[Gimp-developer] Extending GIMP Plugins

[Amit Kumar Saha]

Hello Kevin,


On 8/21/07, Kevin Cozens <kevin at ve3syb.ca> wrote:

> As Michael mentioned, using a scripting language such as Perl, Python, or Ruby
> would be to do most things you might want to do. If you want to extend a
> compiled plug-in that is also possible.
>
> Take a look at TinyScheme (used in the Script-Fu plug-in of the SVN version of
> GIMP). It has the ability to use run-time loadable pre-compiled extensions.
> The URL for TinyScheme is http://tinyscheme.sourceforge.net/.

Could you please explain the "pre-compiled extensions"? Do you mean to
say pre-compiled plugins loaded during runtime?

> > The other scripting language plug-ins for GIMP also have ways to extend the
> base language. The hooks used to allow scripts to tie in to GIMP use them.

Please explain that in more details.

Thanks a lot

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Amit Kumar Saha
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