GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 10
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
Ofnuts addon collection manager

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I am trying to better organise my files in GIMP by installing the Ofnuts addon collection manager.

I have a 'tutorial' by Molly and believe I have completed all the necessary steps, such as putting all my own added brushes/fonts/gradients/patterns into their own folder_storage locations.

I have installed the supplied PY file and INI file in plugins. I restart GIMP and check all the tools - as expected none of my own added tools are there.

According to the tutorial, I should now be able to 'right click' say on brushes to invoke the 'addon manager'. So I do, but nothing happens at all ... I have right clicked in a hundred different places but nothing happens. There are no error messages.

I am somewhat confused right now as I expected it to go OK

... a senior's moment or a brain snap or whatever ... any ideas please, for example is there something in 'preferences' I should have modified?

OMG: Are you using Windows? If so, open Gimp, go to Help, LEFT click on patterns sets from the drop down menu. You should get another drop down menu with all your pattern folders. Left Click on the ones you want loaded. I did not change the path to the folders for any of them as that would have already been done and would not change. You should check to make sure nothing there changed.

what Pat says is correct, provided you have followed the procedure which suggests to indicate (in the .ini file) that you want to use Gimp Help folder, which is the best choice IMO
edit: to indicate where you want to access the managers is in the code line:
menu_location:<Image>/Help
in the .ini file

Pat625 & Dinasset - thank you for that; via Help I can get 3 out of the 4 folders I have changed, but fonts shows nothing. At least I have something to work on now and have also realised that Molly uses Linux!!

there maybe one of these different reasons:
- you didn't "clean" the std gimp fonts folder
- you didn't group your fonts (the manager does not handle single files, but folders)
- you didn't say in the .ini you want to have also the fonts managed

Dinasset - I have located the problem and yes it was your #2 suggestion - I have put the fonts into folders and now everything appears OK.

Now I just need to to use it effectively ... but that is only one of two PCs done so far!

GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Macbook Air
OS Version: El Capitan 10.11.4
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
Ofnuts addon collection manager

Trying to figure out this plug in for Gimp. Hope someone can get me over the final hurdle. I have .py and .ini files in plugins folder and have restart GIMP but nothing is happening.

Plugins folder contains: (does filenames matter if they are both the same name...ie ofn-addonCollectionManager.ini)
addonCollectionManager.ini
addonCollectionManager.py

ini file contents:
[all]
enable:brushes dynamics fonts gradients palettes patterns scripts
addons_active:{GimpUser}/{type}
addons_stored:{GimpUser}/{type}_storage
menu_location:{<Type>}
menu_entry:{Type} sets...
menu_description:Manage {type} sets...
dialog_title:{Type} sets manager
use_subdirectory:yes
use_link: {depends on OS capablities: yes for Unixish ones, no for Windows}

[brushes]
extensions:.gbr .vbr .gih .abr .GBR .VBR .GIH
[dynamics]
extensions:.gdyn .GDYN
[fonts]
extensions:.ttf .otf .TTF .OTF
[gradients]
extensions:.ggr .GGR
[palettes]
extensions:.pal .PAL
[patterns]
extensions:.png .pat .PNG .PAT
[scripts]
menu_location:<Image>/Help
extensions:.scm .SCM
use_subdirectory:no

Do I need to "edit" the .ini file to have my GIMP profile information and location of the brushes folder etc etc? Do I need to make the brushes_storage, font_storage, etc Folders myself?

If someone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance
GoBucks32

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Wallace, Thanks so much for your help. I created the storage folders and moved the files into the respective folders, but still nothing seems to be happening in my GIMP. Do I need to do anything else to "activate" the plug-in? I think I have followed all the instructions.

Also I been looking at the pluginrc file and it is only finding and referencing plug-ins in /Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-in and ignoring /Users/ronwaller/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins. Both of these locations are listed in Preferences / Folders / plugins. Hope someone can assist me with this issue. Seems I am close to getting this setup.

Wallace thanks for that input. Unfortunately I am not seeing the "Brushes Sets" option in my Brushes menu. Still not sure what I am doing wrong here.

I don't think the plug-in is getting installed. I don't have any .active files, but is that for Windows or for Mac?

Should GIMP have any reference to 2.0 version or should I do a complete wipe and install of 2.8.14?

Thanks Wallace, I have seen Mac referenced and know it supposedly works. Just thought someone here might know. Really do appreciate your help.

I'm sorry, but I know nothing about how to set it up for Mac.

Did you give access permissions to, addonCollectionManager-3.0.py

My brushes folder example

odinx@odinx:~/.gimp-2.8/
├── brushes
│   └── (initially empty)
├── brushes_storage
│   ├── BB-Basic
│   │   ├── ACross3.gbr
│   ├── BB-Texture
│   │   ├── Brush 0983.gbr
│ ├── (when in use) .active
├── plug-ins
│   ├── addonCollectionManager-3.0.py <-- (needs permissions)

Do you mean set the permissions on the addonCollectionManager-3.0.py file? Only thing I did was make sure it had execute permission on the file. If not what do you mean by "access permissions"?

I was able to get it to work by putting the .py and .ini file into the /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins location.

Execute permission is the same.