[Gimp-user] How do I use measure tool in mm

[David Gowers]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Jay Smith <jay at jaysmith.com> wrote:
> Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux.
>
> I can't seem to figure out how to get the measure tool to show results
> in mm.
>
> So far the only way I have been able to figure out how to measure in mm
> is to: select the region I wish to measure, copy, create from clipboard,
> and then use one of the print size or scale dialogs and change the units
> in that dialog to mm.
>
> There has to be a better way.

It's a bit too late in the day for me to check here -- however, I
thought that the Measure tool typically used image units -- so if
that's set to mm, so should the measure tool give mm. I'm pretty sure
this happened for me with inches, it was quite annoying in my case.

David