Hello, I'm not sure if I am understanding the new GimpContext functionality correctly. I had hoped it would resolve issues that my Gimp Perl script has with certain non-thread-safe resources when multiple instances of the script are running concurrently. For example one instance changing the foreground color that another instance is using to render text. It happens infrequently but when I run multiple versions of a script with code like the following I still see occasional images being rendered with "incorrect" colors:
Gimp::init; my $img = gimp_image_new(300, 200, 0); gimp_context_push(); gimp_context_set_background([60, 108, 222]); gimp_context_set_foreground([255,255,255]); my $text_layer1A = gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,0,0,"The Quick Brown Fox", 0, 0, 14, 0, "Arial"); gimp_context_set_foreground([0,0,0]); my $text_layer1B = gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,5,5,"Jumped Over the Lazy Dog", 0, 0, 14, 0, "URW Gothic L"); gimp_context_set_foreground([237,16,16]); my $text_layer2A = gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,0,20,"The Quick Brown Fox", 0, 0, 14, 0, "Arial"); gimp_context_set_foreground([0,0,0]); my $text_layer2B = gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,5,25,"Jumped Over the Lazy Dog", 0, 0, 14, 0, "URW Gothic L"); ... code to save image ... gimp_context_pop(); Gimp::end; Is there anything that takes place behind the scenes that makes sure that each script is running in its own context? Or does the call to gimp_text_fontname simply use the latest context added to the stack, allowing for something like script x switching to look at a context pushed by script y while in the middle of executing calls to gimp_text_fontname? I guess I'm looking for something more like: my $context = gimp_create_context(); $context->set_foreground([255,255,255]); # this call uses the context's foreground color gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,0,0,"The Quick Brown Fox", 0, 0, 14, 0, "Arial"); $context->delete(); I can see how push and pop would make sense for a plugin, but wonder if there's an alternate way for batch image scripting to make use of it. Thanks in advance, Jared ________________________________________________________ Jared Whiting Myers Internet, Inc. Senior Developer http://www.myers.com (408) 428-9960 "Taking Your Business To The Next Level" _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
