On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:38:51PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > > now that GIMP 2.2 is out and the major problems with the early 2.2.x > releases seem to have been fleshed out, it would be nice if we could > put some effort into documenting some of the new stuff that's hidden > in the 2.2 version. So this is a plea for help on documenting things. > I am sorry that I don't have the time to do all this myself, but I can > at least try to make a list of things that I think would be worth > writing about... > i have been working on some of the things on this list. i am curious what others have accomplished towards fullfilling this reasonable request. > - nifty things you can tweak in the Preferences dialog and in gimprc > i am currently working on the Preferences dialog and am in need for some sane words to describe how to set the units globally. i realize it was discussed on this mail list, however i am finding it difficult to concisely explain how to set the units globally in the way a user could understand and in a way that is actually effective globally. > - customizing the GIMP user interface > i have two different documents describing how to change the gimps docks and tabs; a short description and a long one. the shorter version: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/gui/docks-tabs.html the longer version: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/gui/all_my_docks_and_tabs.html > - customizing the splash image > http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/gui/splashes/ in addition to the requests on this list, i wrote about how to configure the gimps gtkrc to adjust the plug-in preview size here: http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/gui/gtkrc.html i am open to corrections and suggestions and/or i will be happy to put the urls to everyone elses effort to fullfill the requests found on this list from these pages. i am really stuck understanding how the new gimp handles units globally, perhaps it is a condition of too much information. a nice concise user friendly explanation of how it works now and what we get from this change would help me (and others). thanks, carol
