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Re: problems running command line gimp in Windows

  • Subject: Re: problems running command line gimp in Windows
  • From: Michael Schumacher <schumaml@rupert.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
  • Date: 25 Feb 2005 19:40:23 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gimp
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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> writes:

> Command-line arguments must have been disabled for the Windows version. I
> can think of many conflicts that would arise if they had this supported in
> Windows -- that is -- if they had not hand-crafted something for Win32. The
> GIMP is a GNU project so I assume extra maintenance of the Windows port is
> discarded.

No. Win32 just uses a braindead command interpreter. Change this to
something useful - e.g. the bash that comes with msys from
http://www.mingw.org - and you will have the usual command line interface.


HTH,
Michael

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