Re:GIMP – 2016 in review
by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @09:11AM
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I can answer these. But consider: the fact that it seems confusing it the whole issue here. Not that it makes sense to you.
And note I am using Gimp 2. So these things may have changed.
Scripts: I would imagine these would be under Tools.
A quick survey of apps show that options and settings are usually under Tools. Or Files.
And the Plugin Browser is an odd bird. Its details I struggle with when writing scripts. Its reasonable that a database could be under Help. I need it when I'm writing scripts, and no other time. And there's nowhere to go from there - no 'copy example to cut buffer' etc. I'm accustomed to viewing it from a Script console, so I can construct each argument. But not a thing I'm ever going to browse like other Help items.
Admittedly, nested menus is a fairly opaque way to categorize features. Everything is hidden unless you 'open the little door' like an Advent calendar. You can't search for anything without just doing a click-fest down the row. Its a shortcoming of the paradigm. Why others turned to the hated 'ribbon' etc - to make feature-hunting more transparent.
And note I am using Gimp 2. So these things may have changed.
Scripts: I would imagine these would be under Tools.
A quick survey of apps show that options and settings are usually under Tools. Or Files.
And the Plugin Browser is an odd bird. Its details I struggle with when writing scripts. Its reasonable that a database could be under Help. I need it when I'm writing scripts, and no other time. And there's nowhere to go from there - no 'copy example to cut buffer' etc. I'm accustomed to viewing it from a Script console, so I can construct each argument. But not a thing I'm ever going to browse like other Help items.
Admittedly, nested menus is a fairly opaque way to categorize features. Everything is hidden unless you 'open the little door' like an Advent calendar. You can't search for anything without just doing a click-fest down the row. Its a shortcoming of the paradigm. Why others turned to the hated 'ribbon' etc - to make feature-hunting more transparent.