On 16 Jun 2004, Vegard Vesterheim wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:41:55 +0200 (CEST) kovzol <kovzol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, I'm using GIMP-1.2.5 under Linux. Is it possible to start the > > GIMP-Perl server from command line? > > Sure, do something like this: > > gimp -i -b '(extension-perl-server 0 0 0)'& I guess I need this. Thanks! :-) > >(As I earlier mentioned, I'd like to > > run a Perl-Fu script and as I experienced, I have about 60% of speedup on > > a 256 MB RAM, 600 MHz PC machine if I start GIMP-Perl server first from > > GIMP, but in the future I should start the GIMP-Perl server automagically, > > e.g. on booting Linux.) > > AFAIK Gimp 1.2 still needs access to a X server for font rendering. To > implement a 'headless Gimp server', you could use Xvfb. I already use it. Indeed, this is a needed issue. :-) > Gimp 2.0.X does font rendering on the client side, no X server > required. Might be a better solution. I had many hours of headache figuring the right solution out to write my own code in Gimp-Perl --- I was browsing the internet a lot, but there were many versions of the same statements in Gimp-Perl with different syntax. :-( So I'm also afraid that my script will be incompatible with 2.0.x --- that's why I don't really want to upgrade yet. :-) > Dynamic web graphics using a 'Gimp server' for 'on-the-fly rendering' > is pretty cool stuff. Speed is often an issue, so caching the > rendering results might be a good idea. I implemented something like > this a couple of years ago, when graphic rendering of textual content > (menu buttons, etc) was fashionable ;-). We're traveling on the same train, I guess... :-) I also did the same thing in WebMathematics Interactive (http://www.sf.net) and this stuff I want to do now is exactly for this software, too. :-) A last question, however it should be clear after a short time: may I run $ gimp -i -b '(extension-perl-server 0 0 0)' -display :1 & or something like this to force gimp-perl-server to run on a different X (namely Xvfb)? Thanks a lot. Regards, Zoltan
