I tend to agree with Simon that “Layer” seems appropriate for this usage. On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:00 AM Simon Budig <simon@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Marco. > > Marco Ciampa via gimp-developer-list (gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx) > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 11:37:12AM +0200, Simon Budig wrote: > > > Marco Ciampa via gimp-developer-list (gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx) > wrote: > > > > The menu layer should named layers for consistency with the other > > > > menus like colors, tools, filters. > > > > > > Would you suggest to change "Image" to "Images" as well? > > > > No. Image deal with _one_ image at a time. Level deal with one or more > > levels at a time (see below). > > > > > Both feels wrong to me, since the "Layer" menu mostly deals with > actions > > > affecting just one layer (the current one). > > > > Layer groups are made not of just one layer. > > Same as for a stack of layers. > [...] > > and layers deals with multiple layers in the image, in groups and in a > stack. > > > > ... but this is just an observation and a suggestion ... > > I might be missing something obvious, but when looking at the Layer-Menu > I can see one menu entry that affects all layers simultaneously: > Layer->Stack->Reverse Layer order. > > All other entries are really quite specific to the currently selected > layer: either by moving it to some other position in the stack, > selecting a layer in a specific relation to the current layer, Change > the current layer size etc... > > Granted, some of these implicitely affect the other layers in the stack, > but there always is the one designated layer that the operation is > defined by. > > True, if the current layer is a layer group, these operations work on a > set of sub-layers, but that is more an effect of having currently > selected a layer group - the operations still work on the currently > selected item in the layer stack (and its child items). > > It feels a little bit like bike shedding, but I still believe that > "Layer" is correct. > > Bye, > Simon > -- > simon@xxxxxxxx http://simon.budig.de/ > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > -- https://patdavid.net GPG: 66D1 7CA6 8088 4874 946D 18BD 67C7 6219 89E9 57AC _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
