GIMP Version: 2.8.14
Operating System: Windows
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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Dinasset wrote:

this is a résumé for addonCollectionManager:

a) in your /.gimp-2.8/plug-ins folder check you have: (after unzipping the attachment)
a1)addonCollectionManager-3.0.py
a2)addonCollectionManager.ini

b) in your /.gimp-2.8 folder check you have:
b1)brushes (initially empty) and brushes_storage (with your groups of brushes)
b2)fonts (initially empty) and fonts_storage (with your groups of fonts)
b3)gradients (initially empty) and gradients_storage (with your groups of gradients)
b4)palettes (initially empty) and palettes_storage (with your groups of palettes)
b5)patterns (initially empty) and patterns_storage (with your groups of patterns)
b6)scripts (initially empty) and scripts_storage (with your groups of scripts)

after Gimp start-up, you should find under Help:
- brushes sets...
- fonts sets...
- gradients sets...
- palettes sets...
- patterns sets...
- scripts sets...

any one of those activates the relevant "manager", to make your selection(s)
hope this can be of some help for you
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I downloaded the Add on Manager and placed the two files (.ini & .py) in the users plug ins file as directed. When I open Gimp, the sets are listed but when I click on them just an empty dialog box appears. Tried several times. Re downloaded several times but no luck. How do I fix this?

do you have followed the recs:
1-the original gimp folders (brushes, ...scripts) should be empty
2-the newly created folders xxx_storage (brushes_storage, ... scripts_storage) should contain your resources classified in subfolders by groups (for instance: kward_script)

note that are the subfolders which should appear when clicking for instance on "brushes sets ...":
if you have classified them e.g. as "flower_brushes", "fruit brushes", etc, you will see those subfolders names and NOT the single brushes....
then you activate e.g. "flower brushes" and they are copied into "brushes", hence made available to gimp

Dinasset: Originally, the user gimp folders were empty. They now have a lot in them. Many have subfolders exp. the brushes, but not all of them are in individual folders. I get a blank dialog folder when I select a set in the Help menu. If I select brushes, another dialog box opens, states make your selections, but never has anything in it. Do I have to empty all those folders first? Then install the add on manager?

I never got this plugin working properly.

To activate a set the plugin copies it from the {type}_storage directory to the {type} one. If it a ZIP it is unpacked to a directory. On Linux/OSX the directories are not copied but linked instead. The plugin remembers what files it activated by keeping their name in the ".active" file that it keeps in the {type}_storage directory, so it will ignore any files that you add to the {type} directory.

In case of trouble, just erase the directories in {type} that duplicate directories or .ZIPs in {type}_storage and erase the .active file.

Ofnuts: I found the active file in the add on manager .ini file. It is already empty.Here is a snapshot of the .ini file.

This is what the set dialog box is like when a choice is made such as brushes.

Uh, Oh! A light bulb just came on! I will try something different. I think I misread Dinasset's instructions! I'll be back.

Yes!!! It is working! I haven't checked them all yet, just started with the brushes. Dinasset's instructions are perfect! Like all things, we must read them correctly. I wasn't doing the storage folders correctly, and I had re read the instructions several times. I must not have had my brain engaged when I did that. Finally, after a break from trying to figure out what was wrong, the brain kicked in! Thank you Dinasset and Ofnuts for trying to help and reinforcing the instructions.

Has anyone tried this manager in linux. I can only see the scripts manager and it works but none of the other folder managers appear and as far as I can tell I have them all set up correctly.

it seems to be an almost common behaviour not to read all the recs...hehehe
glad to know you got it working
it's a very useful plug-in
I hope AnMal too takes the decision to install it, it can save a LOT of time during Gimp start-up, and she is always complaining on start-up performances...

pat625: i wish i could! the add-on manager didn't like xp, or maybe it was my laptop it didn't like. by the way, i don't complain about start-up performances usually, it's the general performance of gimp and of this computer that drives me mad now and then .

AnMal, which kinds of problems did you encounter in trying to install addons manager?
You may try once more (after a good cup of tea...) following the steps detailed for Pat625 and specify what happens to your Gimp afterwards

I wrote the manager on Linux... What is your ini file like if you have one? By default the menu entry for the manager is in the menu for the Gimp list of such add-ons:



Also, read carefully the Notes/Registration section

viewtopic.php?p=180179#p180179

Thank you Ofnuts. I managed to get G.U.R.M working so will use that for now. I could only see the scripts manager under the help menu. I didn't think to look under the sidebar menus. I am also not used to writing a linux path but finally figured it out for gurm. I cant find my ini for addonCollection Manager though I know I had one. I will try again if I find it.

I decided to put addonCollectionManager back as I really needed the fonts manager. Thanks again Ofnuts. Now I know where to look I see it is working.

Dinasset: If I understand correctly, each entry into the collection manager must be in a "set" Individual entries (a single file) in the storage filter will not be recognized. It must be in a sub folder. Also, the default files from the c:\Program files|gimp, do they still show in the appropriate dialog boxes and not in the storage files?

Each entry is either a directory or a ZIP file (that can contain one or more fonts) in fonts_storage. The manager only deals with your private add-ons, things that came with Gimp aren't affected.

Ofnuts's tutorial is on the SourceForge website and Gimp Chat does not recommend downloading software from that website due to adware and malware that gets downloaded with the apps.

If you wish to go to SourceForge, you may Google a link and take your chances.

Please take note of this link: http://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning ... n-help-it/