gimpfileops 3 LIBGIMP Library gimpfileopsFile operations (load, save, etc.) Synopsis gchar* gimp_temp_name (const gchar *extension); gint32 gimp_file_load (GimpRunMode run_mode, const gchar *filename, const gchar *raw_filename); gboolean gimp_file_save (GimpRunMode run_mode, gint32 image_ID, gint32 drawable_ID, const gchar *filename, const gchar *raw_filename); gboolean gimp_register_magic_load_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes, const gchar *magics); gboolean gimp_register_load_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes); gboolean gimp_register_save_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes); gboolean gimp_register_file_handler_mime (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *mime_type); gboolean gimp_register_thumbnail_loader (const gchar *load_proc, const gchar *thumb_proc); Description File operations (load, save, etc.) Details <anchor id="gimp-temp-name"/>gimp_temp_name () gimp_temp_namegchar* gimp_temp_name (const gchar *extension); Generates a unique filename. Generates a unique filename using the temp path supplied in the user's gimprc. extension : The extension the file will have. Returns : The new temp filename. <anchor id="gimp-file-load"/>gimp_file_load () gimp_file_loadgint32 gimp_file_load (GimpRunMode run_mode, const gchar *filename, const gchar *raw_filename); Loads a file by invoking the right load handler. This procedure invokes the correct file load handler using magic if possible, and falling back on the file's extension and/or prefix if not. The name of the file to load is typically a full pathname, and the name entered is what the user actually typed before prepending a directory path. The reason for this is that if the user types http://www.xcf/~gimp/ he wants to fetch a URL, and the full pathname will not look like a URL.\" run_mode : The run mode. filename : The name of the file to load. raw_filename : The name as entered by the user. Returns : The output image. <anchor id="gimp-file-save"/>gimp_file_save () gimp_file_savegboolean gimp_file_save (GimpRunMode run_mode, gint32 image_ID, gint32 drawable_ID, const gchar *filename, const gchar *raw_filename); Saves a file by extension. This procedure invokes the correct file save handler according to the file's extension and/or prefix. The name of the file to save is typically a full pathname, and the name entered is what the user actually typed before prepending a directory path. The reason for this is that if the user types http://www.xcf/~gimp/ she wants to fetch a URL, and the full pathname will not look like a URL. run_mode : The run mode. image_ID : Input image. drawable_ID : Drawable to save. filename : The name of the file to save the image in. raw_filename : The name as entered by the user. Returns : TRUE on success. <anchor id="gimp-register-magic-load-handler"/>gimp_register_magic_load_handler () gimp_register_magic_load_handlergboolean gimp_register_magic_load_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes, const gchar *magics); Registers a file load handler procedure. Registers a procedural database procedure to be called to load files of a particular file format using magic file information. procedure_name : The name of the procedure to be used for loading. extensions : comma separated list of extensions this handler can load (i.e. \"jpg,jpeg\"). prefixes : comma separated list of prefixes this handler can load (i.e. \"http:,ftp:\"). magics : comma separated list of magic file information this handler can load (i.e. \"0,string,GIF\"). Returns : TRUE on success. <anchor id="gimp-register-load-handler"/>gimp_register_load_handler () gimp_register_load_handlergboolean gimp_register_load_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes); Registers a file load handler procedure. Registers a procedural database procedure to be called to load files of a particular file format. procedure_name : The name of the procedure to be used for loading. extensions : comma separated list of extensions this handler can load (i.e. \"jpg,jpeg\"). prefixes : comma separated list of prefixes this handler can load (i.e. \"http:,ftp:\"). Returns : TRUE on success. <anchor id="gimp-register-save-handler"/>gimp_register_save_handler () gimp_register_save_handlergboolean gimp_register_save_handler (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *extensions, const gchar *prefixes); Registers a file save handler procedure. Registers a procedural database procedure to be called to save files in a particular file format. procedure_name : The name of the procedure to be used for saving. extensions : comma separated list of extensions this handler can save (i.e. \"jpg,jpeg\"). prefixes : comma separated list of prefixes this handler can save (i.e. \"http:,ftp:\"). Returns : TRUE on success. <anchor id="gimp-register-file-handler-mime"/>gimp_register_file_handler_mime () gimp_register_file_handler_mimegboolean gimp_register_file_handler_mime (const gchar *procedure_name, const gchar *mime_type); Associates a MIME type with a file handler procedure. Registers a MIME type for a file handler procedure. This allows GIMP to determine the MIME type of the file opened or saved using this procedure. procedure_name : The name of the procedure to associate a MIME type with. mime_type : A single MIME type, like for example \"image/jpeg\". Returns : TRUE on success. Since GIMP 2.2 <anchor id="gimp-register-thumbnail-loader"/>gimp_register_thumbnail_loader () gimp_register_thumbnail_loadergboolean gimp_register_thumbnail_loader (const gchar *load_proc, const gchar *thumb_proc); Associates a thumbnail loader with a file load procedure. Some file formats allow for embedded thumbnails, other file formats contain a scalable image or provide the image data in different resolutions. A file plug-in for such a format may register a special procedure that allows GIMP to load a thumbnail preview of the image. This procedure is then associated with the standard load procedure using this function. load_proc : The name of the procedure the thumbnail loader with. thumb_proc : The name of the thumbnail load procedure. Returns : TRUE on success. Since GIMP 2.2