Re: [Gimp-gui] Food for thought: the clumsiness of the current layer creation proces

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 15/12/15 22:39, Jehan wrote:
> The more I think about it, the less I think we should make default 
> action for every particular create-a-layer case. Now custom actions 
> are very easy to create in a plugin. If all you need is an action, why 
> don't you simply make yourself a few-line plugin? This is why the 
> plugin system was created: to handle specific use cases.
> I myself have made several of these (plugins of a few lines which just 
> add simple actions — which I need — to map to a shortcut) and that 
> fits perfectly my needs.
>
> Our plugin API is far from perfect and it cannot do some things (like 
> updating the default UI); but creating actions, this is no problem.

We can both write plugins, but plenty of users can't, and for them 
locating a plugin (assuming they even think that a plugin for this could 
exist....) isn't always easy...