.TH GIMP "11 May 1998" Version 1.0
.SH NAME
gimp-tool - script to perform various Gimpy functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gimp-tool
[\-\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP] [\-\-exec\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP] [\-\-version] [\-\-libs] [\-\-cflags]
[\-\-build \fIplug-in.c\fP] [\-\-install \fIplug-in.c\fP] [\-\-install-admin plug-in.c]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIgimp-tool\fP is a tool that can, among other things, build plug-ins
and install them if they are distributed in one .c file.
.PP
\fIgimp-tool\fP is also used by programs that need to know what libraries
and include-paths \fIGimp\fP was compiled with. .m4 macros for use
with GNU autoconf are also included, to make detection of these libraries
et cetera easy for the upstream maintainer.
.SH OPTIONS
.l
\fIgimp-tool\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B  \-\-build \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile and link \fIplug-in.c\fP into a Gimp plug-in.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile, link, and install \fIplug-in.c\fP into the user's personal Gimp
configuration directory (for example, /home/che/.gimp/plug-ins/)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-admin \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile, link, and install \fIplug-in.c\fP into the system-wide Gimp
plug-ins directory (for example, /usr/lib/gimp/0.99/plug-ins/)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-version
Display the currently installed version of Gimp.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-libs
Display the libraries Gimp was compiled with.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-cflags
Display the flags that were passed to the compiler when Gimp was compiled.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
.TP 8
.B GTK_CONFIG
to get the location of the gtk-config program.
.TP 8
.B CC
to get the name of the desired C compiler.
.TP 8
.B CFLAGS
to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gimp (1),
.BR gtk-config (1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co  1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis

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