Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-28 Thread Elle Stone
Recently I tried to update Gimp from git, which I've done quite a few times before without any problems. This time several things went wrong, the main symptom being that Gimp couldn't open a png file. I asked about the problem on IRC and several people came up with possible sources of the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-28 Thread Michael Natterer
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 09:59 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: The info on the page you reference is very interesting and I'm really hoping that the configure option --with-gimpdir= sets all of these folders to only look in the prefix-specific directory: The --with-gimpdir configure option *only*

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-26 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 16:56 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: So there is no way to keep the gimpdir in the actual prefix? It will always be inside the hidden .config folder? As far as I know that's the case. At least that's better than all the prefixes using the same folder. Yes. Note, you can

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
Am 24.01.2014 20:58, schrieb Elle Stone: I usually have three or four separate installations of Gimp from git, each in its own prefix. Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix, other than resetting the folder preferences every time I want to switch

[Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Elle Stone
I usually have three or four separate installations of Gimp from git, each in its own prefix. Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix, other than resetting the folder preferences every time I want to switch prefixes? Elle

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/24/2014 03:28 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 14:58 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix You could compile each to have its own preferences folder, e.g. when running autoconf or configure

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 14:58 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: I usually have three or four separate installations of Gimp from git, each in its own prefix. Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix, other than resetting the folder preferences every time I

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/24/2014 04:29 PM, Elle Stone wrote: On 01/24/2014 03:28 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 14:58 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix You could compile each to have its own preferences folder, e.g. when

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Michael Natterer
On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 16:56 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: On 01/24/2014 04:29 PM, Elle Stone wrote: On 01/24/2014 03:28 PM, Liam R E Quin wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 14:58 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: Is there a way to tell Gimp in a prefix to only use the plugins in its own prefix You could

Re: [Gimp-developer] Any way to convince Gimp installed in a prefix to only use the plugins in the prefix?

2014-01-24 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/24/2014 05:04 PM, Michael Natterer wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 16:56 -0500, Elle Stone wrote: Hmm, asking for --with-gimpdir=/home/elle/code/gimp291/run/gimpdir results in a folder located at: /home/elle/.config/home/elle/code/gimp291/run/gimpdir So there is no way to keep the gimpdir