[Gimp-developer] Image history access from python

2014-01-15 Thread Paco Garcia
hi, it would be very helpful to have access to the history of each image object from python, at least to the coordinates where the user has pressed, for example in two of my scripts to take coordinates from the user I force them to create paths of only use the coordinates of two nodes, if I had

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Tobias Jakobs
Hello Peter! 2014/1/14 peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net Srihari Sriraman wrote: Have we had a chance to look into this? OK, I have looked at that spec. ... (removed lines about the stomach) the problem with TITo is that as it stands now it is a conflicted mix of two intentions: 1)

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Chris Mohler
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:54 PM, peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net wrote: And yet the desktop menu in Mint/Cinnamon does precisely this and it *is* fast. [...] let me give an example of what I mean in a GIMP context (because that is the only thing that counts). if a particular user uses

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Chris Mohler
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:15 AM, peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net wrote: when you have successfully taken steps 1–5 you can get TITo into the standard GIMP release. if you decline, or are unable, to complete any steps, then as far as I am concerned TITo will not get into the standard GIMP

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Tobias Jakobs
Hello Peter, thank you for this mail. It answers all my questions and I think it is very productive. Perhaps even both 1) and 2) can be implemented as two separate systems. Regards Tobias 2014/1/15 peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net Burnie West wrote: On 01/14/2014 03:13 PM, Chris Mohler

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Chris Mohler
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:32 AM, Simon Budig si...@budig.de wrote: Chris Mohler (cr33...@gmail.com) wrote: $ui_god has spoken, and wrothfully: look out! I don't think it is fair to get snarky at peter, especially after he has carefully explained what his concerns are. His concerns seem to

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Simon Budig
Chris Mohler (cr33...@gmail.com) wrote: His concerns seem to be be... unfounded. So, what *is* Tito? A help system or a command line system? I have not seen an answer to that yet. And yes, I agree with Peter that this is a vital question. I mean: where does the it must be A or B come from?

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread peter sikking
Tobias Jakobs wrote: the problem with TITo is that as it stands now it is a conflicted mix of two intentions: 1) a help system via text search to learn using GIMP 2) a command-line system for operating GIMP Can you tell us which feature is 1) and which is 2)? I think you are proving my

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Chris Mohler
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 4:57 AM, Simon Budig si...@budig.de wrote: So, what *is* Tito? A help system or a command line system? I have not seen an answer to that yet. Why the distinction? We now have A vs B when neither were the intent... (or maybe I'm wrong - ask the authors, see the video ;)

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Am 15.01.2014 11:15, schrieb peter sikking: I actually did not say that. I do not see it that way. and instead of going into the smaller points that are being raised in the replies to my previous post, I am going concentrate on the main point. Structuring the design process is ‘half the

Re: [Gimp-developer] Image history access from python

2014-01-15 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi Pacco- yes, subverting Path creation for getting user coordinates is currently the only way GIMP plug-ins have to get them. (You could however, clear the paths on the plug-in call if in your workflow clearing them become a burden) It is interesting to note that even the C plug-ins that ship

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 01/15/2014 11:18 AM, Chris Mohler wrote: A counter-example: I need the 'Newsprint' filter every 2 months or so, but for some reason can't seem to remember which filter menu it's under. Why is it such a disaster to expose that filter to a search? A follow-up question: (without looking - no

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Tobias Oelgarte
Am 15.01.2014 19:11, schrieb Simon Budig: Tobias Oelgarte (tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com) wrote: I can't really follow your arguments. You want something to be either the one thing or the other. But does a user really want the one thing or the other? Well, as far as I interpreted peter it

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Jehan Pagès
Hi Peter, and all, Wow this created quite a discussion. I am on the road, so I have just been skimming through the whole thread, and I will answer to the first. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:52 AM, peter sikking pe...@mmiworks.net wrote: Srihari Sriraman wrote: Have we had a chance to look into

Re: [Gimp-developer] Search Action dialog feature

2014-01-15 Thread Srihari Sriraman
Hey everyone, Thanks a lot Jehan. My opinions are almost the same as yours. Tito is a cute internal/code name, but an action search dialog is what it is now. Here's something that'll hopefully clarify a couple of things: Earlier, during the early development stages of 'tito', it was envisioned