[Gimp-developer] menu cluttage

[Kevin Cozens]

Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote:
> Now I just stumbled into an 'interesting' bug arising from this 
> confusion:
> Python-fu Whirl and Pinch had overwritten the menu entry for C Whirl 
> and Pinch (moreover Python whirl and pinch is currently crashing)

Now that GIMP handles registration of the same menu item from different
plug-ins, I am just waiting for the time a user reports a bug in Whirl and
Pinch (for example) and doesn't realize which version they were using (as in
the Python version or the C version).

> Please notice there is no way a normal user can be aware of situations 
> like this. Actually, it is almost as annoying (to say the least) as 
> win95 and beyond "feature" of not showing the image file extensions 
> in the file browsers.

Not showing file extensions in Windows is a configurable option. It defaults
to not showing the extensions but you can click an option to have Windows show
the extensions.

> But even win95 has different icons for different kinds of images. The 
> GIMP currently has just no clue.

The icons shown in Windows for various files is related to file associations
and not to Windows knowing the type of image file. I use one program to view
almost all image types so almost every image type carries the same icon on my
machine.

-- 
Cheers!

Kevin.

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