gimp-remote(1)
NAME
gimp-remote - tells a running GIMP to open a (local or
remote) image file.
SYNOPSIS
gimp-remote [-h] [--help] [-v] [--version] [-n] [--new]
filename...
DESCRIPTION
gimp-remote is a small utility that tells a running GIMP
to open a (local or remote) image file. It does so by
searching for a GIMP toolbox on the active display. If it
can find a GIMP toolbox, a synthetic drop event is created
which makes GIMP think the files would have been dropped
onto the toolbox. More than one filename or URL can be
specified on the commandline.
OPTIONS
gimp-remote accepts the following options:
- -h, --help
- Display a list of all commandline options.
- -v, --version
- Output the version info.
- -n, --new
- If no running GIMP is found, a new instance of
GIMP is started. The files to open are passed to
the new GIMP.
EXAMPLES
- gimp-remote http://www.gimp.org/icons/frontpage-small.gif
- Loads the image from the GIMP website into a run
ning GIMP. - gimp-remote -n wilber.xcf wilma.xcf
- Loads the local files wilber.xcf and wilma.xcf into
a running GIMP. If no GIMP is running, a new one
is started.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
AUTHORS
Sven Neumann and Simon Budig.