Can python plug-ins that work with paths in Gimp, be modified so that they work in Inkscape, or is that a complete different approach to writing code ?

Im asking because trandoduction wrote the 'Select Area Between Paths' plug-in and it would be great to have something like this as an extension for Inkscape.

When I try to place the vertical guides (the ones I move from left hand ruler), they disappear as soon as I let go of the move tool. Earlier it was the horizontal guides which were playing this trick.

I have seen edit> preferences but could not make out what adjustments are wrong.

Can someone help me please to restore guides.

I almost always uncheck 'snap to guides' under 'view' when I try to place guides.

OS Ubuntu 14.04; GIMP - the version available in software centre (no addl plugins, plugouts)

So after ofnuts boggled my mind with his sine wave magic, i used a bw bi-linear gradient, with a duplicate set to 'Difference', posterized to get this seamless pattern:

   

After bumpmapping the pattern into a grey layer, curves and a bit of processing, then G'MIC Sepia, i got this, which i like for its 3D-ish quality:

   

Get them here, they are nice for giving your image a bit of texture:

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies...-photoshop

Brushes are 2000x2000px.
ABR file type, but work in Gimp 2.8 without a need to convert.

   

I just tried to reply using the Quote button. It is inactive, nothing happens.
I'm using Windows 7 and Firefox.

Why does the site blow up images ?

EDIT: i know why...chrome bug...its not the site, its my browser.
This started a week ago, i must zoom to 80%, then its correct...:\

I was thinking of something like that:
http://tinyurl.com/ztrg45o
(the logo in the middle).

Thats an effect from the late 90ies so shouldnt be too exotic.

I tried mapping text to a sphere, but Gimp's 'Map To Object' filter doesnt look good.
The 'Lens Distortion' is not extreme enough.
'Apply Lens' makes it all jaggy edged.
G'MIC doesnt seem to have the right filter...'Fisheye' distorts parts of the text too much in an ugly way.

I downloaded Mathmap, but im new to this filter pack, so i dont know.

   


Not that easy to achieve realistic TV snow. Of course, who remembers what that looked like?

Edit: better with scan lines
Edit2: better without spelling errors and more lens distortion