1. Introduction

1.1 Where to get the software

• My copy is at http://www.csn.net/~mjhammel/gimp/source/sparkl.tar.gz You should always be able to get the latest version from here. If you grab this version you may need to hold down the Shift key to tell your browser to download the file and not try to display it.
• Mena Quintero Federico < quartic@polloux.fciencias.unam.mx>.

  Sparkle URL: http://polloux.fciencias.unam.mx/~quartic/gimp/sparkl/sparkl.tar.gz

• John Beale < beale@jumpjibe.Stanford.EDU>

  John hasn't got the source online yet, but when he does I'll put its address here. His Home Page is at http://jumpjibe.stanford.edu:8080/beale/.

1.2 How to build the Plug-In

The Sparkle source is not a single file, as most other plug-ins are. It is a set of files, thus the need for a compressed tar file. I had to get rid of the Humor section of my personal pages in order to make room for the various source I've written. Bummer.

Building the source should be fairly straight forward. Just make sure the LIBS= line points to the location of libgimp.a. Also, a copy of gimp.h is included in the source. You should really delete this and make gimp.h a symbollic link to your copy of gimp.h (wherever you're keeping that) so that the latest version of gimp.h is used.