O, it's actually not that difficult to set up your own menu locations. I had a friend ask me to write all my scripts so that they would appear in a "fencepost" menu. I declined because not everyone wants a fencepost menu (hell, most people don't want a fencepost -- but I digress!) At any rate, I showed him how to do it himself and he liked being able to organize things to fit his needs. There are minor downsides to doing this, but if you're interested, let me know.

To be a little more precise, the menus will also be re-sorted alphabetically if a new view is created (by opening/creating a second image or by creating a new view for the current one).

Thank you, I do believe I know how to do that. Put a folder name between the menu name and the name of the script in the script.
This: <Image>/Filters/Decor/Grungy Photo...
Could become this: <Image>/Filters/Decor/fencepost/Grungy Photo...

Yeppers, that's it!

Yes, but usually nothing worthwhile ever is.


I am aware of GIMP's current approach to registering plug-ins. I chose to place my logo scripts under the File/Create/Logos (gimpchat.com), just under the default logos menu in 2.6.1.1. That just seemed to be the logical place for them, plus it gives this site a little free advertising.

The concept I envision would be a GUI that displays all the addon scripts with the ability to drag and drop them to menus other than the default. Would it mean a rewrite of the menu handling system? Yep, but C'est la vie. The way it stands now, there is no telling where the scripts will end up, as it's at the discretion of the author. I always end up having to mod scripts to place them in the menu locations I want. Certainly, there should be much more convenient way of doing that, especially for non-coders.

I almost always move mine somewhere else.
This was the exact reason i added the script name to my scm and python scripts.So when i open them i know which script does what and where i want them to be located.

@ O, ROD
if you want modify the position of your scripts ( could be done for plugin too but is not pratical because will require recompile )
the most simple way may be add a numeric prefix before their name... as "00-animation setting"

Use of number bigger of 9 may be confusing , because in alphabetic order 10 come just after 1 and BEFORE 2 (since 10 "first letter" is 1 .and 1 came before 2 ) but to avoid confusion you may use progressive numbers starting from 00

I like to locate my scripts according to use not alphabetical or numerical order.For instance if its a logo or text script it gets placed there in create/logos.

Well, mine are not alphabetically arranged.

They ARE in alphabetic order BUT divided in 3 groups by 2 divisory lines:
the first line is the most visible, is between Urban Acid and Android Icon, the second is between
Water Reflection and 3D screenshoot.

But no idea of what created that divisory lines