#Gimp meaning manuals#

That I got a bunch of manuals and tutorials and made a serious I have tried that editor a couple of times - and by 'try' I mean Sneaky.Ī certain well known 'closed source' image editor needs to be On 02:55 AM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote:Īhah, make people think it's a new name, while they pronounce it the old Words may change but the meanings never do. It's not the words, it's the meaning.Īnd if the meaning of words is a problem, then people need to learn to deal Willy Wonka land now where no one gets hurt and you can eat everything. Let's just dip everything in candy and be done with it. they're Americans! It's good enough!)Īnd of course there is the forever list of 'Something'-challenged. We've had for what we sometimes call 'African Americans' today. You know they don't call 'special education' by that nameĪny longer? Once everyone knew what it meant, they changed the name as if Prevent offending people is ridiculous and I'm damned tired of it. And if the meaning of words is a problem, then people need to learn to deal with THEIR OWN problem. Let's call it 'GIMPYS' for 'Go IMP YourSelf!!' we all live in Willy Wonka land now where no one gets hurt and you can eat everything. Really? Let's just dip everything in candy and be done with it. they're Americans! It's good enough!) And of course there is the forever list of 'Something'-challenged. (I'm down with Americans, but not African. And think of how many name changes we've had for what we sometimes call 'African Americans' today. You know they don't call 'special education' by that name any longer? Once everyone knew what it meant, they changed the name as if it would change what the class is for. This nonsense about changing names to prevent offending people is ridiculous and I'm damned tired of it. Thank God - and Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman - for Linux. Question, and switch to a 'classic' theme to make the wholeįortunately I don't anticipate ever using a Microsoft OS again. Will do is search for 20 minutes to find the configuration menu in If I am ever forced to use that OS, the first thing I That's because the desktop theme was bleeding over into the GIMP

#Gimp meaning windows 7#

On a Windows 7 box and the interface was horribly ugly. The other day I saw a copy of the latest version of the GIMP running Of the most efficient UIs I have ever encountered on a complex program. Interface has never given me a moment's trouble. & BTW, I have been using it for a decade or so, and the user Is a matter of context and personal preference. Later it got a new license, and the acronym now stands for It first stood for General Image Manipulation

Offensive now should a letter be dropped, either GIM or IMP? The program was first called The GIMP, and now is called GIMP to be less