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iggy
 Post subject: When you close and re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"? [SOLVED]
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:26 pm  (#1) 
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I noticed when I returned to an .xcf after saving it I couldn't undo what I had done. Is that the case? I mean, the layers are still there and everything. Is that 'edit>undo' the only functionality you lose when you save an .xcf and return? Thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:58 pm  (#2) 
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iggy wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
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I noticed when I returned to an .xcf after saving it I couldn't undo what I had done. Is that the case? I mean, the layers are still there and everything. Is that 'edit>undo' the only functionality you lose when you save an .xcf and return? Thanks.

Unfortunately yes,
you will lose the undo functionality.

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 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:23 am  (#3) 
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iggy wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
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I noticed when I returned to an .xcf after saving it I couldn't undo what I had done. Is that the case? I mean, the layers are still there and everything. Is that 'edit>undo' the only functionality you lose when you save an .xcf and return? Thanks.

Yes, undo is for the current session only, otherwise the XCF could grow very large with the successive edit sessions.

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animicule
 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:49 am  (#4) 
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I have noticed also that when you use a plugin that has an outcome in a new "window", you cannot undo
editing in the new outcome without first saving it as an .xcf file
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iggy
 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:01 pm  (#5) 
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Wallace wrote:
iggy wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Linux
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I noticed when I returned to an .xcf after saving it I couldn't undo what I had done. Is that the case? I mean, the layers are still there and everything. Is that 'edit>undo' the only functionality you lose when you save an .xcf and return? Thanks.

Unfortunately yes,
you will lose the undo functionality.


Thanks Wallace

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iggy
 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:01 pm  (#6) 
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ofnuts wrote:
iggy wrote:
GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: New User


I noticed when I returned to an .xcf after saving it I couldn't undo what I had done. Is that the case? I mean, the layers are still there and everything. Is that 'edit>undo' the only functionality you lose when you save an .xcf and return? Thanks.

Yes, undo is for the current session only, otherwise the XCF could grow very large with the successive edit sessions.


Thanks ofnuts

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 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:03 pm  (#7) 
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animicule wrote:
I have noticed also that when you use a plugin that has an outcome in a new "window", you cannot undo
editing in the new outcome without first saving it as an .xcf file


Thanks animicule. I haven't run into that one yet but I'll be prepared for it if I do.

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 Post subject: Re: When you close and re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"? [SOLVE
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:25 pm  (#8) 
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 Post subject: Re: When you close and re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"? [SOLVE
PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:47 pm  (#9) 
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Roger-Ca wrote:
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Okay. Thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: When you close and then re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"?
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animicule wrote:
I have noticed also that when you use a plugin that has an outcome in a new "window", you cannot undo
editing in the new outcome without first saving it as an .xcf file


This is not true, or true for a very specific plugin that must be doing very strange things....

Edit: Actually, likely a bug in the plugin... For performance reasons, the author has likely disabled the undo while it modifies the created image, and forgot to enable it before exiting. But just saving wouldn't be enough enable the undo stack, you should save/close/reload for this (although duplicating the created image and closing the other one would likely also work and be faster).

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animicule
 Post subject: Re: When you close and re-open an .xcf do you lose "edit undo"? [SOLVE
PostPosted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 1:24 pm  (#11) 
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Edit: Actually, likely a bug in the plugin...
Thank you for the correction ofnuts!
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