[Gimp-user] Fw: NEW

[Martin Nordholts]

saulgoode at flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote:
> Quoting Terry Moss <terry.rotacon at iburst.co.za>:
>   
>> The older program allowed me to duplicate objects in a picture by   
>> putting a square around it, or a circle, or indeed by using the free  
>>  select tool and then hold Ctl and Alt and just drag the section to   
>> where I wanted it and leaving the original object where it was.
>> Now with this latest version I see I can only use the 'free select'   
>> then hold down 'shift and Alt'.
>>     
>
> Version 2.4 allows this same type of operation with the Rect Select  
> and Elliptical Select Tools; you just have to make sure that you have  
> "accepted" your selection before you can drag it.
>   

For the record, this is fixed in the development version of GIMP. That
is, the rectangle is implicitly commited if you try to move the contents
of an uncommited rectangle/ellipse selection.

- Martin