On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:32 PM, mathog <mathog@...1176...> wrote:
And by real, I mean real. Something most be done faster, or fewer errors made, and so forth. Some tangible benefit must accrue or the change is not worth putting in.
File->Save File->Close File->Open (same file)
If things are missing or changed from step #1, it's not really much of a "save". And I fail to see how using one shortcut instead of another is "having to relearn an important part of the user interface".
If it can be read in 1:1 after saving, leave it as a save. If not, it's an export. Perfectly logical, no idealism required.
Chris
PS - for the record, I was originally against the change in GIMP, then dubious, then got on board. It still doesn't cover all of my workflows (I often need to save XCF, do something like a shift to 1-bit, then export, then close and *not* save changes), but once we reach those halcyon days when everything is stored in a gegl graph... well, I see no other logical way to handle saving and exporting.
PPS - yay! Another save/export war, another mailing list ;)