[Gimp-developer] proposed solution for: protection from information loss

[gib_mir_mehl at gmx.net]

Hi all,

Carl Karsten wrote:
> proposed spec:
> 
> File Open/Save/Save_as_Copy only work on .xcf - all other formats must use
> File Import/Export.[1]

What about using just Import/Export?

The GIMP could take care of saving automatically, e.g. by writing XCFs to a private folder.
Import/Export work on all filetypes.
Closing an image writes an XCF to the private folder.
Closed images can be retrieved via File->Recent

This leaves open the problem of when to delete the XCFs.

Throwing out Open/Save/Save_as_Copy as a whole solves a lot of issues.
cheers,
peter

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