NAME
Gimp - Perl extension for writing Gimp Extensions/Plug-
ins/Load & Save-Handlers
SYNOPSIS
my $img = new Image (600, 300, RGB);
my $bg = $img->layer_new(600,300,RGB_IMAGE,"BAckground",100,NOTMAL_MODE);
$img->add_layer($bg, 1);
$img->edit_fill($bg);
$img->display_new;
HUH?
For a quick (but outdated) intro on the general
look & feel, go to
http://lehmann.home.ml.org/gimp.html
Dov Grobgeld has written a nice tutorial as well, you
can find it at:
http://imagic.weizmann.ac.il/~dov/gimp/perl-tut.html
PREREQUISITES
To install/use this perl extension, you need to have the
following software packages installed installed:
The GNU Image Manipulation Program, i.e. The GIMP:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
GTK+, the X11 toolkit:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/
Gtk, the perl extension for the above:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gtk/perl/
Optionally, you can install PDL (the perl data language), to easily
manipulate pixel data. PDL is available at any CPAN mirror, version
1.9905 or higher is recommended.
General Information about the Gimp can be found at
http://www.gimp.org/
INSTALLATION
On unix, you should be able to run "perl Makefile.PL"
make, make test && make install. To get a listing
of configuration options, enter
perl ./Makefile.PL --help
a straight "perl Makefile.PL" should do the job on most systems, but
watch out for warnings. If everything went fine, enter "make", "make
test", "make install" and, if you want to install the Perl-Server and
some other plug-ins, "make install-plugins"
After installation, these perl plug-ins should be visible from with
The Gimp:
<Toolbox>/Xtns/Perl-Server
<Image>/Filters/Artistic/Windify
<Image>/Filters/Misc/Prepare for GIF
If you don't have unix, you can install linux instead
(
http://www.linux.org)
PLOP
Scheme is the crappiest language ever. Have a look at Haskell
(
http://www.haskell.org) to see how functional is done right.
22/May/98 perl 5.004, patch 65 5
