"gimp-remote" ("gimp-win-remote" under Windows) rather than with "gimp". The gimp-remote program is an auxiliary that comes with gimp. If gimp is not already running on the system when gimp-remote is executed executed, it is started and the image given as argument to gimp-remote is loaded. If gimp is already running, though, the image is simply loaded into the already-running program. Command Line Arguments

‘gimp-remote’ (‘gimp-win-remote’ under Windows) rather than with ‘gimp’. The gimp-remote program is an auxiliary that comes with gimp. If gimp is not already running on the system when gimp-remote is executed executed, it is started and the image given as argument to gimp-remote is loaded. If gimp is already running, though, the image is simply loaded into the already- running program. 2.1.1 Known Platforms GIF, 68, 614 GIH, 87 GIMP Bugs, 632 History, 628 Introduction, 22 GIMP online, 315 gimp-remote, 25 gimp-win-remote, 25 GIMPressionist, 525, 530, 531 Glass Tile, 481 Glossary, 609 Gradient, 460 Dialog,

network. Suppose that a user name is present on a remote UNIX computer (host, client) UNIX-like computer and on your workstation (server). If the remote login host is specified in the /etc/hosts.equiv file file, this user will be able to make a remote login to your workstation without providing a password. Obviously, there is a security concern with the file. We recommend that you don’t use a /etc/ hosts when you need it. For example, say you are writing a network application that is supposed to copy a remote file (a file present on another computer) to your computer. Then you may need the Net:remotecopy

support on your platform you need to ex- plicitly pass --without-gvfs to configure, otherwise opening remote files will not work properly. .8 What’s New in GIMP 2.8? GIMP 2.8 is another important release