[Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Rob Antonishen
I was reading the gimp vision again, and two things jumped out: - GIMP is easily user-extendable, by easy installation of plug-ins - GIMP should be easily extensible by the average user: one click-installation of plug-ins and was wondering if this could be implemented within the current codebase

Re: [Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 05/14/2010 04:13 PM, Rob Antonishen wrote: I was reading the gimp vision again, and two things jumped out: - GIMP is easily user-extendable, by easy installation of plug-ins - GIMP should be easily extensible by the average user: one click-installation of plug-ins and was wondering if

Re: [Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Akkana Peck
Martin Nordholts writes: On 05/14/2010 04:13 PM, Rob Antonishen wrote: - GIMP should be easily extensible by the average user: one click-installation of plug-ins [...] I agree installation of plug-ins is a pain, but I'm not aware of anyone planning to work on improving the situation.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Friday, May 14, 2010, 23:00:46, Akkana Peck wrote: Writing a file handler like Rob describes sounds easy -- if all you care about is script-fu. The hard part would getting Python and C plug-ins installed for users (especially Windows users) who don't have Python, PyGTK or a C compiler.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 14.05.2010 23:00, Akkana Peck wrote: Writing a file handler like Rob describes sounds easy -- if all you care about is script-fu. The hard part would getting Python and C plug-ins installed for users (especially Windows users) who don't have Python, PyGTK or a C compiler. Getting Python

Re: [Gimp-developer] Addressing one of the gimp vision items...easy installation of plug-ins

2010-05-14 Thread Alexia Death
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Akkana Peck akk...@shallowsky.com wrote: Martin Nordholts writes: On 05/14/2010 04:13 PM, Rob Antonishen wrote: - GIMP should be easily extensible by the average user: one click-installation of plug-ins [...] I agree installation of plug-ins is a pain,