[Gimp-developer] save + export...

[Jon Senior]

On Thu, 5 Mar 2009 23:36:52 +0100
peter sikking <peter at mmiworks.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> we have discussed this intensely before, the ambiguity of what you  
> really
> got in your document window after opening--or saving to--a non-GIMP-type
> image (e.g. jpeg, png).
> 
> The discussion returned on the irc this Monday, and I realised then
> that some remaining nagging use cases could be solved elegantly,
> and that rationalising the whole situation does not look to be
> a tour de force.
> 
> So here is a short spec:
> 
> <http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Save_%2B_export_specification>

As a user, I like it. I like the separation of saving native format and "exporting" to non-native formats. Am I right in thinking that "Save back" will only appear in the use case where a non-native file is opened?

-- 
Jon Senior <jon at restlesslemon.co.uk>