On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:51:40 +0100 Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Ernst Lippe <ernstl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > http://refocus.sourceforge.net/preview/gimppreview.html > > > > The major points in the discussion were that some people did not like > > the way that the preliminary version of the preview tried to prevent > > recursive updates and that the names did not start with GIMP. > > > > As far as I can tell these points have been fixed in the first > > official release. > > As far as I remember the major problematic point was the fact that the > preview creates temporary drawables in the core instead of handling > the preview completely on the plug-in side. Has this been addressed > as well? No, the preview itself does not generate any temporary drawables. However there is a utility function for the plug-in to generate such temporary drawables, when it finds that more convenient, but in that case it is the responsibility of the plug-in and not of the preview. It can function perfectly without any temporary drawables. Ernst Lippe
