devel-docs/README.md
All the developer documentation is exclusively hosted on GIMP Developer website.
The devel-docs dir only contains some branch-specific information that
can not be hosted on the developer website, which is mainly the
os-support.txt file and the modules explanation below.
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GIMP source tree can be divided into the main application, libraries, plug-ins, data files and some stuff that don't fit into these categories. Here are the top-level directories:
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
| app/ | Source code of the main GIMP application |
| app-tools/ | Source code of distributed tools |
| build/ | Scripts for creating binary packages |
| data/ | Data files: dynamics, gradients, palettes… |
| desktop/ | Desktop integration files |
| devel-docs/ | Developers documentation generation files |
| docs/ | CLI and rc files documentation (manpages) |
| etc/ | Configuration files installed with GIMP |
| extensions/ | Source code of extensions |
| gimp-data/ | Raster or image data files |
| libgimp/ | Library for plug-ins (core does not link against) (can have auto-generated files) |
| libgimpbase/ | Basic functions shared by core and plug-ins |
| libgimpcolor/ | Color-related functions shared by core and plug-ins |
| libgimpconfig/ | Config functions shared by core and plug-ins |
| libgimpmath/ | Mathematic operations useful for core and plug-ins |
| libgimpmodule/ | Abstracts dynamic loading of modules (used to implement loadable color selectors and display filters) |
| libgimpthumb/ | Thumbnail functions shared by core and plug-ins |
| libgimpwidgets/ | User interface elements (widgets) and utility functions shared by core and plug-ins |
| menus/ | XML/XSL files used to generate menus |
| modules/ | Color selectors and display filters loadable at run-time |
| pdb/ | Scripts for PDB source code generation |
| plug-ins/ | Source code for plug-ins distributed with GIMP |
| po/ | Translations of strings used in the core application |
| po-libgimp/ | Translations of strings used in libgimp |
| po-plug-ins/ | Translations of strings used in C plug-ins |
| po-python/ | Translations of strings used in Python plug-ins |
| po-script-fu/ | Translations of strings used in Script-Fu scripts |
| po-tags/ | Translations of strings used in tags |
| po-tips/ | Translations of strings used in tips |
| po-windows-installer/ | Translations of strings used in the Windows installer |
| themes/ | Official themes |
| tools/ | Source code for non-distributed GIMP-related tools |
| .gitlab/ | Gitlab-related templates or scripts |
The source code of the main GIMP application is found in the app/ directory:
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
| app/actions/ | Code of actions (GimpAction* defined in app/widgets/) (depends: GTK) |
| app/config/ | Config files handling: GimpConfig interface and GimpRc object (depends: GObject) |
| app/core/ | Core of GIMP core (depends: GObject) |
| app/dialogs/ | Dialog widgets (depends: GTK) |
| app/display/ | Handles displays (e.g. image windows) (depends: GTK) |
| app/file/ | File handling routines in core (depends: GIO) |
| app/file-data/ | GIMP file formats (gbr, gex, gih, pat) support (depends: GIO) |
| app/gegl/ | Wrapper code for babl and GEGL API (depends: babl, GEGL) |
| app/gui/ | Code that puts the user interface together (depends: GTK) |
| app/menus/ | Code for menus (depends: GTK) |
| app/operations/ | Custom GEGL operations (depends: GEGL) |
| app/paint/ | Paint core that provides different ways to paint strokes (depends: GEGL) |
| app/pdb/ | Core side of the Procedural Database, exposes internal functionality. (can have auto-generated files) |
| app/plug-in/ | Plug-in handling in core |
| app/propgui/ | Property widgets generated from config properties (depends: GTK) |
| app/tests/ | Core unit testing framework |
| app/text/ | Text handling in core |
| app/tools/ | User interface part of the tools. Actual tool functionality is in core |
| app/vectors/ | Vectors framework in core |
| app/widgets/ | Collection of widgets used in the application GUI |
| app/xcf/ | XCF file handling in core |
This README file is read-only.
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