On Monday 23 April 2007 21:02, stu seven wrote:

+ I asked this on the google group, but with no answer yet...

How can a menu item or gimp procedure be called from a text terminal, with a graphical gimp session already running ?

I know that, using a function name, and parameters, this can be done in batch mode, for instance... however, all Im looking for is to "remotely" open the function dialog, via the text terminal.

Is this possible... or... some other way of opening the menu item dialog besides clicking on it ?

Such a terminal would have to be done from within GIMP.

The easiest way I can think of doingthis is writing a python plug-in that will listen to a socket and execute what you type in there once you connect to that socket.

thanks

Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote:

On Monday 23 April 2007 21:02, stu seven wrote:

I know that, using a function name, and parameters, this can be done in batch mode, for instance... however, all Im looking for is to "remotely" open the function dialog, via the text terminal.

The easiest way I can think of doingthis is writing a python plug-in that will listen to a socket and execute what you type in there once you connect to that socket.

Also, you can call a gimp function from a plugin, but (AFAIK) you cannot open the function dialog. Your plugin needs to build its own user interface. (There's probably a feature request somewhere for this.)