Hi, "Branko Collin" <collin@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 4 Apr 2003, at 2:41, Ernst Lippe wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 02:00:22 +0200 > > Branko Collin <collin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > What do the two different GimpPreviews do? If they are so alike, why > > > are there two different versions? Please explain it to me as if I > > > did not understand programming at all (which I don't, so it will be > > > very easy for me to play my part :-)). > > > > There is a large difference. The GimpPreview in the GIMP is used > > internally, and is not avalaible to plug-ins (I you are really > > as naive as you pretend, I should probably should have called > > the plug-ins "filters"). My preview is intended for plug-ins > > and contains severeal bells-and-whistles, that might be usefull > > for plug-ins. > > But otherwise they have the same function? Is it useful to have two > previews that do the same? they are completely different. The internal widget is a lot simpler and serves as a replacement for the deprecated GtkPreview. As a descendant of GtkDrawingArea, it provides an area where a GimpPreviewRenderer renders a view on a GimpViewable object. Thus, it could as well be called GimpView. Salut, Sven
