I have to say ofnuts i am still lost here.If i have my own resource folder do i have to edit the python file here at about line #48?


builtinSections={
'all': {
#'enable':'brushes fonts patterns'
'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'
},

TO

builtinSections={
'all': {
#'enable':'brushes fonts patterns'
'enable':'brushes dynamics fonts gradients palettes patterns scripts',
'addons_active':'{GimpUser}/{type}',
'addons_stored':'C:\GIMP',
'menu_location':'<{Type}>',
'menu_entry':'{Type} sets...',
'menu_description':'Manage {type} sets...',
'dialog_title':'{Type} sets manager'
},

Of course not... this stuff are the values the plugin uses if they is no config file (or if they aren't defined there).

If you have your own resource folder, you create the config file (addonCollectionManager.ini, in the plugins directory in your profile) and add a section for each of your resource folders. But the plugin assumes (independently of built-in/config file) that your add-ons are organized with a parent directory for each type, i.e. that you have something like:

In which case you can use in the config file:

And the brush manager will let you activate flowers/fruits/balloons independently.

But if you keep the Gimp names for the folders ('brushes", "patterns"...) and you stuff is all kept under C:\Gimp, you can go for the simpler:

Got it i think.
Can SVG gradients be added to the mix?

Thanks ofnuts.

So here is my ini contents (complete).
Is this correct?
My resource folder is C:\GIMP
All my patterns, scripts,gradients,pallettes...ect..ect are under that folder with sub folders for each category.



Sorry to be such a pain, but i really want to make sure i understand everything perfectly clear.

Apparently that doesn't work.
I tried just placing the python file in my plugins folder and all i got was script sets under the help menu.
I clicked on it and it gave me the dialog but no scripts.
This was without the ini file of course.

It should be

(no quotes necessary in the config file...), but the menu_location will only apply to fonts (there is one menu location per type manager).

By default the manager is launched from the right-click menu in each of the add-ons lists (start the brush lists, right click...). The script are an exception: there is list if scripts, but the Help menu contains related stuff (plugin and script browser)).

Your C:\Gimp\scripts should not contain scripts but directories (and/or ZIP files) containing scripts. What the manager dialog displays is really the directories and zip files found in addons_stored.

The answer to this is in the initial post of this topic.

I'll add that as soon as you modify the source, this becomes your script, not mine, so you get to answer yourself the questions you can have about its behavior:).

And what do you call "my menu" above? A specific menu location in Gimp (where?) or the selection dialog from the manager?

1) yes
2) see here
3) go to this post, download the attached script version, follow the instructions in the post, run the manager once (ie, up to the empty selection dialog), and post the resulting trace.txt file.

Hopefully my Windows setup might help someone.
Path to the plugin, (original file, no change).
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins\addonCollectionManager.py

Path to my config file, (from readme, no change).
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins\addonCollectionManager.ini

Example paths to resources, (sub folders only, no zip files).
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\brushes_storage\Splatter Brushes
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\fonts_storage\Celtic
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\gradients_storage\AG_Gradients
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\palettes_storage\COPIA
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\patterns_storage\Bling Text
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\scripts_storage\saulgoode

My config file.

I'm not sure what your asking, Graechan?
I've stored my brushes, fonts, patterns, etc.,in Gimp user folder.
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8
The plugin and config files are in user plug-ins folder (un-edited).
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
All resources example,
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\brushes
and for MrQ,
C:\Users\Odin\.gimp-2.8\brushes_storage

I think it might be easier for you to move and rename the resource folders (brushes_storage) rather than try to rewrite the code. The plugin's a very clever piece of work as is.

Your Gimp set up is strange because it looks for the config file in "C:\gimp_2_8_0-32bits\pref_1\plug-ins\addonCollectionManager.ini" (is this a "portable" version?). But now you know where to put the config file

If you put the config file where the plugin expects it it should work. But it can be shortened to:

since the rest looks identical to the defaults.

User plug-ins folder.
[user]\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins\addonCollectionManager.py
[user]\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins\addonCollectionManager.ini