diff --git a/libgimpbase/.cvsignore b/libgimpbase/.cvsignore
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+++ b/libgimpbase/.cvsignore
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+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+makefile.mingw
+*.lo
+_libs
+.libs
+.deps
+*.la
diff --git a/libgimpbase/Makefile.am b/libgimpbase/Makefile.am
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+++ b/libgimpbase/Makefile.am
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+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+libgimpbaseincludedir = $(includedir)/gimp-$(LT_RELEASE)/libgimpbase
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = \
+	-DGIMPDIR=\""$(gimpdir)"\"		\
+	-DDATADIR=\""$(gimpdatadir)"\"		\
+	-DSYSCONFDIR=\""$(gimpsysconfdir)"\"	\
+	-DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"LibGimpBase\"		\
+	@GIMP_THREAD_FLAGS@
+
+INCLUDES = \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)		\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/intl	\
+	-I../intl		\
+	$(GLIB_CFLAGS)		\
+	-I$(includedir)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	makefile.mingw		\
+	makefile.mingw.in	\
+	makefile.msc		\
+	gimpbase.def
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgimpbase-1.3.la
+
+libgimpbase_1_3_la_SOURCES = \
+	gimpbase.h		\
+	gimpbasetypes.h		\
+	gimpenv.c		\
+	gimpenv.h		\
+	gimplimits.h		\
+	gimpsignal.c            \
+	gimpsignal.h            \
+	gimputils.c		\
+	gimputils.h		\
+	gimpparasite.c		\
+	gimpparasite.h		\
+	gimpparasiteio.c	\
+	gimpparasiteio.h	\
+	gimpprotocol.c		\
+	gimpprotocol.h		\
+	gimpunit.h		\
+	gimpwire.c		\
+	gimpwire.h
+
+libgimpbaseinclude_HEADERS = \
+	gimpbase.h		\
+	gimpbasetypes.h		\
+	gimpenv.h		\
+	gimplimits.h		\
+	gimpsignal.h            \
+	gimputils.h		\
+	gimpparasite.h		\
+	gimpparasiteio.h	\
+	gimpunit.h
+
+libgimpbase_1_3_la_LDFLAGS = \
+	-version-info $(LT_CURRENT):$(LT_REVISION):$(LT_AGE)
+
+libgimpbase_1_3_la_LIBADD = $(GLIB_LIBS)
+
+.PHONY: files
+
+files:
+	@files=`ls $(DISTFILES) 2> /dev/null`; for p in $$files; do \
+	  echo $$p; \
+	done
+
+makefile.mingw: $(top_builddir)/config.status $(top_srcdir)/libgimpcolor/makefile.mingw.in
+	cd $(top_builddir) && CONFIG_FILES=libgimpcolor/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpbase.h b/libgimpbase/gimpbase.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9f8f0b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpbase.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* LIBGIMP - The GIMP Library 
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball                
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_BASE_H__
+#define __GIMP_BASE_H__
+
+
+#include <libgimpbase/gimpbasetypes.h>
+
+#include <libgimpbase/gimpenv.h>
+#include <libgimpbase/gimplimits.h>
+#include <libgimpbase/gimpparasite.h>
+#include <libgimpbase/gimpunit.h>
+
+
+#endif  /* __GIMP_BASE_H__ */
diff --git a/libgimpbase/gimpbasetypes.h b/libgimpbase/gimpbasetypes.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1826af344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libgimpbase/gimpbasetypes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* LIBGIMP - The GIMP Library 
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-1997 Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball                
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __GIMP_BASE_TYPES_H__
+#define __GIMP_BASE_TYPES_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+/* For information look into the C source or the html documentation */
+
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_UNIT_PIXEL   = 0,
+
+  GIMP_UNIT_INCH    = 1,
+  GIMP_UNIT_MM      = 2,
+  GIMP_UNIT_POINT   = 3,
+  GIMP_UNIT_PICA    = 4,
+
+  GIMP_UNIT_END     = 5,
+
+  GIMP_UNIT_PERCENT = 65536
+} GimpUnit;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_PDB_INT32,
+  GIMP_PDB_INT16,
+  GIMP_PDB_INT8,
+  GIMP_PDB_FLOAT,
+  GIMP_PDB_STRING,
+  GIMP_PDB_INT32ARRAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_INT16ARRAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_INT8ARRAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_FLOATARRAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_STRINGARRAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_COLOR,
+  GIMP_PDB_REGION,
+  GIMP_PDB_DISPLAY,
+  GIMP_PDB_IMAGE,
+  GIMP_PDB_LAYER,
+  GIMP_PDB_CHANNEL,
+  GIMP_PDB_DRAWABLE,
+  GIMP_PDB_SELECTION,
+  GIMP_PDB_BOUNDARY,
+  GIMP_PDB_PATH,
+  GIMP_PDB_PARASITE,
+  GIMP_PDB_STATUS,
+  GIMP_PDB_END
+} GimpPDBArgType;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_INTERNAL,
+  GIMP_PLUGIN,
+  GIMP_EXTENSION,
+  GIMP_TEMPORARY
+} GimpPDBProcType;
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  GIMP_PDB_EXECUTION_ERROR,
+  GIMP_PDB_CALLING_ERROR,
+  GIMP_PDB_PASS_THROUGH,
+  GIMP_PDB_SUCCESS,
+  GIMP_PDB_CANCEL
+} GimpPDBStatusType;
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+#endif  /* __GIMP_BASE_TYPES_H__ */