gimp/plug-ins/perl

NAME
       Gimp - Perl extension for writing Gimp Extensions/Plug-
       ins/Load & Save-Handlers

SYNOPSIS
       my $img = new Image (600, 300, RGB);
       my $bg = $img->layer_new(600,300,RGB_IMAGE,"BAckground",100,NOTMAL_MODE);
       $img->add_layer($bg, 1);
       $img->edit_fill($bg);
       $img->display_new;

DOCUMENTATION
       The Manpages in html format, the newest version and other
       information can be found on the Gimp-perl homepage, where
       you should get an overview over the Gimp-perl extension:
       
       http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/gimp.html
       
       Dov Grobgeld has written a nice tutorial as well, you
       can find it at:
       
       http://imagic.weizmann.ac.il/~dov/gimp/perl-tut.html

PREREQUISITES
       To install/use this perl extension, you need to have the
       following software packages installed installed:
       
       Perl5.004 (or higher):

          While this extension should run fine with older versions (it has
          been tested with 5.004_04), I work with Perl5.005 or higher,
          which has much more bugs fixed than the old 5.004. When in
          doubt, upgrade.

       The GNU Image Manipulation Program, i.e. The GIMP:
       ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/

          gimp-1.1 (or newer, i.e. CVS) is recommended, but any version
          since 1.0.2 should do, some features not implemented in 1.0
          don't work, though.

       GTK+, the X11 toolkit:
       ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/

          gtk+-1.2 or higher is recommended, but older versions mostly work
          (some features not implemented in gtk+-1.0 do not work properly, of
          course).

       Gtk, the perl extension for the above:
       ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/perl/

          Gtk-0.5 (or higher) is recommended. You might encounter
          some problems compiling it for Perl5.004, in that case you
          might want to try the updated gnome-perl version on the
          gnome-cvs-server. Seth Burgess has a snapshot of it on his
          homepage at http://www.gimp.org/~sjburges/.

       Optionally, you can install PDL (the perl data language), to easily
       manipulate pixel data. PDL is available at any CPAN mirror, version
       1.9906 or higher is recommended. Without PDL, some plug-ins do not
       work, and accessing raw image data is impossible.

       General Information about The Gimp can be found at
       http://www.gimp.org/

INSTALLATION
       On unix, you should be able to run "perl Makefile.PL"
       make, make test && make install. To get a listing
       of configuration options, enter
       
       perl ./Makefile.PL --help
       
       a straight "perl Makefile.PL" should do the job on most systems, but
       watch out for warnings. If everything went fine, enter "make", "make
       test", "make install" and, if you want to install the Perl-Server and
       some other plug-ins, "make install-plugins"
       
       After installation, these perl plug-ins should be visible from with
       The Gimp (and many, many more):
       
       <Toolbox>/Xtns/Perl-Server
       <Image>/Filters/Artistic/Windify
       <Image>/Filters/Misc/Prepare for GIF
       <Image>/Filters/Misc/Webify
       
       If you don't have unix, you can install linux instead
       (http://www.linux.org)

SUPPORT/MAILING LISTS/MORE INFO
       There is a mailinglist for general discussion about Gimp-Perl.
       To subscribe, send a mail with the single line
       
       subscribe
       
       to gimp-perl-request@lists.netcentral.net.

       If you want to get notified of new versions automatically, send
       a mail with the single line:
       
       subscribe notify-gimp
       
       to majordomo@gcc.ml.org.
       
       You can also upload your scripts to the gimp registry at
       http://registry.gimp.org/, there is a special "version" available for
       gimp-perl.
       
       Scheme is the crappiest language ever. Have a look at Haskell
       (http://www.haskell.org) to see how functional is done right.



       (c)1998,1999 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>