gimp/plug-ins/sel2path
BST 2000 Andy Thomas e47ed10901 plug-ins/sel2path/globals.h
Thu Aug 17 22:07:50 BST 2000 Andy Thomas <alt@gimp.org>

	* plug-ins/sel2path/globals.h

	Fixed compilation problems. Some really old compilers had problems
	with the macros in sel2path. Thanks to
        Dougal_R_Scott@nag.national.com.aui for pointing it out.

	* app/layers_dialog.c

	Fixes #16583: "new view" not being updated correctly. I still think
	theres is a problem in the idle rendering when images that
	have multiple views require updating.
	I could only get the deleting layers operation
	to leave the "other views" out of date. This fix forces the views
	to be updates as soon as the layer is deleted. I think this is
	acceptable since we are doing a "large scale" operation and the
	performance loss by not doing the update in the background is OK.

	* plug-ins/common/plugindetails.c

	Fixed problem when doing searches for plugins containing a
	given string caused gtk warnings to be issued
2000-08-17 21:18:49 +00:00
..
.cvsignore configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
bitmap.h Removed embedded EOLs and spaces from tooltips, few typos. 2000-07-30 18:37:33 +00:00
bounding-box.h Removed embedded EOLs and spaces from tooltips, few typos. 2000-07-30 18:37:33 +00:00
curve.c fixed bugs #7144 and #7139 2000-03-10 11:29:24 +00:00
curve.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
edge.c configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
edge.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
fit.c s/gimp_plugin_help_func/gimp_standard_help_func/ 2000-05-22 17:10:28 +00:00
fit.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
global.h plug-ins/sel2path/globals.h 2000-08-17 21:18:49 +00:00
Makefile.am gimprc.in replaced "color-cube" by "min-colors". 2000-04-30 18:17:55 +00:00
math.c Removed embedded EOLs and spaces from tooltips, few typos. 2000-07-30 18:37:33 +00:00
pxl-outline.c run the sel2path plugin with a proper display ID - previously we were 2000-06-04 18:33:01 +00:00
pxl-outline.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
README configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
README.limn configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
sel2path.c Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org> 2000-08-03 00:48:55 +00:00
sel2path.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
sel2path_adv_dialog.c libgimp/gimp_pdb.h libgimp/gimpmisc_pdb.[ch] added missing autogenerated 2000-06-08 18:10:03 +00:00
spline.c fixed bugs #7144 and #7139 2000-03-10 11:29:24 +00:00
spline.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
types.h configure.in plug-ins/Makefile.am plug-ins/sel2path/* <- New directory 1999-07-09 21:52:00 +00:00
vector.c Removed embedded EOLs and spaces from tooltips, few typos. 2000-07-30 18:37:33 +00:00
vector.h Removed embedded EOLs and spaces from tooltips, few typos. 2000-07-30 18:37:33 +00:00


Andy Thomas (alt@gimp.org) 9th July 1999


This plug-in will take a selection and convert it into a path.
For the purpose of the plug-in the selection boundary is defined
in a similar manner to that worked out for the "marching ants" markers
of the selection. I think this gives the best user feel/feedback since 
the created path "follows" the "marching ants".

I cannot claim responsibility for the underlying algorithms. These
were taken directly from the GNU font utilities (the "limn" program 
in particular) written by Karl Berry and Kathryn Hargreaves.

Their email addresses quoted in the README are:-

Karl Berry              karl@cs.umb.edu
Kathryn Hargreaves      letters@cs.umb.edu

Please see fontutils-0.6 package for more details. I have included the 
README from the limn part of the package.

I thank Karl & Kathryn for producing such a well written set of utilites.

I have just added a gimp front-end onto them. 


How to use it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Simply select an area and then select either "<Image>/Selection/To Path"
menu item or the "Selection To Image" button in the paths dialog. The new
path will be created. Currently if the LCP dialog has not been activated
then the path will not be visible... A bug I have just found - simply
bring up the LCP dialog and select the Paths tab to see the newly created
path.

An additional function can be obtained by having the "Shift" modifier pressed
while using the button in the paths dialog. This will pop-up a "power-users"
menu where the parameters to the underlying algorithms can be modified. 
WARING:- Some values may cause the plugin to enter extremely long operations.
You have been warned. 

Have fun!


Andy.

PS. Please direct any bugs etc found in this plugin to either
myself or the gimp-developer mailing list. Thank.