GIMP is C and Inkscape is C++. There was a plugin in C++ for Inkscape, I think Inkscape supports python api. For GIMP I think there is script- fu (Scheme like) and gimp-python that could facilitate creation of a export tool.
For SVG (Inkscape, CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Xtreme) I'd rather see a good crossplatform exporter with ability to view original (with help from Batik for example) and exported artwork. Even better ask the Authoring Tool team to integrate svg import transparently into the tool - you just point at svg file and it is converted to fxz, but ask only if Authoring Tool would be free ;). Kirill Grouchnikov has done https://rainbow.dev.java.net/ to not only view SVG files, but also export them to Java2D.. On Jun 14, 2:15 pm, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > It's indeed a different population of our big developer's family. :-) > > If only The Gimp and Inkscape were written in Java - they would have > contacted you already... > > Maybe there's a way to call Java code from whatever language they are using > ? Doing it that way might do the trick. There would be a "javaFX" plugin on > the package repositories with a dependency on a JRE. Maybe even with JDK7 to > avoid a download of 70MB for a plugin of 3MB. > > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:43 PM, John Nilsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Joshua Marinacci<[email protected]> wrote: > > > do you think there are developers in the community > > > willing to build plugins for Gimp and Inkscape? > > If it was PythonFX we were talking about I have no doubt that there > > would be many developers eager to jump at it. However, Java isn't > > really that big in the Linux world so that might be a bit problematic. > > OTOH GNU and FSF usually jumps at projects they feel will have a big > > impact on freedom, like trying to implement a free flash suite. > > > BR, > > John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
