[GIMP] RANT: Gimp for windows, nothing like for linux.

[lv8pv]

Im original and Linux Slackware user, but after i stoped working in the business and spent most of my programing time on a Persistent RP PW for Neverwinter Night 1, i have found my self sadly migrating more and more over to windows. This because the toolset for NWN1 dont work in the linux version of NWN1.

There are so many things that iritate me about windows, but ill keep to this one thing in this post. Gimp for windows is nothing like Gimp for linux.

Take this example.

You have zoomed in on your canvas in windows, and need to change color on your brush. You change to the pallet and pick your color, then back to your canvas to start painting. Only to notice, no paint is painted. Why ? Becuase even tho your mouse and brush tool is over the image right where you want it, the actual window is not highlighted, you have to click the frame of the image window to get hige lighted. Often most of that frame is behind other windows, and you cant click in the middle of the window because you dont want to mess upp the image with a brush stroke.... (Or you can, but then you need to remember to do a CTRL+Z)

Why cant windows have "focuse follow mouse" ? like linux have ? Or do it ? Im no windows expert, if you know it have please tell me how.

/rant over.

[Dreleen]

I don't use gimp but have you thought about making a color palette on the side of your picture so you can just use an eye dropper tool while coloring. I sometimes plan out my colors beforehand it minimize having to search for the right color later.

Just a thought cause I don't know how gimp works hehe.:p

[lv8pv]

hehe Yes im dooing that. The color was just an example, its the same if you have to change tool with your mouse (no short cut) Everytime the focuse of the image window is lost, you have to get back the focuse with a mouse click.

Perhaps this problem is only noticable for linux users as window users would be used to this, and never thought there might be other ways ?

[Vyoma]

Yes, lv8pv. This is a irk of using GIMP under Windows. Most of the time, when I use GIMP, I will usually be in my Ubuntu boot - there does not seem to be anything that we can do. (Other than click on the window and do a quick [Ctrl]+[Z]).

[lv8pv]

I solved the problem... I formated my windows and installed slackware again.

[Vyoma]

Brute force. :)

[lv8pv]

hehe. Iv had this new HW for about 2mnt. And the main reason i bought it was because i had a total HW crash with GPU, CPU and HD.

At the HD i had my 4 year old slackware install with 4 year of programming (all lost)

When i got this new HW i just could not begin installing slackware because it reminded me on all i had lost on the crash. So i kind of hibernated around in winXP where i knew no data would ever be created that could not be lost.

It took me this long to come over the lost data, and this little irritation (mouse clicks and no focus follow mouse) to see that it was time to get back to my OS of choice again.