From owner-freebsd-multimedia Fri May 10 08:41:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-multimedia Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA28669 for multimedia-outgoing; Fri, 10 May 1996 08:41:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bacall.lodgenet.com (bacall.lodgenet.com [205.138.147.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA28660 for ; Fri, 10 May 1996 08:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by bacall.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA18567; Fri, 10 May 1996 10:42:36 -0500 Received: from garbo.lodgenet.com(204.124.123.250) by bacall via smap (V1.3) id sma018563; Fri May 10 10:42:33 1996 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by garbo.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA07058; Fri, 10 May 1996 10:43:18 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA25031; Fri, 10 May 1996 10:42:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199605101542.KAA25031@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: "Amancio Hasty Jr." cc: "Eric L. Hernes" , multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: tcl interface to GIMP? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 May 1996 22:30:56 PDT." <199605100530.WAA00918@rah.star-gate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 10:42:37 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: owner-multimedia@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Amancio Hasty Jr." writes: >For starters >o we should create the plug-ins as shared loadable modules > that will eliminate the shared memory requirement. > ok, you mean via mmap/munmap like the shared libs, right? >o Perhaps investigate using X11R6's XIE for storing images and manipulating >them in the X server. > you got any pointers to sample code, or apps that use this stuff? > >o tcl interface plus a tk interface so we can create user friendly >filters which can be modified at run time. > The tcl/tk interface would just invoke actions on gimp > could you be a bit more specific? like set region [rectangle 10 10 50 70] gauss_blur region 3.4 type stuff? >The guild and perl approach is fine however you really want to have >also a graphical interface to the scripting language. The origins >of GIMP are in Lisp so it does not surprise me that its authors >have chosen guild. > > Regards, > Amancio > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com http://rrnet.com/~erich erich@rrnet.com