Gimp/pdb/groups/plug_in.pdb
Jehan 81b569cb8c Issue #8124: plug-in localization now totally moved plug-in side.
Plug-in localization was always partially plug-in side, especially for
things like custom GUI. But labels or blurb in GIMP (such as in menus or
action search) were localizing GIMP side.

It had many drawbacks:

- To get menu localization, a plug-in had to set up gettext, even though
  they might want to use something else for their GUI (after all, giving
  facilities for gettext is a good idea, but there is no reason to force
  using this system).
- There was a complex internal system passing the localization domain
  name, as well as the catalog file system path to core, then through
  various classes which we can now get rid of.
- There could be domain name clashes, if 2 plug-ins were to use the same
  i18n domain name. This was handled in now removed functions
  gimp_plug_in_manager_get_locale_domains() by simply keeping a unique
  one (and gimp_plug_in_manager_bind_text_domains() would just bind the
  domain to the kept directory). In other words, one of the duplicate
  plug-ins would use the wrong catalog. We could try to make the whole
  thing more complicated or try to forbid plug-ins to use any random
  name (in particular made easier with the new extension wrapper). But
  anyway this whole issue doesn't happen anymore if localization is
  fully made plug-in side, so why bother?

I tried to evaluate the advantages of the core-side localization of
plug-in labels/blurbs and could only find one theoretical: if we wanted
to keep access to the original English text. This could be useful
(theoretically) if we wanted to search (e.g. in the action search) in
both localized and English text; or if we wanted to be able to swap
easily en/l10n text in a UI without reload. But even if we were to ever
do this, it would only be possible for plug-ins (GEGL operations in
particular are localized GEGL-side), so it lacks consistency. And it's
unsure why special-casing English should really make sense for other
language natives who want text in their lang, and search in their lang.
They don't necessarily care about original.

So in the end, I decided to simplify the whole thing, make localization
of plug-ins a plug-in side thing. Core will only receive translated text
and that's it. It cuts a lot of code out of the core, simplify runtime
processing and make plug-in creation simpler to understand.

The only think I still want to look at is how exactly menu paths are
translated right now. Note that it still works, but it's possible that
some things may be worth improving/simplifying on this side too.
2022-07-05 12:22:32 +02:00

