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Re: No "File -> Save" in gimp



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On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 10:16:20AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> ...and then there are the fruitcakes like me who use sloppy focus
> without auto-raise and frequently choose to work in windows that
> aren't on top.

Who said anything about the window being up front?  As long as the
window's focused, it takes keyboard input.  Come on, man!  You know
this!

> 'Zactly.  When you click on the GIMP menu/toolbar window, the
> menu/toolbar window has focus, not any of the image windows.  I
> suppose GIMP might be able to hack around this by keeping a stack of
> most-recently-focused windows, but that would still break too easily
> in conjunction with sloppy focus.

Basically, yes.  The GIMP evolved the way it did because it was the
best working way.  Software Darwinism at work.

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