Open the book help (in pdf format) from Gimp menu

MareroQ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:39 am **(#1)**

GIMP Version: 2.6.11
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: XP - SP3
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level

There are a lot of guidance in pdf format for Gimp.
Only for convenience call (open pdf in another program)

For example: G'MIC The Handbook
http://gmic.sourceforge.net/gmic_reference.pdf

Place gmic_handbook.bat and gmic_handbook.pdf in the catalog C:\Gmic - or edit the path in Gmic_handbook.py and gmic_handbook.bat and Adobe Reader.

gmic_handbook.bat

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@echo off
echo *** Do Not Close this Window ***
echo Temp File: %1
start "c:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 10.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" "c:\\Gmic\\gmic_handbook.pdf" %1

Gmic_handbook.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-


from gimpfu import *
import shlex
import subprocess
import os, sys

def plugin_main(img, drawable):
  command = "\"C:\\Gmic\\gmic_handbook.bat\""  #<<--EDIT
  args = shlex.split(command)
  child = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=True)

register(
        "python_fu_gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "GimpChat",
        "MrQ",
        "2012",
        "<Image>/Help/G'MIC: The Handbook",
        "*", 
        [],
        [],
        plugin_main,
        )

main()

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:15 am **(#2)**

It works fine, just needed to change gmic_handbook.pdf to gmic_reference.pdf in the .bat file. Oh and open a file in Gimp first.

One more thing, I use Evince for PDFs even though I left the path to Adobe Reader, Evince opened no problem (Vista).

RobA · **Joined:** Jul 14, 2010 **Posts:** 697

Odinbc wrote:

It works fine, just needed to change gmic_handbook.pdf to gmic_reference.pdf in the .bat file. Oh and open a file in Gimp first.

One more thing, I use Evince for PDFs even though I left the path to Adobe Reader, Evince opened no problem (Vista).

If you replace the "*" in the register with "" then it will work with no image open.

(that parameter is the image type, "*" means any image type, but an image is required)

-Rob A>

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2012 2:15 pm **(#4)**

Thanks Rob,
You learn something new everyday.
So I had already changed gmic_handbook.bat to,

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@echo off
echo *** Do Not Close this Window ***
echo Temp File: %1
start "c:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Reader 10.0\\Reader\\AcroRd32.exe" "c:\\Gmic\\gmic_reference.pdf" %1

And now Gmic_handbook.py to,

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-


from gimpfu import *
import shlex
import subprocess
import os, sys

def plugin_main(img, drawable):
  command = "\"C:\\Gmic\\gmic_handbook.bat\""  #<<--EDIT
  args = shlex.split(command)
  child = subprocess.Popen(args, shell=True)

register(
        "python_fu_gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "GimpChat",
        "MrQ",
        "2012",
        "<Image>/Help/G'MIC: The Handbook",
        "", 
        [],
        [],
        plugin_main,
        )

main()

Works like a charm!

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

but why use a script to open a pdf ?
file/open would not work ?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:20 pm **(#6)**

Quote:

but why use a script to open a pdf ?
file/open would not work ?

file/open is a script.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

Cool idea.

Though i use GSView not Adobe Reader.
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:42 am **(#8)**

Tutorials can be in different format *.doc,*.odt, *.htm, *.txt, and of course *.pdf.
Only for convenience - you can all these different types of documents call of the Gimp menu (by editing the file: bat and py).

For Win XP (regardless of the path "exe" in the bat file) opens the target file in combination - so the bat file can be reduced to writing:

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@echo off
echo *** Do Not Close this Window ***
echo Temp File: %1
start "exe" "c:\\XYZ\\xyz.odt" %1

where xyz is the directory and file name.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

i must try

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:40 pm **(#10)**

This script was working fine for me yesterday. Today I see the following dialog pop-up if I don't have an image open first in Gimp.

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I have the code changed to Robs suggestion in "gmic_handbook.py".

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register(
        "python_fu_gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "gmic_handbook",
        "GimpChat",
        "MrQ",
        "2012",
        "<Image>/Help/G'MIC: The Handbook",
        "", 
        [],
        [],
        plugin_main,
        )

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:45 pm **(#11)**

With the current code - it does change the "*" to ""

Odinbc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:03 pm **(#12)**

MareroQ,
Any thoughts on the "python_fu_gmic_handbook" dialog that pops -up if you don't first open a file in Gimp, before accessing the G'MIC Handbook link.