Re: [Gimp-user] Plugin for copying mouse coordinates to clipboard

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 06/12/15 21:40, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Kevin Payne wrote:
> > As GIMP's built-in mechanism for picking points (Sample points) is completely unscriptable (WHY ????)
> Let's keep our cool, Kevin :)
>
> Sample points are currently limited to just 4 in the UI ("backend"
> supports more), and there is no PDB API to access them from scripts.
>
> So yes, theoretically it would be entirely possible to make as many
> sample points as needed, then run a script that would export positions
> of all sample points to something like CSV. For this to happen,
> someone will have to:
>
> 1) adjust UI to allow for more sample points;
> 2) write PDB API;
> 3) write a script to access sample points via PDB API and export their
> positions.
>
> Volunteers are more than just welcome.

Actually, Kevin is just asking for item #2 :)