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# GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
# Copyright (C) 1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
# "Perlized" from C source by Manish Singh <yosh@gimp.org>
sub plug_ins_query {
$blurb = 'Queries the plug-in database for its contents.';
$help = 'This procedure queries the contents of the plug-in database.';
&andy_pdb_misc('1998');
$lib_private = 1;
@inargs = (
{ name => 'search_string', type => 'string', no_validate => 1,
desc => 'If not an empty string then use this as a search pattern' }
);
@outargs = (
{ name => 'procedures', type => 'strv',
desc => 'The plug-in procedure name' },
{ name => 'accelerators', type => 'strv',
desc => 'String representing keyboard accelerator (could be empty
string)', },
{ name => 'locations', type => 'strv',
desc => 'Location of the plug-in program' },
{ name => 'install_times', type => 'int32array',
desc => 'Time that the plug-in was installed',
array => { name => 'num_install_times',
desc => 'The number of matching procedures' } }
);
%invoke = (
code => <<'CODE'
{
num_install_times = gimp_plug_in_manager_query (gimp->plug_in_manager,
search_string,
&procedures,
&accelerators,
&locations,
&install_times);
}
CODE
);
}
sub plug_in_help_register {
$blurb = "Register a help path for a plug-in.";
$help = <<HELP;
This procedure registers user documentation for the calling plug-in
with the GIMP help system. The domain_uri parameter points to the root
directory where the plug-in help is installed. For each supported
language there should be a file called 'gimp-help.xml' that maps the
help IDs to the actual help files.
HELP
&mitch_pdb_misc('2000');
$lib_private = 1;
@inargs = (
{ name => 'domain_name', type => 'string',
desc => "The XML namespace of the plug-in's help pages" },
{ name => 'domain_file', type => 'file',
desc => "The root URI of the plug-in's help pages" }
);
%invoke = (
code => <<'CODE'
{
GimpPlugIn *plug_in = gimp->plug_in_manager->current_plug_in;
if (plug_in && plug_in->call_mode == GIMP_PLUG_IN_CALL_QUERY)
{
gchar *domain_uri = domain_file ? g_file_get_uri (domain_file) : NULL;
gimp_plug_in_def_set_help_domain (plug_in->plug_in_def,
domain_name, domain_uri);
g_free (domain_uri);
}
else
success = FALSE;
}
CODE
);
}
sub plug_in_menu_branch_register {
$blurb = "Register a sub-menu.";
$help = <<HELP;
This procedure installs a sub-menu which does not belong to any procedure.
The menu-name should be the untranslated menu label. GIMP will look up the
translation in the textdomain registered for the plug-in.
HELP
&mitch_pdb_misc('2005', '2.4');
$lib_private = 1;
@inargs = (
{ name => 'menu_path', type => 'string',
desc => "The sub-menu's menu path" },
{ name => 'menu_name', type => 'string',
desc => 'The name of the sub-menu' }
);
%invoke = (
code => <<'CODE'
{
GimpPlugIn *plug_in = gimp->plug_in_manager->current_plug_in;
if (plug_in)
{
gimp_plug_in_manager_add_menu_branch (gimp->plug_in_manager,
plug_in->file, menu_path, menu_name);
}
else
success = FALSE;
}
CODE
);
}
sub plug_in_set_pdb_error_handler {
$blurb = "Sets an error handler for procedure calls.";
$help = <<HELP;
This procedure changes the way that errors in procedure calls are
handled. By default GIMP will raise an error dialog if a procedure
call made by a plug-in fails. Using this procedure the plug-in can
change this behavior. If the error handler is set to
%GIMP_PDB_ERROR_HANDLER_PLUGIN, then the plug-in is responsible for
calling gimp_get_pdb_error() and handling the error whenever one if
its procedure calls fails. It can do this by displaying the error
message or by forwarding it in its own return values.
HELP
&neo_pdb_misc('2008', '2.6');
$lib_private = 1;
@inargs = (
{ name => 'handler', type => 'enum GimpPDBErrorHandler',
desc => "Who is responsible for handling procedure call errors" }
);
%invoke = (
code => <<'CODE'
{
GimpPlugIn *plug_in = gimp->plug_in_manager->current_plug_in;
if (plug_in)
{
gimp_plug_in_set_error_handler (plug_in, handler);
}
else
success = FALSE;
}
CODE
);
}
sub plug_in_get_pdb_error_handler {
$blurb = "Retrieves the active error handler for procedure calls.";
$help = <<HELP;
This procedure retrieves the currently active error handler for
procedure calls made by the calling plug-in. See
gimp_plugin_set_pdb_error_handler() for details.
HELP
&neo_pdb_misc('2008', '2.6');
$lib_private = 1;
@outargs = (
{ name => 'handler', type => 'enum GimpPDBErrorHandler',
desc => "Who is responsible for handling procedure call errors" }
);
%invoke = (
code => <<'CODE'
{
GimpPlugIn *plug_in = gimp->plug_in_manager->current_plug_in;
if (plug_in)
{
handler = gimp_plug_in_get_error_handler (plug_in);
}
else
success = FALSE;
}
CODE
);
}
@headers = qw(<string.h>
<stdlib.h>
"libgimpbase/gimpbase.h"
"core/gimp.h"
"plug-in/gimpplugin.h"
"plug-in/gimpplugindef.h"
"plug-in/gimppluginmanager.h"
"plug-in/gimppluginmanager-menu-branch.h"
"plug-in/gimppluginmanager-query.h"
"plug-in/gimppluginprocedure.h"
"gimppdb-utils.h");
@procs = qw(plug_ins_query
plug_in_help_register
plug_in_menu_branch_register
plug_in_set_pdb_error_handler
plug_in_get_pdb_error_handler);
%exports = (app => [@procs], lib => [@procs[1,2,3,4]]);
$desc = 'Plug-in';
$lib_private = 1;
1;