On Wed, 2013-03-06 at 14:22 -0800, Josh Andler wrote:
I'm in favor of us going the route that GIMP did. A) Because it makes sense and people won't accidentally only write to an "improper" format. B) For consistency.
Ugh, do you hate your users? When has OCD Logic ever made good design before? The Gimp decision was poor judgment, ignoring many work-flows.
Change the logic round. If we must keep svg files for everything, then do so. Save them in `/.cache/inkscape/shit-people-saved-wrong/ and just open them back up when needed. svg.gz. It's not like the majority of svg files are huge (with exceptions).
I'd like to think we can sort out our definition first. I've heard no convincing rhetoric in favour of save meaning svg, nor that it 'means' lossy. I believe Save_As means 'remember this name and format for future' and Export_As means 'forget this name and format for future'. That's how many workflows consider those functions to work.
Martin,