place text on path, unwanted border on text

[rich2005]

Quote:... I noticed ALL other  plugins, both .py and .exe,  were in folders I  thought, ok, maybe it needs to be in a folder..

You can put a plugin in a folder but not mandatory for Gimp 2.10.x   It must have the same name as the plugin, less any extension. 
ofn-text-along-path.py goes in a folder named ofn-text-along-path  My advice do not bother.

Quote:there is another check, to list installed plugins, that shows no  plugin named ofn..... see attachede

You should have narrowed the list down using the search option....

Quote:so not sure why you explaining:  "If you find that a plugin is not easy to find, there are ways."

Because you seem to have trouble finding anything

A slow video this time, https://youtu.be/0JGKXYCdt68  7 minutes duration  You should be able to follow it.





Covers :-
Installing the plugin
Finding the menu location using Help -> Plug-in Browser
Opening the plugin - right click context menu in the Paths dialogue
Some settings in ofn-text-along-path plugin
Filling the resulting path.
Alternative way of starting a plugin using the Gimp search tool - the forward slash key.

note: There is a little overlap of the last two characters, see previous post about it.