NAME
Gimp - Perl extension for writing Gimp Extensions/Plug-
ins/Load & Save-Handlers
SYNOPSIS
my $img = new Image (600, 300, RGB);
my $bg = $img->layer_new(600,300,RGB_IMAGE,"BAckground",100,NOTMAL_MODE);
$img->add_layer($bg, 1);
$img->edit_fill($bg);
$img->display_new;
DOCUMENTATION
The Manpages in html format, the newest version and other
information can be found on the Gimp-perl homepage, where
you should get an overview over the Gimp-perl extension:
http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/gimp.html
Dov Grobgeld has written a nice tutorial as well, you
can find it at:
http://imagic.weizmann.ac.il/~dov/gimp/perl-tut.html
PREREQUISITES
To install/use this perl extension, you need to have the
following software packages installed installed:
Perl5.004 (or higher):
While this extension should run fine with older versions (it has
been tested with 5.004_04), I work with Perl5.005 or higher,
which has much more bugs fixed than the old 5.004. When in
doubt, upgrade.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program, i.e. The GIMP:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
gimp-1.1 (or newer, i.e. CVS) is recommended, but any version
since 1.0.2 should do, some features not implemented in 1.0
don't work, though.
GTK+, the X11 toolkit:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/
gtk+-1.2 or higher is recommended, but older versions mostly work
(some features not implemented in gtk+-1.0 do not work properly, of
course).
Gtk, the perl extension for the above:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/perl/
Gtk-0.5 (or higher) is recommended. You might encounter
some problems compiling it for Perl5.004, in that case you
might want to try the updated gnome-perl version on the
gnome-cvs-server. Seth Burgess has a snapshot of it on his
homepage at http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/.
Optionally, you can install PDL (the perl data language), to easily
manipulate pixel data. PDL is available at any CPAN mirror, version
1.9906 or higher is recommended. Without PDL, some plug-ins do not
work, and accessing raw image data is impossible.
General Information about The Gimp can be found at
http://www.gimp.org/
INSTALLATION
On unix, you should be able to run "perl Makefile.PL"
make, make test && make install. To get a listing
of configuration options, enter
perl ./Makefile.PL --help
a straight "perl Makefile.PL" should do the job on most systems, but
watch out for warnings. If everything went fine, enter "make", "make
test", "make install" and, if you want to install the Perl-Server and
some other plug-ins, "make install-plugins"
After installation, these perl plug-ins should be visible from with
The Gimp (and many, many more):
<Toolbox>/Xtns/Perl-Server
<Image>/Filters/Artistic/Windify
<Image>/Filters/Misc/Prepare for GIF
<Image>/Filters/Misc/Webify
If you don't have unix, you can install linux instead
(http://www.linux.org)
SUPPORT/MAILING LISTS/MORE INFO
There is a mailinglist for general discussion about Gimp-Perl.
To subscribe, send a mail with the single line
subscribe
to gimp-perl-request@lists.netcentral.net.
If you want to get notified of new versions automatically, send
a mail with the single line:
subscribe notify-gimp
to majordomo@gcc.ml.org.
You can also upload your scripts to the gimp registry at
http://registry.gimp.org/, there is a special "version" available for
gimp-perl.
Scheme is the crappiest language ever. Have a look at Haskell
(http://www.haskell.org) to see how functional is done right.
(c)1998,1999 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
