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- The dialog for save an image can be called in the following
- order, from the toolbox and image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">F</span>ile</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">S</span>ave</span>.
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- You can open the Dialog by using a keyboard shortcut:
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span>+<span><b class="keycap">S</b></span>
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- <span class="term">Folders, Files</span>
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- Two windows are displayed. In the <span class="emphasis"><em>Folders</em></span>
- window, you can select the folder (the directory) to be
- explored. You can go back up the folder hierarchy by using
- "../". If you want to refresh the current directory,
- clicK on "./". In the <span class="emphasis"><em>Files</em></span>
- window, the files already saved in this directory are
- displayed.
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- <span class="term">Determine File Type</span>
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- With the <span class="emphasis"><em>Determine File Type</em></span> option, file
- type will be that you will write following your file name, for
- instance myfile.bmp. If you forget this extension, an error
- message will call you to order.
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- You can also scroll the <span class="emphasis"><em>extension list</em></span> and
- select the one you like. Consult the <a href="ch02s05.html" title="5. Files">file formats</a> chapter
- for more informations.
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- The nativ format of Gimp is XCF. To keep all your datas in
- the source files always choose the .xcf format
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- <span class="term">Selection</span>
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- After clicking on this text box, you can input a file name. You
- enjoy autocompletion: you enter the first letters of the file
- and press TAB key. Only files beginning by these letters will
- be displayed in Files window, and if only one file has these
- letters, its name will automatically be displayed in the text
- box. It's a handy way if you have to save many files whose
- names are slightly different.
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- <span class="term">Three buttons at top</span>
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- Three buttons at top of window: <span class="emphasis"><em>Create a
- file</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Delete File</em></span> and
- <span class="emphasis"><em>Rename File</em></span> have an evident meaning and
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- <span class="term">Environment</span>
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- You can customize the file save behavior in <a href="ch04s18s14.html" title="18.14. Environment">File Saving</a> view.
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- If your image is named already, this function saves your image
- without asking you any question. In the <a href="ch04s18s14.html" title="18.14. Environment">Environment</a>
- dialog, you can decide whether the image must be saved
- systematically or only if it has been changed.
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- <p>
- If your image is new, "untitled", the Save dialog
- will be displayed.
- </p>
- <p>
- You may want not to save your image. In that case click on the
- exit cross, or <span class="guimenuitem">File/Exit</span>, or
- <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl-Q</b></span>. If your image has a name and has been
- changed, a message will ask you for confirmation.
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