On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 10:09:37AM -0800, William Skaggs wrote: > > First, though, a little terminology. As I will use the terms, a > "plug-in" is an external executable that interacts with the Gimp core > via the plug-in mechanism. A "filter" is a plug-in that changes a > drawable in some way. Only some plug-ins are filters -- there are > others that read or write specific file formats, set the foreground > color, interact with the PDB, etc. The plan I will describe here > really only applies to filters -- other types of plug-ins may well > call for other types of interface. > would it be reasonable to have plug-ins that change the drawable to work on a copy of the drawable? that would take away the need to differentiate between the two. carol
