[Gimp-user] Moving text while typing it.

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 14:07 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> Thanks, Sven. It seems that on my system (Kubuntu 8.04) one must close
> the window labeled "Gimp Text Editor" in order to move the text.

I don't see why you would have to close that window in order to move the
text.  What keeps you from moving the text if the text editor window is
open?

>  In
> KolourPaint there is no separate text window, rather, the user opens a
> text box in a fashion similar to the Select tool, and types directly
> in it. The dimensions and placement of the text box in KolourPaint can
> be dynamically resized via the mouse while the text is being edited.

GIMP in trunk already allows on-canvas text editing. This will be in
GIMP 2.8.


Sven