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GIMP-Plug-In
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Written by Daniel Cotting
Quellenstrasse 10
CH-8005 Zuerich (Switzerland)
cotting@multimania.com
www.multimania.com/cotting
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Some code is taken out of other plug-ins
written by other authors.
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Ported to GIMP 1.1 by
Michael Natterer <mitschel@cs.tu-berlin.de>
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INSTALLATION
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To install it, you have to edit the
Makefile (change install-path).
Afterwards run make. This will compile
and install the plug-in in the right
directory. Once the new code is installed,
you can run the GIMP and enjoy the new
functions and effects it provides.
Note that this plug-in has some sample
files which must be installed in one of
the following directories:
~/.gimp/fractalexplorer
/usr/share/gimp/fractalexplorer
You can find the sample files in the
subdirectory fractalexplorer-examples
of this distribution.
You will have to add the following lines
to your gimprc file (usually
/usr/share/gimp/gimprc):
# fractalexplorer directory
(fractalexplorer-path "${gimp_data_dir}/fractalexplorer:${gimp_dir}/fractalexplorer")
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REDUCE CODE SIZE
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If you find that the plug-in is too big,
you can compress the executables with the
gzexe program (if it is avaiable on your
system). To do so, change to the plug-in
directory of the GIMP...
cd /usr/lib/gimp/VERSION/plug-ins
...and execute the command...
gzexe PLUGIN_NAME
...and remember to remove the uncompres-
sed binary, which has been renamed to
PLUGIN_NAME~, by running the command:
rm PLUGIN_NAME~
This will result in a code size of about
50 kB, which isn't too much IMHO.
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FEEDBACK
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I'm interested in any feedback, comments,
bug-reports, suggestions etc. If you
have anything you would like to tell
me, you can write to cotting@multimania.com.
Also have a look at the GIMP-section of
my homepage at www.multimania.com/cotting.
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Thank you and happy GIMPing!
Daniel Cotting
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