Hello- I am working on some cgi scripts that make use of the Gimp Perl Module and Perl-Server. So far so good, I have been able to generate images through the cgi, using the same Gimp instance. I have noticed though that in some cases the memory for the Gimp instance continues to grow in size, even if I delete the image. For example, here's an excerpt of a test script: Gimp::init; Gimp::lock(); Gimp::set_trace(TRACE_ALL); my $outfile = "path to outfile... /gimp_test.gif"; my $img = gimp_image_new(300, 200, 0); $img->gimp_image_undo_disable; my $layer = gimp_layer_new($img, 300,200,RGB, "Layer 1", 100, NORMAL_MODE); gimp_image_add_layer($img, $layer, -1); Palette->set_foreground([0, 0, 0]); gimp_palette_set_background([255,255,255]); gimp_edit_fill($layer, BACKGROUND_FILL); ################################################### ## when these two lines are commented out ## gimp instance does not keep grabbing more memory my $text_layer = gimp_text_fontname($img,-1,0,0,"Testing testing", 0, 0, 14, 0, "Verdana Italic"); gimp_image_merge_down($img, $text_layer, CLIP_TO_BOTTOM_LAYER); ################################################### Gimp->perl_fu_webify($img, -1,0,0,[0, 0, 0],0,256,0); file_save($img, Gimp->-1, $outfile, $outfile); $img->gimp_image_undo_enable; gimp_image_delete($img); Gimp::unlock(); Gimp::end; I see that when I do not call the gimp_text_fontname function I don't have any noticeable memory issues regardless of how many times I call the script. My feeling is that the gimp_text_fontname is creating a resource that is not deleted with the image and that I am unable to mark for destruction (I have tried various functions for removing, attaching, deleting the layer returned by gimp_text_fontname but it does not seem to have any effect). I am using GIMP version 2.0.1. If anyone has run into the same issues with gimp_text_fontname and has an idea of the best way to clean up resources after using it (or if I am on the wrong track here), it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jared ________________________________________________________ Jared Whiting Myers Internet, Inc. Senior Developer/ http://www.myers.com Technical Lead (408) 428-9960 "Taking Your Business To The Next Level"
