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title: “PlugIn Class Documentation” date: 2025-06-28 layout: default —

Table of Contents

• 🔧 Class:PlugIn
  • 🔹 Public:Methods
    • 🔹 add:Methods
    • 🔹 bind:Methods
    • 🔹 connect:Methods
    • 🔹 disconnect:Methods
    • 🔹 do:Methods
    • 🔹 emit:Methods
    • 🔹 get:Methods
    • 🔹 handler:Methods
    • 🔹 install:Methods
    • 🔹 interface:Methods
    • 🔹 notify:Methods
    • 🔹 persistent:Methods
    • 🔹 ref:Methods
    • 🔹 replace:Methods
    • 🔹 set:Methods
    • 🔹 steal:Methods
    • 🔹 stop:Methods
    • 🔹 ungrouped:Methods
  • 🔒 Private:Methods
    • 🔒 ref:Methods
    • 🔒 unsupported:Methods
    • 🔒 ungrouped:Methods
  • ⚙ Dunder:Methods
    • ⚙ init:Methods
    • ⚙ reduce:Methods
    • ⚙ ungrouped:Methods
• 🔧 Properties
• 🔧 Signals

  Class: PlugIn

  🔹 Public Methods

• 🔹 add Methods

  ⚠️ add_menu_branch Unavailable †
  ⚠️ add_temp_procedure Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 bind Methods

  ⚠️ bind_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ bind_property_full Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 connect Methods

  ⚠️ connect Unavailable †
  ⚠️ connect_after Unavailable †
  ⚠️ connect_data Unavailable †
  ⚠️ connect_object Unavailable †
  ⚠️ connect_object_after Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 disconnect Methods

  ⚠️ disconnect Unavailable †
  ⚠️ disconnect_by_func Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 do Methods

  ⚠️ do_create_procedure Unavailable †
  ⚠️ do_init_procedures Unavailable †
  ⚠️ do_query_procedures Unavailable †
  ⚠️ do_quit Unavailable †
  ⚠️ do_set_i18n Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 emit Methods

  ⚠️ emit Unavailable †
  ⚠️ emit_stop_by_name Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 get Methods

  ⚠️ get_data Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_pdb_error_handler Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_properties Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_qdata Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_temp_procedure Unavailable †
  ⚠️ get_temp_procedures Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 handler Methods

  ⚠️ handler_block Unavailable †
  ⚠️ handler_block_by_func Unavailable †
  ⚠️ handler_disconnect Unavailable †
  ⚠️ handler_is_connected Unavailable †
  ⚠️ handler_unblock Unavailable †
  ⚠️ handler_unblock_by_func Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 install Methods

  ⚠️ install_properties Unavailable †
  ⚠️ install_property Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 interface Methods

  ⚠️ interface_find_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ interface_install_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ interface_list_properties Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 notify Methods

  ⚠️ notify Unavailable †
  ⚠️ notify_by_pspec Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 persistent Methods

  ⚠️ persistent_enable Unavailable †
  ⚠️ persistent_process Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 ref Methods

  ⚠️ ref Unavailable †
  ⚠️ ref_sink Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 replace Methods

  ⚠️ replace_data Unavailable †
  ⚠️ replace_qdata Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 set Methods

  ⚠️ set_data Unavailable †
  ⚠️ set_help_domain Unavailable †
  ⚠️ set_pdb_error_handler Unavailable †
  ⚠️ set_properties Unavailable †
  ⚠️ set_property Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 steal Methods

  ⚠️ steal_data Unavailable †
  ⚠️ steal_qdata Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 stop Methods

  ⚠️ stop_emission Unavailable †
  ⚠️ stop_emission_by_name Unavailable †
  

• 🔹 ungrouped Methods

  ⚠️ chain Unavailable †
  ⚠️ compat_control Unavailable †
  ⚠️ directory Unavailable †
  ⚠️ error_quark Unavailable †
  ⚠️ find_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ force_floating Unavailable †
  ⚠️ freeze_notify Unavailable †
  ⚠️ getv Unavailable †
  ⚠️ is_floating Unavailable †
  ⚠️ list_properties Unavailable †
  ⚠️ newv Unavailable †
  ⚠️ override_property Unavailable †
  ⚠️ remove_temp_procedure Unavailable †
  ⚠️ run_dispose Unavailable †
  ⚠️ thaw_notify Unavailable †
  ⚠️ unref Unavailable †
  ⚠️ watch_closure Unavailable †
  ⚠️ weak_ref Unavailable †
  

  🔒 Private Methods

• 🔒 ref Methods

  ⚠️ **ref** _Unavailable †
  ⚠️ **ref_sink** _Unavailable †
  

• 🔒 unsupported Methods

  ⚠️ **unsupported_data_method** _Unavailable †
  ⚠️ **unsupported_method** _Unavailable †
  

• 🔒 ungrouped Methods

  ⚠️ **force_floating** _Unavailable †
  ⚠️ **unref** _Unavailable †
  

  ⚙ Dunder Methods

• ⚙ init Methods

  • __init__ (self, /, *args, **kwargs)
    
  • __init_subclass__ ()
    

• ⚙ reduce Methods

  • __reduce__ (self, /)
    
  • __reduce_ex__ (self, protocol, /)
    

• ⚙ ungrouped Methods

  • __class__ (name, bases, dict_)
    ⚠️ __copy__ Unavailable †
    ⚠️ __deepcopy__ Unavailable †
    
  • __delattr__ (self, name, /)
    
  • __dir__ (self, /)
    
  • __eq__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __format__ (self, format_spec, /)
    
  • __ge__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __getattribute__ (self, name, /)
    
  • __getstate__ (self, /)
    
  • __gt__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __hash__ (self, /)
    
  • __le__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __lt__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __ne__ (self, value, /)
    
  • __new__ (*args, **kwargs)
    
  • __repr__ (self, /)
    
  • __setattr__ (self, name, value, /)
    
  • __sizeof__ (self, /)
    
  • __str__ (self, /)
    
  • __subclasshook__ (object, /)
    

    🏷️ Properties

  • program -name: gchararray (write)
  • read -channel: GIOChannel (read/write)
  • write -channel: GIOChannel (read/write)
    

    📣 Signals

    
    - None found

† Methods marked as “Unavailable” exist at the C/GObject layer but are not callable via GIMP Python introspection.
These may become accessible in future releases or via plugin-level extensions.