> On 1/27/07, Steve Stavropoulos <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I chose a delay of 5 seconds, to give me time to open the menu
> > after I selected the window to grab. But, after a while I figured out
> > that gimp first waits for the 5 seconds to pass and then gives you the
> > chance to select the window. That is the exact opposite of what I
> > expected and didn't allow me to take the screenshot of the open menu I
Clarence Risher writes:
> The screenshot delay behaves exactly as I have always expected it to.
> [ ... ] Then again, I have often desired
> a feature do what you propose here. I think both options should be
> available, in combination, in the form of two delays.
In gimp 2.2, the screenshot dialog offered both options. Early on
in 2.3, the before-selection delay disappeared leaving only the
before-grab delay. But apparently there's been some in-fighting
between the people who want one delay vs. the other, and in current
CVS the winner is the before-selection delay, which unfortunately
leaves no way of grabbing a single window while doing something in
it (like popping up a menu). Bummer! I personally found the before-
grab delay very useful, but never need the before-selection delay.
An svn log of screenshot.c shows the sequence:
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r20867 | neo | 2006-09-17 05:21:09 -0700 (Sun, 17 Sep 2006) | 6 lines
2006-09-17 Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx>
* plug-ins/common/screenshot.c: reverted Bill's change. Applying
the delay before the selection makes as much sense as doing it
afterwards. Do it consistently at least.
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r20862 | weskaggs | 2006-09-15 09:11:36 -0700 (Fri, 15 Sep 2006) | 5 lines
Bill Skaggs <weskaggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* plug-ins/common/screenshot.c: when shooting a region, apply delay
_after_ selecting region, applying before is useless.
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r20121 | mitch | 2006-06-18 02:44:43 -0700 (Sun, 18 Jun 2006) | 6 lines
2006-06-18 Michael Natterer <mitch@xxxxxxxx>
* plug-ins/common/screenshot.c: apply the delay before selecting,
not before grabbing, so the user has time to rearrange things.
Fixes bug #345214.
Bugzilla isn't responding right now so I can't review bug 345214,
but it sounds like there's a good argument for going back to offering
both delays, like 2.2 did. There are good reasons for both.
Sven, Bill, Mitch? Any chance of that?
Meanwhile: you can still grab a menu by shooting the entire screen
with a delay, then cropping it afterward ... arduous but better than
nothing. Or use 2.2. :-)
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