Gimp python plugins

[John R. Culleton]

Gimp uses mostly Scheme plugins but a handful have been translated to 
Python. Has anyone attempted to convert these for use with Krita?  I 
am thinking of things like whirl and pinch. 

Here is a brief one (shadow_bevel) as an example:
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#!/usr/bin/env python

#   Gimp-Python - allows the writing of Gimp plugins in Python.
#   Copyright (C) 1997  James Henstridge <james at daa.com.au>
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from gimpfu import *

gettext.install("gimp20-python", gimp.locale_directory, unicode=True)

def shadow_bevel(img, drawable, blur, bevel, do_shadow, drop_x, 
drop_y):
    # disable undo for the image
    img.undo_group_start()

    # copy the layer
    shadow = drawable.copy(True)
    img.add_layer(shadow, img.layers.index(drawable)+1)
    shadow.name = drawable.name + " shadow"
    shadow.lock_alpha = False

    # threshold the shadow layer to all white
    pdb.gimp_threshold(shadow, 0, 255)

    # blur the shadow layer
    pdb.plug_in_gauss_iir(img, shadow, blur, True, True)

    # do the bevel thing ...
    if bevel:
        pdb.plug_in_bump_map(img, drawable, shadow, 135, 45, 3,
                             0, 0, 0, 0, True, False, 0)

    # make the shadow layer black now ...
    pdb.gimp_invert(shadow)

    # translate the drop shadow
    shadow.translate(drop_x, drop_y)

    if not do_shadow:
        # delete shadow ...
        gimp.delete(shadow)

    # enable undo again
    img.undo_group_end()


register(
    "python-fu-shadow-bevel",
    N_("Add a drop shadow to a layer, and optionally bevel it"),
    "Add a drop shadow to a layer, and optionally bevel it",
    "James Henstridge",
    "James Henstridge",
    "1999",
    N_("_Drop Shadow and Bevel..."),
    "RGBA, GRAYA",
    [
        (PF_SLIDER, "blur",   _("Shadow blur"), 6, (1, 30, 1)),
        (PF_BOOL,   "bevel",  _("Bevel"),       True),
        (PF_BOOL,   "shadow", _("Drop shadow"), True),
        (PF_INT,    "drop-x", _("Drop shadow X displacement"), 3),
        (PF_INT,    "drop-y", _("Drop shadow Y displacement"), 6)
    ],
    [],
    shadow_bevel,
    menu="<Image>/Filters/Light and Shadow/Shadow",
    domain=("gimp20-python", gimp.locale_directory)
    )

main()
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