[gimp-perl] Corrected and updated some of the information in the README.
- From: Kevin Cozens <kcozens src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-perl] Corrected and updated some of the information in the README.
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:45:58 +0000 (UTC)
commit 2e1f166ea827920458732b8d661b7ce609a82bcc
Author: Kevin Cozens <kevin ve3syb ca>
Date: Thu Jan 2 11:44:54 2014 -0500
Corrected and updated some of the information in the README.
README | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/README b/README
index c0b7dcc..e99a92b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
NAME
- Gimp - Perl extension for writing Gimp Extensions/Plug-ins/Load &
- Save-Handlers
+ gimp-perl is a plug-in used for writing GIMP extensions/plug-ins/load &
+ save handlers in Perl.
WARNING
@@ -34,20 +34,21 @@ PREREQUISITES
To install/use this perl extension, you need to have the following
software packages installed (the given order is best):
- Perl5.008 (or higher):
+ Perl 5.6 (or higher):
- While this extension might run with perl 5.6, I do not support
- nor encourage it in any way. The configure check will not let
- you compile it, so you'll have to change that if you really want
- an older perl.
+ While this extension might run with perl 5.6, it is being developed
+ using Perl 5.14, and later. If you encounter problems when trying to
+ use a version of Perl older than 5.14, update to a newer version of
+ Perl and try again. The developers of this module can neither support
+ nor encourage the use of older versions of Perl.
- The GNU Image Manipulation Program, i.e. The GIMP:
+ The GNU Image Manipulation Program, aka. GIMP
http://www.gimp.org/
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
- gimp-2.2 (or newer, e.g. CVS or CVS snapshots) is required. For
- older versions of The Gimp, use version 1.2* of the Gimp-Perl
- module. Likewise for v2.0.
+ gimp-2.8 (or newer, e.g. git master) is required. For
+ older versions of GIMP, use version 1.2* of the gimp-perl
+ module.
Gtk, the perl extension for gtk+2
http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ PREREQUISITES
INSTALLATION
- On unix/linux, you should be able to run "perl Makefile.PL" make, make
- test && make install. To get a listing of configuration options, enter
+ On Unix/Linux, you should be able to run "perl Makefile.PL", make, make
+ test && make install. To get a listing of configuration options, enter:
perl ./Makefile.PL --help
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ INSTALLATION
OVERWRITING INSTALL LOCATIONS (PREFIX)
- In the rare case that you want to install the Gimp-Perl modules
+ In the rare case that you want to install the gimp-perl modules
somewhere else than in the standard location then there is a
standard way to accomplish this.
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ OVERWRITING INSTALL LOCATIONS (PREFIX)
If you are building a slp/deb/rpm/whatever package you usually want
to use the normal prefix, while overwriting the prefix at "make
install" time. In that case, just build gimp-perl (or the whole
- gimp) as usual, but instead of just calling "make install", use
+ GIMP) as usual, but instead of just calling "make install", use
something like the following command (this example is for debian):
make prefix=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr PREFIX=`pwd`/debian/tmp/usr \
@@ -136,8 +137,8 @@ SUPPORT/MAILING LISTS/MORE INFO
BLURB
- Gimp-Perl is an effort to make a usable, debuggable, and flexible
- interface to The GIMP through use of perl.
+ gimp-perl is an effort to make a usable, debuggable, and flexible
+ interface to GIMP through use of Perl.
LICENSE
@@ -228,4 +229,3 @@ register "gimp_fu_example_script", # fill in a function nam
exit main; # call the "main" funciton to start the script working
-
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