Piotr, next time try replying to the list =)

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Envelope-to: diablo@localhost Delivery-date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 05:42:27 -0500 From: Piotr Legiecki
To: Patrick McFarland
Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] alpha vs. transparency / translucency X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Oy8H-0001fW-00*pRRb2yo43eE*

Patrick McFarland wrote:

On 18-Dec-2002, Sven Neumann wrote:

suggests to replace the term "Alpha" in the GIMP user interface by the terms Transparency and/or Translucency. This could need some discussion here, that's why I'd like to point the fellowship of gimp-developer to this report. Please keep the discussion on the list.

Once we've settled on a strategy for this, we might need a volunteer to go through the source and do the changes. Sounds like a good opportunity to browse the GIMP source and contribute, don't you think?

I say leave it alone. Alpha is the correct term here, transparency isnt.

That is correct. 'Alpha' is a term used not only in gimp. It is a well known and established term in gfx world. Don't change it.

Piotr L.

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