[Gimp-developer] improving QMask mode

[Chris Mohler]

On Dec 1, 2007 5:07 AM, Sven Neumann <sven at gimp.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 18:05 +1030, David Gowers wrote:
>
> > > > b) Push the context before entering qmask mode, and pop it when
> > > > exiting qmask mode.
> > For Chris's benefit : it means that the context that was being used is
> > stored, and restored after qmask. so the FG and BG that you were
> > previously using return.

@David: Thanks for explaining.

> It would mean a lot more than that. Also any changes to the current
> brush, pattern, gradient, paint-mode, ... would be undone when the
> context is popped.

A power user might benefit from having a QMask option in preferences
for "keep separate context for QMask".  I can think of a couple of
scenarios where using separate settings in QMask could prove useful.

Chris