This is a bug that's fixed in git master. And *cough* Joao, from a hard core GIMP veteran I would have expected to figure this ;) regards, --mitch On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 22:34 -0300, Joao S. O. Bueno 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.) > > Regards, > > js > -><- > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
