Re: [Gimp-developer] [darktable-dev] Darktable plug-in in GIMP - Darktable for Windows?

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 04/28/2016 05:18 PM, Simon Budig wrote:
> > >No there isn't but there will. This is work-in-progress. We'll
> > >probably end up with the plug-in having to specify "I am a raw
> > >importer", and a page in prefs to pick one of the installed
> > >importers.
> An alternate idea might be to en/disable the file-plugins manually in
> the preferences. That would allow users to cut down on the number of
> file format options in the dropdown in the file open dialog. That way
> the really obscure file formats can be disabled and don't clutter the
> list...

Having the ability to en/disable file plugins sounds useful. GIMP 
supports a ton of file types and I suspect very few users routinely use 
more than a few of the supported file types. Looking through the list to 
select the desired file type takes a fair amount of scrolling (GIMP XCF 
is in the middle of the list and tiff is at the bottom) and sharp eyes 
to focus on the file type descriptions.

This sort of goes along with a request made recently to allow the user 
to enable/disable the loading of plug-ins in general. On a new fast 
system with a lot of available RAM, loading all the default plug-ins 
happens very quickly. But on older systems loading the plug-ins can take 
a noticeable amount of time.

Best,
Elle