A Bug or What

April 7, 2009 - 10:58 — Illuminator

It was a long time ago when I installed GIMP 2.4.2. After time, I decided to update to 2.6.2, the latest version then. But when I did, only the toolbox icons remained and all their options were replaced by the sign - "You can drop capable dialogues here". I didn't understand how could they be deleted, as I only removed the main GIMP folder with the uninstallation wizard. I installed 2.4.2 again, but there were no options again. Just tell me, where exactly are the dialogue files and I'll tell you do they exist on my computer or there is just a bug in them because I cannot work normally with GIMP.

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April 8, 2009 - 14:39 — schumaml

The dialogs layout is

The dialogs layout is contained in the .gimp-2.6/sessionrc file in your profile directory. This file is migrated from .gimp-2.4 if this directory is found.

This might be the first report of such a problem with 2.6, so it would be useful if you could make the sessionrc files (both 2.4 and 2.6) available somewhere.

April 8, 2009 - 17:09 — Illuminator

The interesting thing is

The interesting thing is that the bug appeared at 2.6.6., not 2.6.2 (Sorry!). And are you sure about the file? Here's it's content anyway:

# GIMP sessionrc
# 
# This file takes session-specific info (that is info, you want to keep
# between two GIMP sessions).  You are not supposed to edit it manually, but
# of course you can do.  The sessionrc will be entirely rewritten every time
# you quit GIMP.  If this file isn't found, defaults are used.

(session-info "toolbox" "dock"
    (position 902 62)
    (size 352 538)
    (open-on-exit))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-open-dialog"
    (position 160 98)
    (size 770 479))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-shear-tool-dialog"
    (position 110 145))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-scale-tool-dialog"
    (position 791 244))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-text-tool-dialog"
    (position 730 442)
    (size 200 183))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-toolbox-color-dialog"
    (position 90 69))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-rotate-tool-dialog"
    (position 790 103))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-image-new-dialog"
    (position 23 30))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-save-dialog"
    (position 160 98)
    (size 770 538))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-keyboard-shortcuts-dialog"
    (position 22 29)
    (size 395 606))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-open-location-dialog"
    (position 66 87))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-save-dialog"
    (position 202 133)
    (size 960 624))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-hue-saturation-tool-dialog"
    (position 764 71))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-levels-tool-dialog"
    (position 132 174)
    (size 425 432))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-brightness-contrast-tool-dialog"
    (position 310 287))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-color-balance-tool-dialog"
    (position 864 182))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-colorize-tool-dialog"
    (position 44 58))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-preferences-dialog"
    (position 22 29))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-posterize-tool-dialog"
    (position 132 174))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-curves-tool-dialog"
    (position 22 29)
    (size 425 483))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-threshold-tool-dialog"
    (position 22 29))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-perspective-tool-dialog"
    (position 44 58))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-module-dialog"
    (position 110 145)
    (size 291 379))
(session-info "display" "gimp-empty-image-window"
    (position 0 22)
    (size 1280 744))

(last-tip-shown 352)

# end of sessionrc

2.4:

# GIMP sessionrc
# 
# This file takes session-specific info (that is info, you want to keep
# between two GIMP sessions).  You are not supposed to edit it manually, but
# of course you can do.  The sessionrc will be entirely rewritten every time
# you quit GIMP.  If this file isn't found, defaults are used.

(session-info "toolbox" "dock"
    (position -4 -4)
    (size 1280 744)
    (open-on-exit)
    (dock))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-open-dialog"
    (position 160 98)
    (size 960 600))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-shear-tool-dialog"
    (position 110 145))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-scale-tool-dialog"
    (position 791 244))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-text-tool-dialog"
    (position 730 442)
    (size 200 183))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-toolbox-color-dialog"
    (position 90 69))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-rotate-tool-dialog"
    (position 790 103))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-image-new-dialog"
    (position 23 30))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-save-dialog"
    (position 160 98)
    (size 960 624))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-keyboard-shortcuts-dialog"
    (position 22 29)
    (size 395 606))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-open-location-dialog"
    (position 66 87))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-file-save-dialog"
    (position 202 133)
    (size 960 624))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-hue-saturation-tool-dialog"
    (position 764 71))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-levels-tool-dialog"
    (position 132 174)
    (size 425 432))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-brightness-contrast-tool-dialog"
    (position 310 287))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-color-balance-tool-dialog"
    (position 864 182))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-colorize-tool-dialog"
    (position 44 58))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-preferences-dialog"
    (position 22 29))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-posterize-tool-dialog"
    (position 132 174))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-curves-tool-dialog"
    (position 22 29)
    (size 425 483))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-threshold-tool-dialog"
    (position 22 29))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-perspective-tool-dialog"
    (position 44 58))
(session-info "toplevel" "gimp-module-dialog"
    (position 110 145)
    (size 291 379))

(last-tip-shown 338)

# end of sessionrc

April 10, 2009 - 00:31 — schumaml

Well, neither the 2.6 nor

Well, neither the 2.6 nor 2.4 one does have any tabs configured there. For example, a toolbox definition with tool options docked to it looks like this:

(session-info "toolbox" "dock"
(position 8 1)
(size 182 756)
(open-on-exit)
(dock
(book
(current-page 0)
(dockable "gimp-tool-options"
(tab-style preview)))))

Adding them back is easy, just open and drag them in there. I'm pretty sure that 2.4 did basically look the same for you, though.

April 11, 2009 - 13:56 — Anonymous

That's my question - how

That's my question - how were the dialogues in sessionrc removed after I installed 2.6? I mean, there were defined dialogues in 2.4, but after I installed 2.6, they were removed from both folders.

April 11, 2009 - 17:11 — Illuminator

Whoops! Forgot to log in!

And to make sure you understand my topic, I'll expain. It is kinda bug - If you re-install the same version as you had before, the sessionrc file does not give any information about the dialogues. I had GIMP 2.4. I installed 2.6, but I needed to move GIMP into another folder, so I re-installed 2.6 (Without the .gimp-2.6 folder). I saw the error and reinstalled 2.4 - but the .gimp-2.4 folder also wasn't deleted. Did you understand now?

April 12, 2009 - 10:27 — schumaml

The .gimp folders in your

The .gimp folders in your profile directory are not touched by installing or uninstalling GIMP.

They are created on first run, and settings are migrated from previous stable version of GIMP is the folders are found.

I know of now way how GIMP 2.6 could have influenced the .gimp-2.4 directory, unless it has been told to do so (e.g. if you do have set the environment variable GIMP2_DIRECTORY).

April 12, 2009 - 13:58 — Illuminator

Did you read my last post?

It happens only if re-installing the same version. I've finally calculated that. So when reinstalling the same version, the appropriate .gimp folder should manualy be deleted in order to restore the dialogues after re-installation. It's a bug.

April 12, 2009 - 20:07 — Anonymous

The sessionrc file (or the

The sessionrc file (or the .gimp-x.y directory) does not get touched on install or on uninstall. If it would, then this is a bug. The sessionrc file (and the whole .gimp-x.y directory) is created on first run. If a directory created by an older stable version is found, then the settings are migrated. GIMP 2.6 is not supposed to modify files in .gimp-2.4. What is the behavor you'd call a "bug" in this scenario?

April 13, 2009 - 12:17 — Illuminator

Nevermind

Just...nevermind.......

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