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I've found the read-only EnvironmentParameters to be quite useful, but it could be more useful.

While I've been writing my first plugin I've looked at other programmers plugins and I've noticed that it's common to have a parallel set of drawing settings (e.g. antialias, brush type, etc).

Would it be possible to make more enviroment settings available to plugins and make them both writeable and readable.

Any thoughts?

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OOI, are you looking to use this in a canvas plugin or one with a simple dialog?

I'm new to Paint.NET, so correct me if I'm wrong. Does a canvas plugin mean an Effect plugin without a config dialog.

For effect plugins without a config dialog, the EnvironmentParametersEx would only need to be read-only; for effect plugins with config dialogs, the EvironmentParametersEx could both readable and writeable.

As an example, my Rounded Rectangle config dialog could have a brush width selector initialised to the value in EnvironmentParametersEx.BrushWidth when the dialog opens, the user then changes it and then the new value is written to EnvironmentParametersEx.BrushWidth when the dialog closes.

What do you think?

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If you want to persist values between application sessions for your own effect, then .NET already has stuff built-in for you to do that. Token values are already persisted between effect instances during the same application instance.

Also, do not overwrite Paint.NET's built-in configuration, e.g. its registry settings. Effects are not allowed to write to this.

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