[lug] strange gimp behavior?

[D. Stimits]

Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> That is strange behavior.  I would try upgrading your version of gimp.
> They are up to 1.2 stable now.
> 
> Hugh

I'll attempt this at some point, but the newer binary rpms seem to be
for RH 7's glibc. My 6.2 has problems with source rpm's on these newer
versions, so I'll probably have to go back to tarballs.

> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to use gimp to create some png images, and wondering if
> > anyone here has run into a rather bizarre and frustrating behavior,
> > where it claims to have saved changes, but they don't really save? No
> > matter what I do, I always have to make up a new name in order to save
> > changes. When I save it acts as though it has, but hasn't. When I do
> > "save as" and choose the original name, it asks if I want to overwrite,
> > I say yes, and it claims it has saved...but it hasn't. Is this normal
> > for gimp to require a new name for each save of changes? In order to
> > work with the original name, I have to exit gimp and delete the original
> > name file and copy the alternate name over. Very strange. This is on RH
> > 6.2, gimp 1.0.4.
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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