Re: [Gimp-developer] Difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION

2012-04-23 Thread Peter Nicolai
I'm assuming Mitch was referring to this: http://developer.gimp.org/api/2.0/libgimp/libgimp-gimp.html#gimp-install-procedure Which does give some hints as to the technical difference (which has apparently changed over time, something about "" :) ). Seeing as the OP wanted to know the "conceptual"

Re: [Gimp-developer] Difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION

2012-04-23 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 23 April 2012 15:12, Michael Natterer wrote: > On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 18:33 +0200, Alessandro Francesconi wrote: >> Hello, >> what's the conceptual difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION >> types? >> When a "plugin" must be defined as an extension? > > Have you checked the developer d

Re: [Gimp-developer] Difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION

2012-04-23 Thread Michael Natterer
On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 18:33 +0200, Alessandro Francesconi wrote: > Hello, > what's the conceptual difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION > types? > When a "plugin" must be defined as an extension? Have you checked the developer docs of gimp_install_procedure()? It's all there. Regards

Re: [Gimp-developer] Difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION

2012-04-23 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-04-22 12:33 PM, Alessandro Francesconi wrote: what's the conceptual difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION types? When a "plugin" must be defined as an extension? A plug-in is only loaded and run when needed (such as at GIMP startup for plug-in query or when invoked from a men

[Gimp-developer] Difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION

2012-04-23 Thread Alessandro Francesconi
Hello, what's the conceptual difference between GIMP_PLUGIN and GIMP_EXTENSION types? When a "plugin" must be defined as an extension? Thanks ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gim