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Are we re-visiting this thread: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1763
i read again that tread before posting, because there was a hint about absolute path that could even start from a variable as home
But I thought was better start a new topic because there the point of home was not central, and in this case is not about the ShellOut script (well maybe could be applied to that, but i had other in mind )
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What are you trying to do with this?
I want to know if may edit the file that control the gimp preference, as example to make load what in .gimp/plug-ins/gap or gimp/plugins/mathmap and the alike
To be more clear the idea is GimpVideo a customized version of Gimp tailored for enhance capacity for edit/create animation and video
BUT and this is a central point and the main reason of the question,
i wish all (or almost all) "customization" clearly separated from the gimp coreso i was thinking to edit the file that control the gimp preference for folders and to then to change (mostly at binary level) the content of the .gimp user folders:
But here to make easier a user update of the single components i would prefer them separated ,each in its own subfolder
(example ,
.gimp/plug-ins/file with inside the apng and swf plugins,
.gimp/plug-ins/gap,
.gimp/plug-ins/gmic,
.gimp/plug-ins/Liquid Rescale
.gimp/plug-ins/mathmap
and so on with this logic:
any plugin that is not included in a single file in its own subfolder: the others grouped for group, basically 2 groups,
1 for additional Load/save plugins
the other for plugin that may directly or indirectly (indirectly as the kaleidoscope plugin from wich depend 2 animation scripts ) be used for animation
and something similar for the script folder )
I believe something similar will work on the portable version :i did a quick test on Gimp 2.7.3-portable but without using subfolders,just using the plug-ins, script, gradient and pattern folder(the last 2 because a few animation scripts depend on extra patterns & gradients ),
in what in the portable version correspond to the home directory of the standard version
(that is the .gimp-2.7.3 subfolder)then i did copy the modded version from the laptop , pasted on my other PC a desktop, and everything went fine
But
1 ) without using subfolders , the user plugin folder looks too messy to my taste, and i fear user error in case of update of single component as gmic
2) I know that for some reason many don't like use the portable version, so i was looking if was possible how to do something similar based the "standard" gimp
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BTW a bit OT i would really appreciate help for "GimpVideo", i saw that JamesH already did something very close
(HERE
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2241 )
Main difference is that i would like the "customization" separated as much possible from the Gimp core, ( are other difference for the menu and forasome more animation scripts , but the central point for me is mantain separate the gimp core as much possible)