GIMP(1) GIMP Manual Pages GIMP(1)NAMEgimp - an image manipulation and paint program.
SYNOPSISgimp [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-b] [--batch <com-
mands>] [-g] [--gimprc <gimprc>] [-n] [--no-interface]
[-r] [--restore-session] [--no-data] [--verbose]
[--no-shm] [--no-xshm] [--display display] [--no-splash]
[--no-splash-image] [--debug-handlers] [--console-mes-
sages] [--system-gimprc <gimprc>] [filename]...
DESCRIPTION
The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is used
to edit and manipulate images. It can load and save a
variety of image formats and can be used to convert
between formats.
Gimp can also be used as a paint program. It features a
set of drawing and painting tools such as airbrush, clone,
pencil, and paint brush. Painting and drawing tools can be
applied to an image with a variety of paint modes. It
also offers an extensive array of selection tools like
rectangle, ellipse, fuzzy select, bezier select, intelli-
gent scissors, and select by color.
Gimp offers a variety of plugins that perform a variety of
image manipulations. Examples include bumpmap, edge
detect, gaussian blur, and many others.
In addition, Gimp has several scripting extension which
allow for advanced non-interactive processing and creation
of images.
OPTIONS
The gimp accepts the following options:
-h, --help
Display a list of all commandline options.
-v, --version
Output the version info.
-b, --batch <commands>
Execute the set of <commands> non-interactively.
The set of <commands> is typically in the form of
a script that can be executed by one of the Gimp
scripting extensions.
-g, --gimprc <gimprc>
Use an alternative gimprc instead of the default
one. Useful in cases where plugins paths or
machine specs may be different.
-i, --no-interface
Run without a user interface.
-r, --restore-session
Try to restore saved session.
-d, --no-data
Do not load patterns, gradients, palettes, or
brushes. Often useful in non-interactive situa-
tions where startup time is to be minimized.
--verbose
Show startup messages.
--no-shm
Do not use shared memory between GIMP and its plu-
gins. Instead of using shared memory, GIMP will
send the data via pipe. This will result in slower
performance than using shared memory.
--no-xshm
Do not use the X Shared Memory extension. If GIMP
is being displayed on a remote X server, this
probably needs to be enabled. Also useful for any
X server that doesn't properly support the X
shared memory extension. This will result in
slower performance than with X shared memory
enabled.
--display display
Use the designated X display.
-s, --no-splash
Do not show the splash screen.
-S, --no-splash-image
Do not show the splash screen image as part of the
splash screen.
--debug-handlers
Enable debugging signal handlers.
-c, --console-messages
Do not popup dialog boxes on errors or warnings.
Print the messages on the console instead.
--enable-stack-trace {never|query|always}
If a stack-trace should be generated in case of
fatal signals.
--system-gimprc <gimprc>
Use an alternate system gimprc file.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides
the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MAN-
AGER property.
FILES
Gimp's data files are stored in ${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2,
where ${prefix} is set on install, but is typically
/usr/local. Gimp's system-wide configuration files are
stored in ${prefix}/etc/gimp/1.2. Most gimp configuration
is read in from the user's init file, $HOME/.gimp-1.2/gim-
prc. The system wide equivalent is in ${prefix}/etc/gim-
prc. The system wide file is parsed first and the user
gimprc can override the system settings. ${pre-
fix}/etc/gimprc_user is the default gimprc placed in
users' home directories the first time gimp is run.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gtkrc - users set of gimp-specific GTK
config settings. Options such as widget color and fonts
sizes can be set here.
${prefix}/etc/gimp/1.2/gtkrc - sytem wide default set of
gimp-specific GTK config settings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/ideas - lists all images that have been
opened or saved using Gimp.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/menurc - user's set of keybindings.
${prefix}/etc/gimp/1.2/menurc - system wide set of key-
bindings.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/parasiterc - Description of all available
gimp parasites. This is file is recreated everytime gimp
starts up.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/sessionrc - This file takes session-spe-
cific info (that is info, you want to keep between two
gimp-sessions). You are not supposed to edit it manually,
but of course you can do. This file will be entirely
rewritten every time you quit the gimp. If this file isn't
found, defaults are used.
${prefix}/etc/gimp/1.2/unitrc - default user unit
database. It contains the unit definitions for centime-
ters, meters, feet, yards, typographic points and typo-
graphic picas and is placed in users home directories the
first time the gimp is ran.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/unitrc - This file contains your user unit
database. You can modify this list with the unit editor.
You are not supposed to edit it manually, but of course
you can do. This file will be entirely rewritten every
time you quit the gimp.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins - location of user installed plu-
gins.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/pluginrc - plugin initialization values
are stored here. This file is parsed on startup and regen-
erated if need be.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/modules - location of user installed mod-
ules.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/tmp - default location that gimp uses as
temporary space.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/brushes - system wide brush
files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/brushes - user created and installed brush
files. These files are in the .gbr (gimp brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/generated_brushes - Brushes generated and
saved from the brush dialog. These files are in the .vbr
(gimp vector brush) format.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/curves - Curve profiles and presets as
saved from the Curves tool.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gimpressionist - Presets and user created
brushes and papers are stored here.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/levels - Level profiles and presets as
saved from the Levels tool.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/palettes - the system wide
palette files. The files are copied to the user palettes
directory when gimp is first ran to allow the user to mod-
ify the palettes. This directory is not searched for
palettes by default.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/palettes - copies of the system palette
files as well as user created and modified palette files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/patterns - basic set of patterns
for use in gimp.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/patterns - user created and installed gimp
pattern files. This files are in the .pat format.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/gradients - standard system wide
set of gradient files.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gradients - user created and installed
gradient files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/scripts - system wide directory
of scripts used in Script-Fu and other scripting exten-
sions.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/scripts - user created and installed
scripts.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/gflares - system wide directory
used by the gflare plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gflares - user created and installed
gflare files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/gfig - system wide directory used
by the gfig plug-in.
$HOME/.gimp-1.2/gfig - user created and installed gfig
files.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/gimp_splash.ppm - graphic file
used for the gimp splash screen.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/gimp_logo.ppm - graphic file used
in the Gimp about dialog.
${prefix}/share/gimp/1.2/tips/gimp_tips.txt - list of tips
displayed in the "Tip of the Day" dialog box. At the same
place you will find files with tips in other languages.
SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS
Any bugs found should be reported to the online bug-track-
ing system available on the web at
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/. Before reporting bugs, please
check to see if the bug has already been reported.
When reporting Gimp bugs, it is important to include a
reliable way to reproduce the bug, version number of Gimp
(and probably GTK), OS name and version, and any relevant
hardware specs. If a bug is causing a crash, it is very
useful if a stack trace can be provided. And of course,
patches to rectify the bug are even better.
OTHER INFO
The canonical place to find GIMP info is at
http://www.gimp.org/. Here you can find links to just
about every other gimp site, tutorials, data sets, mailing
list archives, and more.
There is also a GIMP User Manual available at http://man-
ual.gimp.org/ that goes into much more detail about the
interactive use of Gimp.
The latest version of GIMP and the GTK+ libs is always
available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/.
AUTHORS
Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis.
With patches, fixes, plugins, extensions, scripts, trans-
lations, documentation, and more from lots and lots of
people including but not limited to
SEE ALSOgimprc(5), gimptool(1), gimp-remote(1)Version 1.2.5 23 June 2000 GIMP(1)
