Hi,
> What is the purpose of including src/plugin-intl.h in the template?
> Does #include "plugin-intl.h" do something
> that #include <libgimp/gimpintl.h> does not?
Yes, a lot!
Actually plugin-intl.h as shipped with gimp-plugin-template is the
equivalent to libgimp/std-plugins-intl.h which is included from all
plug-ins in the standard distribution.
plugin-intl.h includes <libgimp/gimpintl.h> and builds a wrapper
around the basic internationalisation macros defined their.
By including it you get two macros:
INIT_I18N() and INIT_I18N_UI()
that do the dirty work of binding your application to the libgimp's
and its own textdomain. I'd suggest you take a short look into
plugin-intl.h, it should be self-explanatory.
> How are individual user installations supposed to work? (is there a
> target that installs to ~/.gimp?)
I don't think so. Do we need to add that?
> are config.sub and guess necessary for most plug-ins?
AFAIK they are necessary if you want to use configure.
Salut, Sven