Re: [Gimp-developer] Using gimp in a script

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

You don't  need to register the python code as  a plugin if you are only 
using it in this kind of script.

Link to a ZIP with a sample Python script and a sample shell

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgg08yen5220wu9/gimpbatch.zip?dl=0

(written in Gimp 2.6 times but not much changes since)


On 02/23/18 07:12, John Tapsell wrote:
> Can I improve this somehow?
>
> I have a gimp plugin as myplugin.py.  I want to run this from the command
> line on given file(s).  I wrote this script which works, but I'm wondering
> if I can improve it at all.   I have this script in a folder, and the
> plugin in a subfolder  gimpplugin/
>
>
>
> FILENAME="$1"
> if [ ! -f "$FILENAME" ]; then
>          echo File not found - you must pass the psd file to be converted
> with gimp
>          exit 1
> fi
> BASE="${FILENAME%.*}"
> mkdir "$BASE"
> DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
> echo "(plug-in-path
> \"\${gimp_dir}/plug-ins:\${gimp_plug_in_dir}/plug-ins:$DIR_OF_THIS_SCRIPT/gimpplugin\")"
> > gimprc
> gimp -i -g gimprc -b "
> (let* ((image (car (gimp-file-load RUN-NONINTERACTIVE \"$FILENAME\"
> \"$FILENAME\")))
>         (drawable (car (gimp-image-get-active-layer image))))
>         (python-fu-myplugin RUN-NONINTERACTIVE image drawable)
>         (gimp-image-delete image))"  -b '(gimp-quit 0)'
>
> rm gimprc
> echo $BASE done
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