[Gimp-developer] API proposal for libgimp export dialog

[Martin Nordholts]

On 07/14/2009 10:55 PM, Sven Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 22:54 +0200, Martin Nordholts wrote:
>    
>> The plan is to let plug-ins still use gimp_export_image() for creating
>> an image suitable for exporting, it's just that we will remove that
>> function's bad habit of asking annoying questions in the process. This
>> is slight change in API semantics, but the ABI/API is still unchanged
>> and I don't consider this a problem.
>>      
>
> That will break all file plug-ins that use gimp_export_image(). I am
> sorry, but that is totally not an option.
>    

Exactly how will it break existing plug-ins? It will just be changed to 
act as if the user clicked the Export button. Take a look at the code on 
the branch and you'll see what I mean

  / Martin