On 13 July 2012 22:34, Joao S. O. Bueno <gwidion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I got a complaint from a hard core artist today about a behavior that > changed between gimp2 .6 and 2.8 > I was not aware of. (And no, it does not absolutely have to do with > the file export options) > > It has to do with the selection mode: > Once selected in the tool options, the "add to selection", "subtract > from selection" and "intersect with selection" > options where permanent until changed again - in GIMP 2.6. > > In GIMP 2.8, the setting is reset with the selection. I.E. if the > selction is cleared, > the setting goes back to the default of "Replace selection". > > This artist is complaining this breaks his workflow in a hard way. > (I mean: he relies on the setting remaining at "add to selection" > after clearing the selection) > > Was this behavior change on purpose, or is this a bug on 2.8? > If on purpose, is there a rationale? > > As a work-around for 2.10 we could create actions to set the mode with a > shortcut (so one could press ctrl+shift+a to clear the selection > followed by a configured shortcut > to turn the "add to selection" mode.) While trying to get my friend a work around to this behavior I perceived the following: If one calls (gimp-selection-clear ) from either the script-fu or Python-fu consoles, the selection is cleared, but the selection edition mode is unchanged. (i.e., it remains in "add to selection" ) However, if I create a one line script-fu with just this call, the selection edition mode is reset to "replace" when the script is run. >From this is I infer the behavior has to do with gimp-context settings around the call of a script rather than something done on purpose - and is therefore a bug, that should be fixed in 2.8. line. Is this correct? js -><- > > Regards, > > js > -><- _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
