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://lehmann.home.ml.org/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:
Perl5.005_02 (or higher):
While this extension should run fine with older versions (it has been
tested with 5.004_04), I get many unreproducable bug reports with
5.004 that I don't get with 5.005. When in doubt, upgrade.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program, i.e. The GIMP:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
GTK+, the X11 toolkit:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/
Gtk, the perl extension for the above:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/perl/
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.
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:
<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
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.
