digikam 6.0.x and kipi-plugins

Gilles Caulier caulier.gilles at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 05:19:50 GMT 2019


hi,

Ah you want mean if the source code still released in digiKam. Well no, it
must be released as a separated package now, as libkipi in fact.

best

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 11 févr. 2019 à 05:35, Rex Dieter <rdieter at gmail.com> a écrit :

> > kipi-plugins still here,
>
> That's good to hear.  Where is kipi-plugins then? It seems not present in
> the digikam-6.0.0-beta3 tarball at least.
>
> -- Rex
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 8:38 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Le dim. 10 févr. 2019 à 15:12, Rex Dieter <rdieter at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Just so we're clear here.  It sounds like you didn't explicitly address
>>> my "dropping these means a significant reduction of functionality for other
>>> kipi-plugin consumers (like gwenview)" comment.
>>>
>>> So other kipi-plugin consumers (like gwenview) will be losing
>>> functionality?  If so, I may have trouble justifying providing such a
>>> digikam update in stable distro releases.
>>>
>>
>> No. kipi-plugins still here, are libkipi. just digiKam do not use libkipi
>> anymore with 6.0.0.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Or are other existing libkipi apps being adjusted to use these newer
>>> digikam interfaces too?
>>>
>>
>> Good question.
>> The goal about the new digiKam start, after 2 years of development (last
>> stable was 5.9.0, but 6.0.0 have been started 2 year ago), is to rewrite
>> the whole plugins interface.
>>
>> In fact, in next digiKam 6.1.0, we will come with 3 levels of plugins :
>> generic (as kipi), but also Editor (for digiKam image editor and Showfoto),
>> and Bqm, for the Batch Queue Manager.
>>
>> We have something like more than 100 plugins now...
>>
>> [gilles at localhost digikam]$ pwd
>> /usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/digikam
>>
>> [gilles at localhost digikam]$ tree
>> .
>> ├── bqm
>> │   ├── Bqm_AntiVignetting_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_AssignTemplate_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_AutoCorrection_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_BcgCorrection_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Blur_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Border_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_BWconvert_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ChannelMixer_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ColorBalance_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ColorFX_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Convert16To8_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Convert8To16_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToDNG_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToJP2lugin_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToJPEG_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToPGF_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToPNG_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_ConvertToTIFF_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Crop_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_CurvesAdjust_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_FilmGrain_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Flip_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_HslCorrection_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_IccConvert_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Invert_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_LensAutoFix_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_LocalContrast_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_NoiseReduction_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_RedEyeCorrection_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_RemoveMetadata_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Resize_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Restoration_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Rotate_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_Sharpen_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_TimeAdjust_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_UserScript_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Bqm_WaterMark_Plugin.so
>> │   └── Bqm_WhiteBalance_Plugin.so
>> ├── editor
>> │   ├── Editor_AdjustCurvesTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_AdjustLevelsTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_AntivignettingTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_AutoCorrectionTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_AutoCropTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_BcgTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_BlurFxTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_BlurTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_BorderTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_BWSepiaTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_CBTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ChannelMixerTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_CharcoalTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ColorFxTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ContentAwareResizeTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_Convert16To8Tool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_Convert8To16Tool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_DistortionFxTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_EmbossTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_FilmGrainTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_FilmTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_FreeRotationTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_HotpixelsTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_HSLTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_InserTextTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_InsertTextTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_InvertTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_LensAutoFixTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_LensDistortionTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_LocalContrastTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_NoiseReductionTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_OilPaintTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_PerspectiveTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_PrintTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ProfileConversionTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_RainDropTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_RatioCropTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_RedEyeTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ResizeTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_RestorationTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_SharpenTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_ShearTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_TextureTool_Plugin.so
>> │   ├── Editor_WhiteBalanceTool_Plugin.so
>> │   └── libEditor_HelloWorld_Plugin.so
>> └── generic
>>    ├── Generic_Box_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Calendar_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_DigitalScanner_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_DropBox_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_ExpoBlending_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_FaceBook_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_FileTransfer_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Flickr_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_GeolocationEdit_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_GLViewer_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Google_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_HtmlGallery_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_ImageShack_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_ImgUr_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_IpFs_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_JAlbum_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_MediaServer_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_MediaWiki_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_MetadataEdit_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_OneDrive_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Panorama_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Pinterest_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Piwigo_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Presentation_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_PrintCreator_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Rajce_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_SendByMail_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_SmugMug_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_TimeAdjust_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_Twitter_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_VideoSlideShow_Plugin.so
>>    ├── Generic_VKontakte_Plugin.so
>>    └── Generic_YandexFotki_Plugin.so
>>
>> 3 directories, 116 files
>>
>> All plugin mechanisms are inspired from Marble stuff. It use a pure and
>> simple Qt5 API. All plugin types use shared components from digiKam core.
>> Plugin types share same classes internally, and this prevent code
>> duplication and permit to implement a new plugin very quickly without to
>> re-invent the wheel.
>>
>> Later 6.1.0, we will create more plugin types step by step, as face
>> engines, maintenance tools, image loaders, etc... This will take time, but
>> it's the plan to make all lead features as plugins in digiKam. This way
>> permit to isolate well all digiKam components which will be more easy for
>> external contributor to patch and create new ones, without to touch
>> internal implementations.
>>
>> So to come back about the sharing plugin with other KDE applications. why
>> not, i don't say no, _but_, the plugin interface still in digiKam core.
>> External KDE applications who want load plugins will need to use digiKam
>> core, as extra dependency.
>>
>> Voilà for some technical details, and the plan...
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Gilles Caulier
>>
>>>
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