Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux is free
From: David Olofson (david_AT_olofson.net)
Date: Mon Jan 26 2004 - 21:01:34 EET
On Monday 26 January 2004 17.20, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
> From: "Doug Wellington" <ddw_AT_dakotacom.net>
>
> >Previously:
> >>> Reminds me of that old saying, "Linux is only free if your time
> >>> isn't worth anything"...
> >>
> >> True, sort of, but you have to remember that "there's no such
> >> thing as a free lunch."
> >
> >TANSTAAFL - exactly! There's always a price. Either you do it
> >yourself, or you have someone else do it. Time vs. money...
>
> Or, either you do it in N months or someone else do it in a week.
>
> The sentence "you have someone else do it" does not sound very
> realistic:
[...]
Note that we're talking about getting stuff done from a professional
POV. That is, if we can't do it ourselves, we *hire* someone to do
the job. I bet you could have someone code a readjustable rectangular
selection tool for GIMP in no time, if you're willing to pay for it.
If you won't pay in cash, you have to pay in time by doing it
yourself. Or you just sit around waiting for a free ride; that is,
someone else decides to get the job done, one way or another. That's
the only way you can *really* get something for free - but only if
waiting (maybe forever) has no cost to you.
<OT>
> The tool would be highly needed as GIMP
> does not have a re-adjustable rectangular selection tool (it's
> currently only "if it went wrong, start from beginning"). Like
> having audio editor without re-adjustable selection tool.
You might get away with making the initial selection too large and
then trim off one edge at a time, using the same tool but in subtract
mode. (Hold shift or ctrl or whatever it was while selecting...)
Another way is to pull out one guide for each edge and then use "snap
to guides" with the rectangular selection tool.
</OT>
> I simply don't understand why capable GIMP developers cannot
> implement the simple feature. There is no sense in that I should
> learn GIMP internals -- I could use that time for developing my own
> projects instead of wasting the time to sidetracks.
They're probably busy hacking other stuff, and they most probably have
a sufficiently handy way of doing what you want without that explicit
feature.
//David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate
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