On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:33:15 +0200, Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:09 +0200, gg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> 1/ I set up mouse scroll to zoom in and out and exited. I get the >> following helpful msg: >> >> You will have to restart GIMP for the following changes to take effect: >> >> temp-path >> swap-path > > That's a bug in the preferences dialog that still needs to be tracked > down and fixed. Not quite sure what is causing it. I suspect that > something is broken about the file-chooser buttons that are used to > configure these settings. > >> 2/ This is long standing not new. It is very unobvious how to adjust >> these >> settings on the interface, it gets me every time. I knew I was in the >> right place and that I could do it but the "notepad" icon does not >> communicate the idea of a configuration action , it suggests text >> editor. >> Finally by floating the mouse around I get the tool tip which is clear >> and >> helpful. >> >> The classic metaphor for config settings is some sort of spanner or >> screwdriver icon. This would be a lot clearer. I'm sure there's one >> already in gimp that could be used. The caption should probably be >> "configure" as is contained in the tool tip and the title of the dlg >> that >> follows. > > The thing is that the Edit button used here is common all over the GIMP > user interface. Editing an input controller is like editing a brush and > the same widget is being used here. What's the widget you refer to? Is it just the button or is there a whole bunch of behaviour tied in as well? > > But yes, it would be easy to change this icon. If we had a better icon > for it. We could use GTK_STOCK_PREFERENCES but somehow it feels that > "Preferences" is even more of an abuse than "Edit". > hmm if that's the icon on File | Preferences I find that even more obscure, maybe a new icon is needed. > No one is really proud of the user interface for Input configuration, > that's why it is still undergoing changes. However it's a lot better > than it used to be. And not long ago you had to edit a config file > manually. > Yes in general it's pretty fully featured but I'm sure Peter could do wonders streamlining it. I'd suspected that the use of edit was a subconcious carry over from an early time when this was actually and edit process. I take it there's no complications to changing the caption on the button in the dlg. Am I right in thinking these icons are just different scale renditions saved as different files? thx /gg _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
