Re: [Gimp-developer] An important tool missing in GIMP

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 02/27/2012 08:05 PM, Sven C. GrafxUser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for a longer time I missed easy usable shapes in GIMP. The current 
> solution
> GFig is IMHO too unprecise and the integration of vector layers from 
> GSoC 2010
> is postponed for later (see 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557970#c20).
> Since bug #613885 is solved, it's now possible to import vector paths 
> from
> other programs. I used this chance and created some shapes with 
> Inkscape to use
> in GIMP: rectangles, squares, polygons, circle, ellipses, arcs, pies,
> triangles, stars, wave, spiral, trapezoid. There are rectangles, 
> sqares and
> stars with 'normal' and rounded corners. I think, that's enough for 
> first and
> fulfills most of the needs.
> Currently I'm unsure how to provide them to be easily accessible from 
> the UI.
> Should I provide them in a subfolder of the source's data-folder or via
> Gimpstuff?
> My time is currently very rare, but I'd like to help out in GIMP, if I 
> can.
> Yesterday and not knowing about this question here I posted the same 
> message in Bugzilla, see 
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65197.
> So, if one of the main developers or contributors would like to 
> answer, he or she can do so in reply to this message or in Bugzilla.

There is a  shape-paths script that covers a lot of shapes... see 
http://registry.gimp.org/node/59

I do agree that Gfig in its present form is about unusable and could as 
well be removed, unless some developer puts it out of its misery and 
lets it produce plain paths. Why can' t Gfig produce clean results?  
(see http://i.imgur.com/8rorw.png with GFIG on left and shape-paths on 
right, or even worse: http://i.imgur.com/8J6lU.png)