CUBE files need to have lower case file extensions to be loaded into G'MIC

christoph_s · February 13, 2019, 11:03pm

G’MIC 2.4.5 plug-in for GIMP (2.10.8); Windows 10

If I want to use a *.cube file in G’MIC (Film Emulation > User Defined) I have to change the file extension from uppercase to lowercase, otherwise G’MIC will show an error message in the preview window.

afre · February 14, 2019, 1:25am

Windows is case-insensitive but the G’MIC interpreter isn’t.

christoph_s · February 14, 2019, 11:47pm

I’m fully aware of that fact. What G’MIC should do, though, is the reasonable thing, which is to accept both uppercase and lowercase file extensions. This is just a minor code fix. Otherwise users on all supported platform would have to change the file extensions manually or via a script after downloading CLUTS.

afre · February 15, 2019, 1:36am

Let me put it another way.

If Windows is case insensitive, then it doesn’t matter whether you use *.CUBE or *.cube; both access the exact same file address. Conversely, if you change the interpreter, it would affect many more things than that.

christoph_s · February 15, 2019, 1:44am

If Windows is case insensitive, then it doesn’t matter whether you use *.CUBE or *.cube

It is not. That’s the whole point of this bug report. If you try to load a cube file with an uppercase file extension, G’MIC diplays an error message. It only works with lowercase file extensions. This is a bug.

afre · February 15, 2019, 1:57am

What I am saying is that you may access the *.CUBE using *.cube. Case sensitivity is a choice made by design and not a bug. Changing things to accommodate this specific use case has a lot of consequences, whereas you just need to type the file extension differently and it still goes to the correct files.

I am not speaking on behalf of @David_Tschumperle; I just think that this is not much of an issue.

christoph_s · February 15, 2019, 2:06am

Are you for real? There shouldn’t be a difference between *.CUBE and *.cube. Imagine an image editing software that can only open *.jpeg but no *.JPEG files, let alone *.jpg or *.JPG!

David_Tschumperle · February 15, 2019, 8:10am

This was indeed a bug.
This is already fixed in the latest pre-release of G’MIC (2.5.0_pre).
Thanks for reporting !

EDIT : Should be also OK for 2.4.5, after a filter update.

afre · February 15, 2019, 9:19pm

Thanks @David_Tschumperle. Sorry guys for leading the conversation to nowhere. Should probably rest more and take care of my fever.

christoph_s · February 17, 2019, 2:01am

It is. Thanks for fixing!