GIMP formats && bug reports && newbies :)

[Scarlett]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> moin, moin,
> 
> I asked a couple of questions about GIMP last week and when I opened it
> today, it answered one of them. This question was already answered, but
> here's documentation for it.
> 
> "Most file-formats can't handle layers and for that reason only the active
> layer is saved. Use XCF, the GIMP's native file format to keep layers,
> channels and guides when saving."
> 
> Note that the missing comma after format is their error :). I've submitted
> a bug report to get that fixed.
> 
> This is one way that we can all help out. Send in bug reports, even for
> documentation. In fact, that's one way that newbies are exclusively in a
> position to help. Those of us "non-newbies" out there have been using *NIX
> for a while and don't necessarily notice errors (especially errors of
> omission!) because we don't use the docs that much.
> 
> Please remember to help the guy behind you and file bug reports and
> suggestions for improvement.
> 
> Debian has some nice bug reporting tools. I use bug, but see I should be
> using reportbug. I believe there's also a GUI as well. It's funny that
> gnome-bug doesn't seem to have a GUI interface :).
> 
> Do other dists have bug tracking interfaces?
> 
 
Suse has a program called bug buddy and it is GUI.
Scarlett



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Scarlett Gately
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