Gimp::Net - Communication module for the gimp-perl server.
use Gimp qw( interface=net );
WARNING: the Net-Server may open a listening socket at port 10009, reachable for everybody. In this version, no provisions for security have been made!
You first have to install the "Server" extension somewhere where Gimp can find it. Then have a look at example-net.pl (and run it!), or homepage-logo.pl (which is a hybrid: works as plug-in and as
The environment variable GIMP_HOST specifies the default server to contact. The syntax is [auth@][tcp/]hostname[:port] for tcp or [auth@]udp/local/socket/path. Examples are:
GIMP_HOST
www.yahoo.com # just kidding ;) yahoo.com:11100 # non-standard port tcp/yahoo.com # make sure it uses tcp authorize@tcp/yahoo.com:123 # full-fledged specification
udp/tmp/mysocket # use unix domain socket /tmp/mysocket password@udp/tmp/test # additionally use a password
authorize@ # specify authorization only
net
is called after we succesfully connected to the server. Do your dirty work in this function.
server_quit
sends the perl server a quit command.
(Ver 0.04..) This module is much faster than it ought to be... Silly that I wondered wether I should implement it in perl or C, since perl is soo fast.
Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
perl(1), Gimp(3),
To install Gimp, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Gimp
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Gimp
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.