[Gimp-user] Gimp 2.4.0rc1 Sample Points tab - what is it?

[buralex at gmail.com]

The Sample Points tab was (I believe) added somewhere in the 2.3.x 
journey to 2.4.
When added as a tab all options appear to grayed out.
I tried googling and also in my snapshot of the documentation for 2.4 
(as at 2007-08-1) without success.

Am I correct that this has not yet been implemented or am I not doing 
something that would turn it on.
More importantly - what is its purpose? (any reference cite I can look at)

Regards ... Alec -- buralex-gmail
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