Image Slicing was Re: [oclug]for the mac / linux fans

Raymond Wood raywood at magma.ca
Mon Jan 13 16:36:29 EST 2003


On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 04:28:18PM -0500, Shad Young remarked:
> I have no doubt Gimp can do everything I need it to, its just
> very difficult for me to navigate. When doing web development
> I often have a dozen windows open at once; a file manage, a
> browser of each type, a text editor or IDE like Quanta open
> (with maybe six or seven tabbed files open, maybe a music
> player, email, IRC..., add Gimp to the mix and suddenly its
> overwhelming.  If they at least gave me the option of MDI it
> would easy my life a great deal (If it exists somewhere I
> apologize in advance, but I have as yet been able to find a
> setting for that). 

The only way I can deal with this aspect of the GIMP is to
confine it to its own 'workspace' - that way, GIMP can
proliferate windows to its heart's content, and I have 5 other
workspaces where my other active apps can play.  Works for me...

Cheers,
Raymond
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