Sven, > The regex code is used by gimp-plug-ins-query (and a similar function > in script-fu). Yes, I can follow that from the code. I understand what regex does generally, just not why gimp-plug-ins-query needs it. My confusion relates to script-fu and gimp plug-ins with respect to regex. Why query a plug-in as a regular expression? What's the point? Thanks! Robin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.FilmGimp.org www.LinuxMovies.org www.OpenSourceProgrammers.org