Well it is nothing like I am reluctant, I thought I am giving enough info. Anywa sorry for it. Here is what I wanted to do. I am writing a program which displays point cloud using VTK. Now this is the only one part of what I am doing. Other part user will have a 2D window, which will reflect current state in VTK window. Now this 2D window, I am planning to use GIMP. If I cannot make use of GIMP then, I have to really write a plugin for GIMP, which in my opinion very tight binding with it. Therefore, instead of writing plugin, I am trying to use GIMP otherway round, that is by trying to use it as library. Hope I am making myslef clear here. Also, I am really newbie here therefore I am not able to understand idea of writing extension to GIMP.( By this what I mean is, how it could be. ) Thanks and regards, Shrinivas Kulkarni. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Budig" <Simon.Budig@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Calling plugin from plugins > Shrinivas Kulkarni (shrinivask@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > I really appreciate your quick response. > > About the other solution, that is to make GIMP running a background, I am > > aware of it. But I am not sure how I can call PDB functions from my program > > to a process that is running in background. > > > > Do you want to say that I should run GIMP from my application first and then > > call it's functionality thru PDB? I am sorry if I am making a foolish > > question here. > > It is very hard for me to give you any advice, since you are very > reluctant with the details of what you are actually trying to do. > > There are at least two methods to contact a running GIMP. Gimp-Perl has > a method of communicate to the main GIMP process, and there is a net-fu > server, where GIMP listens on a socket. > > I don't have very much experience with that, so I cannot really help > here. It might also make sense for you to develop a small extension for > the GIMP, that establishes the communication between your application > and the GIMP. > > Bye, > Simon > -- > Simon.Budig@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/ > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
