GIMP Plug-in for Simple SVG Exports

file-svg-export.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# GIMP Plug-in for Simple SVG Exports

# Copyright (C) 2016 by Dylan Grafmyre <[email protected]>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# based on an openraster plugin by Jon Nordby <[email protected]>
# https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/tree/plug-ins/pygimp/plug-ins/file-openraster.py?h=GIMP_2_8_16

import gimpfu

def register_save_handlers():
    gimpfu.gimp.register_save_handler('file-svg-save', 'svg', '')

def save_svg(img, drawable, filename, raw_filename):
    gimpfu.gimp.pdb.gimp_vectors_export_to_file(img, filename, None)

gimpfu.register(
    'file-svg-save', #name
    'save an SVG (.svg) file', #description
    'save an SVG (.svg) file',
    'Dylan Grafmyre', #author
    'Dylan Grafmyre', #copyright
    '2016', #year
    'SVG',
    '*',
    [   #input args. Format (type, name, description, default [, extra])
        (gimpfu.PF_IMAGE, "image", "Input image", None),
        (gimpfu.PF_DRAWABLE, "drawable", "Input drawable", None),
        (gimpfu.PF_STRING, "filename", "The name of the file", None),
        (gimpfu.PF_STRING, "raw-filename", "The name of the file", None),
    ],
    [], #results. Format (type, name, description)
    save_svg, #callback
    on_query = register_save_handlers,
    menu = '<Save>'
)

gimpfu.main()

@jcornelius2013

download the .py file, locate your gimp Assets folder,
https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Asset_Folders/

- In Windows 7 and later versions:
     C:\Users\{your_id}\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10 (a.k.a. %APPDATA%/GIMP/2.10)

- In Linux: /home/{your_id}/.config/GIMP/2.10 (a.k.a.
     $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10)

- In OSX: /Users/{your_id}/Library/GIMP/2.10/ or possibly
  /Users/{your_id}/Library/Application
     Support/GIMP/2.10/ (this could depend on the GIMP build you use).
     (a.k.a. NSApplicationSupportDirectory/GIMP/2.10)

if necessary, create a "scripts" folder inside the asset folder (asset
folder usually has the version number in it),
place a copy of the .py file inside the scripts folder
quit gimp fully, and open it anew

It can be hard to confirm if a plugin got loaded, it may often be found
under Filters -> Script-Fu -> (plugin name), but it could be installed
under many different menus.

In case it helps anyone else: On Linux, once the .py file has been installed in the $HOME/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins directory, make sure the file has the "execute" bit set. If you're on the command line, you can do this: chmod +x {filename}.py.

At least that's what it took to make this plugin start working on my Linux box (Ubuntu 20.04).