A new version is available in which the different treatment of line endings under Windows and Linux in XML files (language files) has been taken into account. Incorrect error handling has also been corrected.

Have a lot of fun with my plugin in the future as well.

Often the standard installations of Debian and Manjaro Linux lack the software package for running plug-ins written in Python.

For this reason I have expanded the descriptions for installing plug-ins and associated library modules.
These can be found in the base directory of my plug-ins.

Since these descriptions represent the first version, I would be very grateful for improvements or for feedback on errors.

Sorry, I just discovered that my DOWNLOAD links have expired. I corrected that immediately.

My apologies again!

Gruß Herbie

I successfully downloaded your wunderbar HN-Pfeil-zeichnen in `plug-ins` and HN_Bibliothek in `modules`.

Firstly, the user manual Plug-in HN-Draw-arrow.pdf is completely amazing with its 47 pages.

However do not necessarily translate HN-Pfeil-zeichnen into HN-Draw-arrow since HN-Draw-arrow does not exist physically in the MagentaCloud.
Why "Draw" with an uppercase letter? In German, “Pfeil” begins with a uppercase letter but not “zeichnen”. Why this inversion name-verb into verb-name?

It is sufficient to explain “Pfeil” = arrow and “zeichnen” = draw as you wrote page 21 for the settings. For example “Muster” = Pattern.

At first glance, the Graphical User Interface of your plug-in could be simplified.
For sure, German sentences need more room that the corresponding English translation.
However the large dialog box hides a significant part of the Gimp editor except in dual screens.
We can only increase the size of the dlgbox but not reduce it to a classical dlgbox.

Consider that the splash window at startup does not have any vertical scrollbar to read everything and cannot be resized: this means that there are too many informations already written elsewhere.

Your dlgbox does not need to display any parenthesis in the upper listbox “Arrow style”:
For example “Dash arrow” is sufficient.
Do not explain “(path segment, round shaft and arrowhead of lines)” since it is written in chapter 2.2 of the user manual and captured in “Arrow types and their appearance.png”

Who really does wish to draw an arrow having a thickness of 500 pixels? You could dramatically reduce the width of the spin box. Factorize “Filling type of” that appears three times. And so on.

The frame “Current Hints” is really too big.
"Now select the “Paths” tool in GIMP, ensure the “Design” editing mode and move the start and end point of the path to the desired arrow positions.
Then make the desired settings using the plugin and GIMP user interface."
=>
"Click Toolbox “Paths Tool”. Tool Options Edit Mode [x] Design. Move control points.”

Bubble helps should not be written on three lines but only one line should be a good abstract. Less is more. Explain the minimum in the plug-in.

The user manual can be read in full screen mode.

In the MagentaCloud, you supplied some examples such as “Example; Labeling arrow.png”. Using “;” inside a file name to look like a sentence is in reality complex.
It is the Gimp format .xcf that would be more interesting in order to understand what your plug-in generated as layers and paths.

I am interested in the little red arrows and red rectangle with round corners but not in giant funny arrows. Your default preset should be ready to draw your red little arrows used in the user manual. How did you draw the red rectangles with round corners? With HN-Form-zeichnen?
What about the red numbers? How to write them in a little circle with transparent background?

“Exit” and “Abort” buttons seem complex for a dialog box. Try other plug-ins.
The universal “OK” and “Cancel” is simpler. You use yourself the term of “Cancel” to explain the frightening “Abort”.
Do not confirm cancellation with another dlgbox with the idea icon.

Consider the simplified alternative “usage”:

1. The user draws a basic path oriented as she wants.
2. Then the user clicks
   Code: Select all

   Filters >  Shapes >  HN-Pfeil-zeichnen > OK
   
   This draws the predefined little arrow in red.
   Pressing "OK" is similar to click to "Draw" if the user forgets to click to Draw.
   
3. Press only one Ctrl+Z to UNDO the entire arrow and its layers preserving the initial path.
   In other word, the plug-in should enter an UNDO group to cancel everything in only one UNDO.

Tschüß

Hi AlSchemist,
your contribution actually belongs to my contribution "HN-Draw-arrow" (http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17084).
I have extended my plugin "HN-Draw-arrow" so that you can hide the "Current Hints" box.

To increase the size of the user interface, I added the "showHints" setting to the "Plugin-Start.txt" configuration file in version 2022-03-31. The default is True. If "showHints" is set to "False", the "Current Hints" box is not displayed.

More examples to illustrate the plugin's capabilities.

I've just been made aware that my download link isn't working. Unfortunately, this happens from time to time, probably when my provider Telekom updates the MagentaCLOUD software.
Of course, I corrected the link immediately and apologize for the unnecessary trouble .

Since I have revised the description "Install plug-ins and modules.pdf" and the German version "Plug-ins und Module installieren.pdf", I wanted to draw your attention to these two installation descriptions again. They describe the installation of one of my plug-ins and libraries on Windows, Debian Linux and Manjaro Linux.

If anyone finds any errors or discrepancies, please let me know directly.
Thank you Herbie

For the square shape, changing the shape width/height was not properly handled. The error has been corrected.

Some code fixes for later migration from Python 2 to Python 3. Attention: The new library is also necessary!

Greetings Herbie

Today I am providing you with the new “Coordinate Axes” function.
You can use it to create a series of coordinate axes, such as one with all four quadrants, with only quadrant I, quadrant II, quadrant III, quadrant IV, or combinations thereof.

Unfortunately, a small error crept into version 2023-10-14. I apologize for that.
If a shape was previously created that contained graphic elements outside of the selection, the contents of the layer were not completely deleted. I fixed this error briefly in version 2023-10-15.