Re: Spyrogimp plugin rewrite

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Hi!

On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 8:58 PM Elad Shahar <dawn.ever@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jehan,
>
> Thanks for the review!
> The new version is here
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1qfmk4r2oc3off/spyro_plus.py?dl=0>
>
> Here is what I have done:
>
> * The problem with the background color happens only in some themes, when
> using a notebook where the tabs are set to be invisible. That was what I
> was using.
> I did not manage to make the odd background color go away, so I just
> changed the UI to use a notebook with the tabs visible.  So this should be
> solved.
>
> * As for the clone issue, I did not manage to fix the issue, so I just
> removed "Clone" from the list of tools.
>

Sad! The clone source seemed like a cool feature. I'll see if I can fix
this myself then. :-)

Jehan


> Thanks!
> Elad
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 6:54 PM Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 12:47 AM Elad Shahar <dawn.ever@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jehan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback!
>>> The new version is here
>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/r1qfmk4r2oc3off/spyro_plus.py?dl=0> .
>>>
>>> Here is what I have done:
>>>
>>> * I made "Esc" close the dialog (and cancel the pattern).
>>> * The issue with the broken icon was part of a larger issue that made
>>> the plugin look different than other plugins. This was resolved by using
>>> gimpui.py
>>> * I added a non-interactive API.
>>> * I made the dialog less tall, by grouping parameters in notebook tabs.
>>>
>>> In addition:
>>>
>>> * Using the "selection" shape now draws multiple shapes - if several
>>> paths were generated from the selection-to-path conversion.
>>> * Several new multi-sided shapes were added as fixed rings, with
>>> additional options.
>>>   These produce drawings similar to many guilloche patterns. Examples
>>> for the new shapes are here
>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ae238njoafnqe7/example.png?dl=0>.
>>> * I added "long-gradient" support, that spreads across the entire
>>> pattern.
>>>   This was available in the previous spyrogimp.scm, and produces nice
>>> results which are difficult to obtain when trying to tune the gradient from
>>> tool settings.
>>> * Improved the speed of incremental drawing by using gobject.idle_add
>>> instead of timeouts.
>>>
>>> I'd be glad to fix any other issues.
>>>
>>
>> So I finally reviewed.
>>
>> * The background color of self.pattern_notebook is always white, which is
>> especially a problem with darker themes. Is it only for me? Don't you have
>> this issue too? I had a look and am unsure where this comes from though
>> (maybe it's a problem in the theme, but I have no idea).
>>
>> * I had once a warning about broken undo when setting "Clone" (then I had
>> a warning about no clone source, but this one is normal) then canceling
>> with Esc.
>>
>> Apart from these, it looks good here. :-)
>>
>> Jehan
>>
>>
>>> If the plugin is indeed updated in the repository, could I write
>>> documentation for the manual?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Elad
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 10:34 PM Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Elad,
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 4:14 PM Elad Shahar via gimp-developer-list <
>>>> gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Long ago, I have written a Spyrogimp plugin in scheme. The plugin is
>>>>> currently included in gimp (under Filters -> Render -> Spyrogimp). Now
>>>>> I
>>>>> have done a rewrite in python which I hope is a big improvement:
>>>>>
>>>>> * It provides immediate feedback, by incremental drawing to a temporary
>>>>> layer.
>>>>> * Supports using more tools to draw the pattern (e.g. stroke).
>>>>> * You can use a non-rectangular selection to serve as the shape of the
>>>>> "fixed ring". This is done by converting the selection to a path. If
>>>>> the
>>>>> path has more than one stroke, then a pattern is drawn only for one of
>>>>> them. ( I might improve that in the near future).
>>>>> * There is an additional way to specify the pattern, that is compatible
>>>>> with the notation in the toy kit Spirograph manuals.
>>>>> * Lots of tooltips
>>>>>
>>>>> If you want to try it, you can download it here:
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/r2t5o4n4kyvtkmi/spyro.py?dl=0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's a cool update, and we could replace the old spyro by the new one
>>>> (or on 2.10 at least deprecate the old one and hide it from menus but leave
>>>> it alongside for the PDB API).
>>>> I wonder if this could not be a GEGL operation also by the way, rather
>>>> than a plug-in.
>>>>
>>>> Feedback is welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * Would be nice that hitting "Esc" close the dialog (and cancel the
>>>> pattern).
>>>> * On my desktop (GNOME on Fedora 28), the dialog shows a broken icon.
>>>> * The dialog is much too high. On my screen, part of it is out of
>>>> screen (the buttons in particular) so I need to use the Super key + left
>>>> mouse click trick to move the window. It would be nice to rearrange the
>>>> buttons differently or hide a scrollbar.
>>>> * Your new plug-in doesn't provide a non-interactive API as the old one
>>>> used to. I think this would be quite needed to be able to replace the old
>>>> plug-in correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from these, that is a really cool plug-in. I would update the
>>>> repository with this new plug-in once these few points are fixed. :-)
>>>> If you answer by email, make sure to name me so that I don't miss the
>>>> email (I have filters allowing me to see when I am named so that I don't
>>>> miss mailing list emails targeted at me).
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Jehan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Elad
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>>
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