > > Anything else is just a nightmare for international users. > > I agree that it should, but it doesnt. if you file a bug report let me know so I can add myself to the CC list. gthumb seems to be able to have more than one keybinding at the same time for a menu item, how hard could it be? > > > Additionally setup > > > mouse > > > button shortcuts for zooming in and out. Perhaps > > > ctrl-middle for zoom in, and ctrl-shift-middle for > > > zoom out. This will keep peoples left hand on left > > > side of the keyboard and their right hand on the mouse > > > which is exactly where they belong. (is it a pita to > > > have multiple keyboard shortcuts for the same item?) > > > > I dont know about old Unix three button mice, I expect more users have > > Wheel Mice instead so I really hope any changes you make wont adversly > > affect them (and me). > > Zooming with a Wheel Mouse should definately Ctrl+Wheel > > (up & down == Zoom in & out) users already expect this from other > > applications. > > Wheel should scroll the page up and down, and Shift+Wheel should Scroll > > sideways. > > > > I know Paint Shop Pro uses the Middle Click of a Wheel Mouse to Zoom In > > but I never considered trying to use it with a Shift/Ctrl modifier. > > Using the wheel for zooming seems like a good idea to me. Please note that I very specifically said that the wheel should by default scroll the page up and down and that Zooming must use a modifier and should be Ctrl+Wheel (dont even get me started on not being able to use Page Up and Page Down to actually scroll Up and Down the page, I would go even more nuts if the scroll wheel didn't allow me to scroll). This functionality was recently added to Dia, you could probably take a look and substantially borrow the same code. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/
