Improved MrQ add-on manager (dinasset's request)

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I did that Odin and it didn't paste in. I opened the py file with terminal and opened with terminal and pasted touch" command so that the .py and nothing pasted, it is still black.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:51 pm **(#162)**

molly wrote:

I did that Odin and it didn't paste in. I opened the py file with terminal and opened with terminal and pasted touch" command so that the .py and nothing pasted, it is still black.

Type the command or to paste Shift + Ctrl + V.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I did that

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 2:15 pm **(#164)**

molly wrote:

I did that

You don't open the *.py file, you cd the directory containing the file you wish to run the command on.
Here's an example in Downloads directory, file name words.txt, testing with date -r.

When you successfully run touch this way it does not give you feedback (only if there is an error), it gives you another command prompt. To that command prompt I added 'date -r words.txt' to confirm touch had updated the modification time.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Is that black thing your terminal.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4758

molly wrote:

Is that black thing your terminal.

Simplest way for you: just erase the pluginrc file. Gimp will rerun the registration for all plugins, including the add-on manager.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:08 pm **(#167)**

molly wrote:

Is that black thing your terminal.

Yes, Ctrl + Alt + T

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I right clicked the plug-in and copied it to my terminal, is this right?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:06 pm **(#169)**

molly wrote:

I right clicked the plug-in and copied it to my terminal, is this right?
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cd directory, run touch, run date -r
I have addonCollectionManager-3.0.py, my command line.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Thanks Odin

akovia · **Joined:** Jan 15, 2013 **Posts:** 133

Just a quick question...

I would like to keep the existing menu entries for all the managers, but would also love to have one central location on my main menu. If you were doing this, how would you approach it? I have no problems editing the plugin, but wanted to see if you would use the ini file in combination, or just the main plugin if you were doing this yourself.

Any input is most appreciated.

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4758

AFAIK this means duplicating the registrations, with two differences; 1) the menu location, and 2) the procedure name (just add a suffix, for instance).

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

What about my question? Can the plug-in be modified to keep the system font files separate from the font sets?

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4758

Where is that question? (must have overlooked it) What system files?

Graechan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:25 am **(#175)**

akovia wrote:

Just a quick question...

I would like to keep the existing menu entries for all the managers, but would also love to have one central location on my main menu. If you were doing this, how would you approach it? I have no problems editing the plugin, but wanted to see if you would use the ini file in combination, or just the main plugin if you were doing this yourself.

Any input is most appreciated.

Avokia I have never even looked at the.py file and have done everything using the .ini file example below
It is a lot easier and there is less chance of messing it up, new menu location Resources is created

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#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[all]
# enable:brushes dynamics fonts gradients palettes patterns scripts
enable:brushes patterns fonts gradients palettes scripts
addons_active:C:\Users\user\Addon Manager\{type}/Added Resources
#addons_stored:{GimpUser}/{type}_alt
addons_stored:C:\Manager\{type}
menu_location:{<type>}
menu_entry:{type} sets...
menu_description:Manage {type} sets...
dialog_title:{type} sets manager
[brushes]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.gbr .vbr .gih .abr .GBR .VBR .GIH
#[dynamics]
#extensions:.gdyn .GDYN
[fonts]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.ttf .otf .ttc .TTF .OTF .TTC
[gradients]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.ggr .GGR
[palettes]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.pal .gpl .PAL .GPL
[patterns]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.png .jpg .pat .PNG .JPG .PAT
[scripts]
menu_location:<Image>/Resources
extensions:.scm .SCM
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graechan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:34 am **(#176)**

ofnuts wrote:

Where is that question? (must have overlooked it) What system files?

Ofnuts Molly was referring to system fonts which are loaded by Gimp and how gimp mixes them with fonts from the addon manager in the fonts Tab

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2446

I have not tried akovia's request to have duplicate entries

Quote:

I would like to keep the existing menu entries for all the managers, but would also love to have one central location on my main menu

but I have a tidy mind and I do like everything grouped together. Not keen on the context menu links or having scripts in (is it?) Help.

I do not recall the system fonts mixed up with selected font sets as molly reports.
edit: More than a bit slow this morning, need more coffee. Yes the fonts are added to the existing in the fonts dialog. I think there was once a thread on tagging but the tags did not survive the moving and that was for brushes

Still using an older Ofnuts script from about 18 months ago with an ini file. It works so I have never updated it.
One thing with fonts they do have to be zipped here.

FWIW my ini file - looks very similar to Graechan's but in a linux installation

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#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[all]
# enable:brushes dynamics fonts gradients palettes patterns scripts
enable:brushes fonts patterns scripts
addons_active:{GimpUser}/{type}
addons_stored:{GimpUser}/{type}_alt
menu_location:{<type>}
menu_entry:{type} sets...
menu_description:Manage {type} sets...
dialog_title:{type} sets manager
[brushes]
menu_location:<Image>/Tools/Resource
extensions:.gbr .vbr .gih .abr .GBR .VBR .GIH
#[dynamics]
#extensions:.gdyn .GDYN
[fonts]
menu_location:<Image>/Tools/Resource
extensions:.ttf .otf .TTF .OTF
#[gradients]
#extensions:.ggr .GGR
#[palettes]
#extensions:.pal .PAL .gpl .GPL
[patterns]
menu_location:<Image>/Tools/Resource
extensions:.png .pat .PNG .PAT
[scripts]
menu_location:<Image>/Tools/Resource
extensions:.scm .SCM
use_subdirectory:no
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Graechan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:05 am **(#178)**

The only difference is that I created a new Menu drop-down

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I don't have an ini file with my version

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4758

molly wrote:

I don't have an ini file with my version

Where did you enable the add-on for the other add-ons then? if there is no ini file, everything is enabled by default.

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