OK. So far I've kept my opinions about the documentation and odd naming of features, but ... Can't close a window? And what is this difference of gimp.<function> and pdb.gimp_<someotherfunciton>; are multiple poorly documented features really needed?
It's all a bit <OK megabit> weird. PYGTK and PIL are much better documented. I found out that I couldn't even use the register(...) function in the py console. Now that's damn odd. The documentation is lacking. The pdb is mostly a good idea, but there seems to be far too many types that don't have access methods or methods. "image_id" and image; display numbers that can't be listed and referenced. Two names for an object; path based and name only. Interactive and batch. Assumption of called in variables (image, drawable run_able), instead of required. The first example I found 'clothify' used timg an tdrawable, as unused variables; then promptly call on globals variables I have know way of knowing exist. It's just bad programming methods. Where's the sense in that? In other words, is there some 'reason' to have a pdb, but try to keep it's inner working secret? Is it just clumsy programming, transition between a working program and a good program? I see no good reason, from a scripting point of view, that I shouldn't have access to every property of an object. Open, close, see all it's properties and operate on them, call menu items and preset their params. Certainly programs without a scripting adjunct shouldn't have such features. Ones with should. Everything I can do with a menu selection, I should be able to do with a script call; in fact hav e the pdb console have a trace function would be a damn fine idea. OK Done ranting. sph Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: > On Tuesday 03 April 2007 18:12, Steven Howe wrote: > >> Hello, >> seems at least one question a day. >> Close a window. How? I have the image object. What now? >> > > You can only close a window for an image you had created yourself. > You tell GIMP to close displays, and the only way you get hold of a > display object is creating it itself. So, you can even create > aditional displays for exsiting images (and close that ones), but > ther ei sno way to close an image that was open prior to calling your > plug-in. > > Take a look at > pdb.gimp_display_new and pdb.gimp_display_delete > > js > -><- > > > > > > >> Steven Howe >> _______________________________________________ >> > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
