gimppalettes

## gimppalettes gimppalettes — Operations related to palettes. |

## Synopsis

    gboolean            gimp_palettes_refresh               (void);
    gchar**             gimp_palettes_get_list              (const gchar *filter,
                                                             gint *num_palettes);
    gchar*              gimp_palettes_get_palette           (gint *num_colors);
    gboolean            gimp_palettes_set_palette           (const gchar *name);
    gchar*              gimp_palettes_get_palette_entry     (const gchar *name,
                                                             gint entry_num,
                                                             gint *num_colors,
                                                             GimpRGB *color);

## Description

Operations related to palettes.

## Details

### gimp_palettes_refresh ()

    gboolean            gimp_palettes_refresh               (void);

Refreshes current palettes. This function always succeeds.

This procedure retrieves all palettes currently in the user's palette path and updates the palette dialogs accordingly.

Returns : | TRUE on success.

### gimp_palettes_get_list ()

    gchar**             gimp_palettes_get_list              (const gchar *filter,
                                                             gint *num_palettes);

Retrieves a list of all of the available palettes

This procedure returns a complete listing of available palettes. Each name returned can be used as input to the command `gimp_context_set_palette()`.

`filter` : | An optional regular expression used to filter the list.
`num_palettes` : | The number of palettes in the list.
Returns : | The list of palette names.

### gimp_palettes_get_palette ()

    gchar*              gimp_palettes_get_palette           (gint *num_colors);

### Warning

`gimp_palettes_get_palette` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This procedure is deprecated! Use `gimp_context_get_palette()` instead.

`num_colors` : | The palette num_colors.
Returns : | The palette name.

### gimp_palettes_set_palette ()

    gboolean            gimp_palettes_set_palette           (const gchar *name);

### Warning

`gimp_palettes_set_palette` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This procedure is deprecated! Use `gimp_context_set_palette()` instead.

`name` : | The palette name.
Returns : | TRUE on success.

### gimp_palettes_get_palette_entry ()

    gchar*              gimp_palettes_get_palette_entry     (const gchar *name,
                                                             gint entry_num,
                                                             gint *num_colors,
                                                             GimpRGB *color);

### Warning

`gimp_palettes_get_palette_entry` is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

This procedure is deprecated! Use `gimp_palette_entry_get_color()` instead.

`name` : | The palette name (\"\" means currently active palette).
`entry_num` : | The entry to retrieve.
`num_colors` : | The palette num_colors.
`color` : | The color requested.
Returns : | The palette name.