Sorry, I don't understand your bug report. Can you try to rephrase it?

When I try to select part of an image with the intelligent scissors, 
I cannot complete the loop to end the selection. It continues to 
select another part of the picture. Every once in a while does it 
complete the loop and allow me to copy.

You need to place the last point on the first point. Watch the cursor
before you attempt to click inside. If you successfully closed the
path, it will indicate that.

I have tried it at least 100 times, taking great care what I do. I 
have done it with different computers. Sometimes it work, sometimes 
it doesn’t. When you place the last point over the first, the cross 
increases in size. If you click on the first point, the cross stays 
big. If you move the cursor inside the loop, one of four things 
happens:

1. The big cross disappears and the loop is closed (sometimes).
2. The big cross disappears and an inverted half-circle appears 
(loop not closed?). If you click on the first point, you can move 
the loop, indicating that the loop is closed.  If you click inside 
the loop, the loop disappears.
3. The big cross disappears and a small cross appears, showing that 
the loop has not being closed
4. An even bigger cross appears, and you can move the size of the 
loop, but the loop disappears when you click inside.

Well, we will have to reopen this bug then. Can someone reproduce this?

I'm afraid not I.

Dave.

Reporter, is this reproducable with GIMP 2.0.x?

Can we increase the target area for the control points on the intelligent
scissors by a pixel?

I have had trouble closing loops too, I guess this might be the cause (they
always close in the end though, it's just a question of clicking in the right
place).

Dave.

Increased the control point size. Closing as FIXED assuming this makes
closing the loop easier. Please reopen if the bug still happens.

2004-08-05  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>

	* app/tools/gimpiscissorstool.c: increased the handle size from 8
	to 9 pixels (which is the same as in the path tool) as suggested
	in bug #134250.

The problem still persists. I am using three different computers and only once 
in every 20 times does the loop closes. I am using Gimp for Windows 2.2.8. 
Maybe it would solve the problem if there was a "Create selection from path" 
type of button to close the loop?

This function is completely unusable for me.

*** Bug 315921 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Fixed in both branches:

2005-09-10  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>

	* app/tools/gimpiscissorstool.c	(gimp_iscissors_tool_button_release):
	use gimp_draw_tool_on_handle() to figure if we need to close the
	path. Makes sure that the anchor's sensitive area matches its size
	on screen. Fixes bug #134250.