A.J. Bobo wrote: > I am interested in learning how to write plug-ins for GIMP without > having to use script-fu. I found your tutorials and really like them. > Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find gimptool-2.0 on my computer. I'm > using Windows XP and GIMP 2.2.11. Was this file (and the required header > files) not installed on Windows, or did I miss something? Where can I > find the files I need to write and compile plug-ins? Thanks for your help.
gimptool, the required header files and link libraries are not packaged with the Windows installer. There has been some talk of creating a windows package that contains the files necessary to compile plugins for GIMP, but as far as I know one has not been created. Honestly, compiling GIMP plugins on Windows is difficult to set up. I don't think that anyone does it on a regular basis. If at all possible I would recommend that you first try to build your plugin on linux. Developing a plugin can be challenging enough without the added difficulties that using a less-developed platform can entail. It has been my experience that it's easier to install a cross-compiler and compile plugins for Windows under Linux than it is to develop a plugin on Windows. If you want to do so, you might want to consider starting out with a Ubuntu CD if you don't have Linux easily available. You can run it without having to install anything on your hard drive. If you do choose to try building on Windows, the best resource is http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html . There you can find most of the GIMP's dependencies. There are several pages on the GIMP wiki that might be helpful. Take a look at http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=windows&titlesearch=Titles . Good luck! Rockwalrus _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
