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2000-12-24 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * Pre 1.2 Version 4 with some fixes for the path documentation from Andy Thomas.
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>Context Sensitive Help with <SPAN
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> Lets you enable or disable the
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<B
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>-<B
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way of enabling context sensitive help. It can sometimes
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"blinking" boundary of the selection. This "blinking"
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default custom value is reasonably sane but you are able to
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choose form Standard, Show zoom percentage, Show zoom ratio,
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title can you use some macros along with ordinary
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>destination scale factor</TD
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>expands to * if the image is dirty</TD
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> When you are drawing in <SPAN
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<SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> will not catch your pointer
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every moment. Instead <SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> catch
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it a certain time interval. This means if you draw a circle
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very fast <SPAN
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> will not draw a
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circle but lines between each pointer grab. However if you
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turn on Perfect-but-slow Pointer Tracking
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<SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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> will record every single
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movement and make a perfect circe even if you draw it very
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fast. You will however not be able to draw in real time
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instead that drawing will "played" with a time delay since
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you "recorded" every movement. (Well this is not exactly
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what's happens but it makes it easier to explain it this
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> Normally when you e.g. paint with some tool, you will have a
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little image of the tool as mouse cursor. If you disable
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cursor updating the cursor will always be a little pencil
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even if you shift tool. I.e. the cursor will always be the
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same shape as the last tool you used before you disabled
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updating.
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>Cursor Mode</A
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NAME="AEN3141"
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>Tool Options</A
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><H3
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><A
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NAME="AEN3143"
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>Paint Options</A
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><H4
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><A
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NAME="AEN3145"
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>Use Global Paint Options</A
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><P
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> Normally when you paint in <SPAN
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CLASS="APPLICATION"
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>GIMP</SPAN
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>
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you set the opacity and paint mode in the <A
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HREF="../../dialogs/brush_selection.html"
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>Brush Selection</A
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>
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dialog. If you disable <SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"Use Global Paint
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Options"</SPAN
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> you will have the opportunity to set both
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Opacity and Paint Mode separately for each tool (the <A
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HREF="../../dialogs/tool_options.html"
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>Tool Options</A
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> dialog
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will change and you will have new controls for Oacity and
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Paint Mode).
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NAME="AEN3152"
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>Finding Contiguous Regions</A
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><H4
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><A
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NAME="AEN3154"
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>Default Threshold</A
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><A
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HREF="../../dialogs/preferences/display.html"
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>Prev</A
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></TD
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><TD
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WIDTH="34%"
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ALIGN="center"
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HREF="../../contents.html"
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>Home</A
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>Next</A
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><TR
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><TD
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WIDTH="33%"
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ALIGN="center"
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><A
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HREF="../../dialogs/index.html"
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>Up</A
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WIDTH="33%"
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