[Gimp-developer] Using drawables with preview

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 13:28 -0800, triffid at oink.co.uk wrote:

> That's exactly right; I realise that my original question got bogged down with specifics- sorry.
> 
> Put simply, I want to use the high-level Drawable functions to draw a line or arrow on the preview window. The tutorial example only uses the pixel-level functions. It's not clear how- or if- I can use (e.g.) gimp_pencil() and friends.
> 
> :If that is true, then you definitely don't want to use
> :gimp_pencil() or similar functions.
> 
> Umm... that's *exactly* what I wanted to do.
> But from your reply I guess that (a) it's not possible, or (b) it's a bad idea...?

Anything is possible and there are often multiple ways to achieve one's
aim. That's also the case here. But unless you give us some details
about the plug-in you are writing, I can't tell which way would be best
in your case. And I am not going to waste my time explaining all of
them.


Sven