Subj : GIMP Up
To   : BARRY MARTIN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 11:03:18

>  > It may be worthwhile to have a dedicated machine and/or a Virtual
>  > Machine to run the old utilities on -- of course the problem is do the
>  > upgrade and the programme no longer works but you may not know until too
>  > late.
>  MP> Now that I am getting used to the quirks it isn't quite as bad.

> The machine is training the operator!

One other quirk of the GIMP is that each new version (well the last three
anyway) install brand new configuration files -- even if there is no real
difference between the file layouts.  It does preserve the old copies in a
separate directory, but it is a real PITA to have to go back and try to
reset all of your old presets.  Otherwise, the program defaults to what the
developers thought was the "correct preset" every time you open the new
version of the program.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why, when the preset has
"transparent" *in the title* why a developer/maintainer thinks that means
the background should default to "background color" -- i.e. not
transparency.  ;)

Mike


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