Re: [Gimp-developer] script-fu documentation

[Kevin Cozens <kcozens@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

shaneyfelt@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I would hope that if ScriptFu is pulled out,
> TinyFu will also provide an interpreter 
> directly in GIMP's GUI that one can use 
> interactively. (I haven't used TinyFu)...
>  
Tiny-Fu was built using the framework of Script-Fu. It has all the main 
features of Script-Fu (except for the Browse button in Console mode) but 
users a Scheme interpreter which follows the standards more closely than 
the interpreter used in Script-Fu.

I would suggest you look at the web page and go over the FAQ in the 
meantime. It should help you better understand the Tiny-Fu project and 
how it compares to Script-Fu. You could even try using it. :-)

For those of you who don't already know, the Tiny-Fu web page can be 
found at:
http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/software/gimp/tiny-fu.html

(And to some others on gimp-devel: Yes, I know I said I would write an 
e-mail a while back to talk about Tiny-Fu and to "sell" it. I swear its 
on my ToDo list. Other projects have kept it from getting to the top of 
the list. I will write something up about this long before GIMP 2.4 is 
released. Really!)

> co-exist as part of the normal build for 
> one release, at least, while scripts get 
> converted?  Just a thought...
>  
I started development of Tiny-Fu in a copy of the GIMP source tree. Now 
I work on it outside the source tree as it is now a separate module. I 
don't see it getting added to the main tree any time soon and I don't 
think it should be. Anyone who can build GIMP can download the source 
for Tiny-Fu, build it, and install it along side Script-Fu. For the 
Windows users a pre-built binary exists.

I don't have the space available to host pre-built binaries for all the 
different OS and distro's which can run GIMP but I would be happy to 
provide pointers on the Tiny-Fu web page to any binaries which someone 
else builds and makes available for download.

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