[Gimp-developer] Re: "Cancel" function and plugins

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 17:36 +0100, Toby Speight wrote:

> While we're on this subject - obviously the plug-in process has no
> chance to clear up if it's killed outright,

Well, in theory it could catch the signal and clean up before it exits.

> so what happens to e.g. undo stack in this case?  Is it all just
> left hanging as it was, or is there some attempt by Gimp to "roll-back"
> the effect of the plugin?

GIMP tries to establish a sane state. IIRC, it pops the context the
plug-in was running in and makes sure that undo groups are closed.


Sven