Having windows ID as guint32 is a mistake. Different systems have
different protocols. In Wayland in particular, Windows handles are
exchanged as strings. What this commit does is the following:
In core:
- get_window_id() virtual function in core GimpProgress is changed to
return a GBytes, as a generic "data" to represent a window differently
on different systems.
- All implementations of get_window_id() in various classes implementing
this interface are updated accordingly:
* GimpSubProgress
* GimpDisplay returns the handle of its shell.
* GimpDisplayShell now creates its window handle at construction with
libgimpwidget's gimp_widget_set_native_handle() and simply return
this handle every time it's requested.
* GimpFileDialog also creates its window handle at construction with
gimp_widget_set_native_handle().
- gimp_window_set_transient_for() in core is changed to take a
GimpProgress as argument (instead of a guint32 ID), requests and
process the ID itself, according to the running platform. In
particular, the following were improved:
* Unlike old code, it will work even if the window is not visible yet.
In such a case, the function simply adds a signal handler to set
transient at mapping. It makes it easier to use it at construction
in a reliable way.
* It now works for Wayland too, additionally to X11.
- GimpPdbProgress now exchanges a GBytes too with the command
GIMP_PROGRESS_COMMAND_GET_WINDOW.
- display_get_window_id() in gimp-gui.h also returns a GBytes now.
PDB/libgimp:
- gimp_display_get_window_handle() and gimp_progress_get_window_handle()
now return a GBytes to represent a window handle in an opaque way
(depending on the running platform).
In libgimp:
- GimpProgress's get_window() virtual function changed to return a
GBytes and renamed get_window_handle().
- In particular GimpProgressBar is the only implementation of
get_window_handle(). It creates its handle at object construction with
libgimpwidget's gimp_widget_set_native_handle() and the virtual
method's implementation simply returns the GBytes.
In libgimpUi:
- gimp_ui_get_display_window() and gimp_ui_get_progress_window() were
removed. We should not assume anymore that it is possible to create a
GdkWindow to be used. For instance this is not possible with Wayland
which has its own way to set a window transient with a string handle.
- gimp_window_set_transient_for_display() and
gimp_window_set_transient() now use an internal implementation similar
to core gimp_window_set_transient_for(), with the same improvements
(works even at construction when the window is not visible yet + works
for Wayland too).
In libgimpwidgets:
- New gimp_widget_set_native_handle() is a helper function used both in
core and libgimp* libraries for widgets which we want to be usable as
possible parents. It takes care of getting the relevant window handle
(depending on the running platform) and stores it in a given pointer,
either immediately or after a callback once the widget is mapped. So
it can be used at construction. Also it sets a handle for X11 or
Wayland.
In plug-ins:
- Screenshot uses the new gimp_progress_get_window_handle() directly now
in its X11 code path and creates out of it a GdkWindows itself with
gdk_x11_window_foreign_new_for_display().
Our inter-process transient implementation only worked for X11, and with
this commit, it works for Wayland too.
There is code for Windows but it is currently disabled as it apparently
hangs (there is a comment in-code which links to this old report:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359538). NikcDC tested
yesterday with re-enabling the code and said they experienced a freeze.
;-(
Finally there is no infrastructure yet to make this work on macOS and
apparently there is no implementation of window handle in GDK for macOS
that I could find. I'm not sure if macOS doesn't have this concept of
setting transient on another processus's window or GDK is simply lacking
the implementation.
These will replace the int arguments used in place of enums. The problem of int
arguments used as list of choices is that it makes calling PDB functions very
opaque. This is especially bad when a list is long, so you constantly have to
refer to the documentation to understand what a series of numbers mean in
argument lists.
And the second issue is that plug-in developers have to manually maintain a list
of values both in the GUI and in the documentation string. This help text may
get out-of-sync, may end up with missing values or whatnot. Also if it is used
as tooltips, it makes for very weird tooltips in the graphical interface, with
an overlong technical list of int-values mapping which should ideally only be
made visible in the PDB procedure browser listing.
GLib has a specific type for byte arrays: `GBytes` (and it's underlying
GType `G_TYPE_BYTES`).
By using this type, we can avoid having a `GimpUint8Array` which is a
bit cumbersome to use for both the C API, as well as bindings. By using
`GBytes`, we allow other languages to pass on byte arrays as they are
used to, while the bindings will make sure to do the right thing.
In the end, it makes the API a little bit simpler for everyone, and
reduces confusion for people who are used to working with byte arrays
in other C/GLib based code (and not having 2 different types to denote
the same thing).
Related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/5919
Simplifies chooser widgets (e.g. GimpBrushSelect) by eliminating attributes (e.g. opacity) of chosen resource.
