MJW Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I think there should be a separate forum to discuss and ask questions about writing plugins. There's a forum for publishing plugins, but that's for publishing only. The documentation on writing Paint.NET plugins is sorely lacking. Gimp has extensive documentation of calls and data structures for writing Gimp plugins, as does Adobe for PhotoShop. Paint.NET has a couple of brief primers and code examples. Admittedly, writing Paint.NET plugins is considerably simpler than writing Gimp or PhotoShop plugins, and much can be gleaned by examining other people's code, and by using IntelliSense in Visual Studio. Nevertheless, if we want to encourage people to write plugins, we should make it easy to do. And the best way to make it easier is to share the knowledge of how to do it. Of course, there is the General Discussion forum, but at currently 156 pages, there's an awful lot of chaff it sift through to find a few grains of wheat. That's why I suggest a separate forum devoted to writing plugins, both using CodeLab and directly with Visual Studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 There is. viewforum.php?f=27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 How embarrassing. I didn't realize the index page I found (probably with Google) wasn't the lowest level. If I could delete my original post, I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 We don't delete threads around here, but I'll lock it if it makes you feel better. :-) The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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