GIMP :: Text Tool Changes Text Properties When Paste Over Old Text Content?
Nov 2, 2012
i switched gimp 2.6 to 2.8 and new text tool behaves strangely, as i remember in gimp 2.6 when i try to change text content with selecting old text and pasting new text i could use same text size and same font with my old text without doing anything but now in the gim 2.8 whenever i try to change content of a text layer i need to choose again font and text size from toolbox options, but why do i have to do this, i have a text placed on my image with a certain font and certain font size and i just want to alter my text conten not the size of text or font , it changes automatically to back text size and font whatever i used last time in another work.
summary: i want to change my text content without setting my font and font size properties, i want to use my text layers old properties
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May 27, 2011
(I'm running Mac OSX 10.5.8.)
Today I tried to paste some unusual text into a text box and Gimp crashed. Since then, I can't get it to open, even after several reinstallations.
When I try to open it, the icon on the dock bounces once, then stops. It doesn't open X11 or anything (X11 still works fine on its own, though).
I've been looking around Google for a while, and I found out how to enter the --verbose thing into the terminal, and this is what I got when Gimp tries to launch:
/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 24: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/update-fc-cache: No such file or directory/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 26: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/setup-gimpdir: No such file or directory/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 30: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/help-locale: No such file or directory/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 37: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gimp: No such file or directory/Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/script: line 37: exec: /tmp/skl/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gimp:
cannot execute: No such file or directory
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First it stops pasting anything except the first thing copied when Gimp opens, and now this. When I try to search for a font or type in text in the text tool in Gimp 2.8, it just jumps to random other tools instead of typing.
Why can't this program ever seem to work FULLY?
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What gives? And why does it seem like I have to jump through ten times as many hoops for basic functions as I would with another program?
I'm trying really hard not to bash on GIMP after only using it for a few days but I would be lying if I said my blood pressure is damn near through the roof.
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