>On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Bill S.<forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm using GIMP 2.6.6 that came with my Ubuntu 9.04 distro. I've been trying >> to learn about GIMP. I bought a book about GIMP for $45. The book says there >> should be a menu item called DIALOGS in the FILE menu but my GIMP doesn't have >> the DIALOGS option. The option is very essential, but I don't have it. Also >> there should be a menu bar at the top of my toolbox but my GIMP has no menu >> bar there. Also there is something called Script-Fu or maybe TinyScheme that >> is missing from my GIMP. Probably many other things are missing but I don't >> know because I am not familiar enough. >> >> Is there some plug-in or upgrade package that will give me the menu option >> called DIALOGS in the FILE menu? Has anybody here had these problems I >> described? > >Yes, there is a downgrade package called 'Gimp 2.4' that will give >you the obsolete menus you described. > >Chances are, there is nothing missing; it just isn't where you expect it to be. > >1. there is no script-fu menu any more (although there is a >'script-fu' submenu in the filters menu, which AFAIK contains just the >script-fu console). Script-fu now register in appropriate menu >locations according to their respective function -- for example logo >creation scripts are registered in File->Create->Logo, IIRC. >2. the Windows->Dockable Dialogs menu is probably what you actually >want when you talk about the DIALOGS menu. >3. various other rationalizations and reorganizations of the menu >structure have been done since your book was written. > Thanks for the info -- Bill S. (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user