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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>15. Buffers dialog</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GIMP User Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Dialogs" /> <link rel="prev" href="ch04s14.html" title="14. Fonts dialog" /> <link rel="next" href="ch04s16.html" title="16. Document History dialog" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" id="chaptername">Chapter 4. Dialogs</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s14.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" id="sectionname">15. Buffers dialog</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s16.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-buffer-dialog"></a>15. Buffers dialog</h2> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id3456656" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="informalfigure"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-buffers.png" /> <div class="caption"> <p> The Buffers dialog </p> <p> Le dialogue des tampons </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> Buffers are temporary repositories for image data, created when you cut or copy part of a drawable (a layer, layer mask, etc.). When you use <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Copy</span> or <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Cut</span>, the data goes into the Global Buffer. When you use <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Buffer</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Copy Named</span> or <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Buffer</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Cut Named</span>, a dialog pops up asking you to name a buffer to store the data in. There is no hard limit on the number of named buffers you can create, although, of course, each one consumes a share of memory. </p> <p> The Buffers dialog shows you the contents of all existing named buffers, and allows you to operate on them in several ways. It also shows you, at the top, the contents of the Global Buffer, but this is merely a display: you can't do anything with it. </p> <p> The Buffers dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section on <a href="ch02s03s04.html" title="3.4. Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a> for help on manipulating it. It can be activated in several ways: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> From the Toolbox menu: <span class="guimenu">File</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">B</span>uffer</span>. </p> </li> <li> <p> From an image menu: <span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">B</span>uffer</span>. </p> </li> <li> <p> From the Tab menu in any dockable dialog: <span class="guimenu">Add Tab</span>-><span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">B</span>uffer</span>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Caution"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Caution]" src="../images/caution.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Caution</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <p> Named buffers are not saved across sessions. The only way to save their contents is to paste them into images. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3456899"></a>Grid/List modes</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="informalfigure"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-buffers-grid.png" /> <div class="caption"> <p> The Buffers dialog (Grid View) </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> In the Tab menu for the Buffers dialog, you can choose between <span class="guimenuitem">View as Grid</span> and <span class="guimenuitem">View as List</span>. In Grid mode, the buffers are laid out in a rectangular array. In List mode, they are lined up vertically, with each row showing a preview of the contents of the buffer, its name, and its pixel dimensions. </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3456953"></a>Using the Buffers dialog</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="informalfigure"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-buffers-menu.png" /> <div class="caption"> <p> The Buffers Menu </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> Clicking on a buffer in the display area makes it the active buffer, i. e., the one that will be used for paste commands executed with the Buffers Menu or the buttons at the bottom of the dialog. Double-clicking on a buffer causes its contents to be pasted to the active image; this is a quick way of executing the "Paste Buffer" command. </p> <p> At the bottom of the dialog are four buttons. The operations they perform can also be accessed from the Buffers Menu, and from the <span class="guimenu">Edit</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Buffer</span> submenu in the image menu. </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <a id="gimp-buffer-paste"></a> <p><b>Paste Buffer. </b> This command pastes the contents of the selected buffer into the active image, as a floating selection. The only difference between this and the ordinary <a href="ch05s03s07.html" title="3.7. Paste">Paste</a> command is that it uses the selected buffer rather than the global clipboard buffer. </p> </li> <li> <a id="gimp-buffer-paste-into"></a> <p><b>Paste Buffer Into. </b> This command pastes the contents of the selected buffer into the active image's selection, as a floating selection. The only difference between this and the ordinary <a href="ch05s03s08.html" title="3.8. Paste Into">Paste Into</a> command is that it uses the selected buffer rather than the global clipboard buffer. </p> </li> <li> <a id="gimp-buffer-paste-as-new"></a> <p><b>Paste Buffer as New. </b> This command creates a new single-layer image out of the contents of the selected buffer. The only difference between this and the ordinary <a href="ch05s03s09.html" title="3.9. Paste as New">Paste as New</a> command is that it uses the selected buffer rather than the global clipboard buffer. </p> </li> <li> <a id="gimp-buffer-delete"></a> <p><b>Delete Buffer. </b> This command deletes the selected named buffer, no questions asked. You cannot delete the Global Buffer. </p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <p> You can change the size of the buffer previews in the dialog using the "Preview Size" submenu of the dialog's Tab menu. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s14.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="ch04.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s16.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">14. Fonts dialog </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 16. Document History dialog</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html> 