See #8745, but this commit fixes that by first refactoring the code.
Refactors GUI widgets (e.g. GimpBrushSelectButton and GimpBrushSelect etc.)
Refactor by "Extract class" GimpResourceSelectButton from GimpBrushSelectButton etc.
This moves common code into an inherited class (formerly called GimpSelectButton)
but the subclasses still exist.
The subclasses mainly just do drawing now.
Refactor by "Extract module" GimpResourceSelect from GimpBrushSelect etc.
Moves common code into one file, generic at runtime on type of GimpResource,
that is, the new code dispatches on type i.e. switch statements.
In the future, when core is changed some of that can be deleted.
The files gimpbrushselect.[c,h] etc. are deleted.
The module adapts the API from core to the API of callbacks to libgimp.
Note that core is running the resource chooser (select) widgets remotely.
Core is still calling back over the wire via PDB with more attributes
than necessary.
The new design gets the attributes from the resource themselves,
instead of receiving them from core callback.
The libgimp side adapts by discarding unneeded attributes.
In the future, core (running choosers for plugins) can be simplified also.
Fix gimp_prop_chooser_brush_new same as other resources.
Finish changes, and clean style.
Annotations
So procedures can declare args and GimpProcedureDialog show chooser
widgets
Fix so is no error dialog on id_is_valid for resources
Palette.pdb changes and testing
Memory mgt changes
Gradient pdb
Font and Pattern tests
Test brush, palette
Cleanup, remove generator
Rebase, edit docs, install test-dialog.py
Whitespace, and fix failed distcheck
Fix some clang-format, fix fail distcheck
Fix distcheck
Cleanup from review Jehan
Now text layers are proper types, which means that the binding API will also be
nicer (e.g. `txt_layer.set_text('hello world')` in Python).
This commit also adds the param specs allowing to create plug-in procedures with
text layer parameters.
Finally it fixes the few calls in file-pdf-save (apparently the only plug-in
using specific text layer API right now) with explicit type conversion.
GLib has a specific type of NULL-terminated string arrays:
`G_TYPE_STRV`, which is the `GType` of `char**` aka `GStrv`.
By using this type, we can avoid having a `GimpStringArray` which is a
bit cumbersome to use for both the C API, as well as bindings. By using
`GStrv`, we allow other languages to pass on string lists as they are
used to, while the bindings will make sure to do the right thing.
In the end, it makes the API a little bit simpler for everyone, and
reduces confusion for people who are used to working with string arrays
in other C/GLib based code (and not having 2 different types to denote
the same thing).
Related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/5919
It isn't being used by any plug-in or any code in GIMP at all even.
Let's get rid of it while we can still break API, so we can cut down on
all the complexity of the gimp-param stuff a bit.
They all had "class" as first argument (copied from gimpconfig-params.h)
and only worked accidentially because all functions they are used in
happen to have the right local "procedure" variable...
and in an attack of madness, changes almost all file plug-in
code to use GFile instead of filenames, which means passing
the GFile down to the bottom and get its filename at the very
end where it's actually needed.
becuse some plug-ins really want the ID for good reasons and not the
object, and code looks so much nicer when the entire list of arguments
is extracted using the macros.
Turn all ID param specs into object param specs (e.g. GimpParamImageID
becomes GimpParamImage) and convert between IDs and objects in
gimpgpparams.c directly above the the wire protocol, so all of app/,
libgimp/ and plug-ins/ can deal directly with objects down to the
lowest level and not care about IDs.
Use the actual object param specs for procedure arguments and return
values again instead of a plain g_param_spec_object() and bring back
the none_ok parameter.
This implies changing the PDB type checking functions to work on pure
integers instead of IDs (one can't check whether object creation is
possible if performing that check requires the object to already
exist).
For example gimp_foo_is_valid() becomes gimp_foo_id_is_valid() and is
not involved in automatic object creation magic at the protocol
level. Added wrappers which still say gimp_foo_is_valid() and take the
respective objects.
Adapted all code, and it all becomes nicer and less convoluted, even
the generated PDB wrappers in app/ and libgimp/.
that make dealing with value arrays easier and shorter, e.g.
g_value_get_boolean (gimp_value_array_index (args, n)):
becomes:
GIMP_VALUES_GET_BOOLEAN (args, n);
which looks much like gimpconfig-params.h and contains macros
(e.g. GIMP_PROC_ARG_BOOLEAN() and GIMP_PROC_VAL_BOOLEAN()) for all
GimpProcedure argument and return value types supported by the
protocol, and makes the boilerplate of setting up a procedure more
readable and much less indented.
This file is C-only and not introspected.
Jehan