The Error console offers more possibilities than the single “GIMP Message”. This is a log of all errors occurring while GIMP is running. You can save all this log or only a selected part.
The “Error Console” dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section Section 2.3, “Dialogs and Docking” for help on manipulating it.
You can access it:
from an image menu: → → ;
from the Tab menu in any dockable dialog by clicking on 
             and selecting  → .
           and selecting  → .
 Clear errors
          
          Clear errors
        
            This button lets you delete all errors in the log.
| ![[Warning]](images/warning.png)  | Warning | 
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| You can't “undo” this action. | 
 Save all errors
          
          Save all errors
        
            This button lets you save the whole log. You can also select a part of the log (by click-and-dragging the mouse pointer or by using the Shift+arrow keys key combination) and save only this selected part by pressing the Shift key.
A dialog window Save Error Log to File lets you choose the name and the destination directory of this file:
| ![[Tip]](images/tip.png)  | Tip | 
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| You will as well find these button actions in the dialog tab menu by clicking on 
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