On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 04:01:12AM -0000, kngrdwn wrote: > Odd. If you hit Enter with the Procedure Browser open, it returns to > the Procedure Browser. If you hit Enter with the cursor anywhere but > in the Current Command area nothing happens, presumably because it's > waiting for values to be entered. > > Having got it to enter the line, which calls for a variety of values > not necessarily applicable when attempting to process a large number > of files, it prompts this error msg: ERROR: unbound variable (errobj > run_mode) > run_mode is an unrequired parameter. more than that if you use the parameter it will break your attempt. i do not understand the reason they wrote it this way however, it is documented at the gimp web site although, it might be in a perl scripting how to. this part is very crudely done -- no arguements from me about that. > Based on your response on the other forum, and not knowing Scheme, > Perl or Python, I'd have to guess it's looking for a filename and/or > location variables. I'm not really trying to create a script that > identifies filenames, however. > > It's weird. Over the last 15 years I've worked with lots of image > editors, most of which have some form of scripting implementation. > I've edited in most, although I'm not a programmer. Since Gimp has > been around a while, I expected a little more advanced implementation > (advanced as in easier for artists to work with :). > > Oh well... > there are several notions of what the word "artist" means. i think gimp has been used successfully by artists via scripting. it is unfortunate that a person does not get the term artist applied to them unless they are hired and given this title or they die and their work becomes valuable to the people who trade it for money. i have a rather romantic notion of the word artist. it is somewhat media driven as well -- inspired by movies about dead artists and also books i have read. this notion involves a human actually learning to make brushes and stretch canvases and work from the most basic of tools up to being a full-fledged artist. hell, some of the art teachers were extremely rude and cussed to deal with and might have insisted that the apprentice go to the desert and get his or her own camel hair for his or her homemade brushes. i actually know of too many hackers who are much like this themselves. you use whatever definitions and software you want to accomplish your tasks and call yourself an artist, i seriously do not care how you do this and wish you all the good fortune in getting it done. i must say, on a personal note, all this email exchange about scheme really makes me want to put the old gimp news guy back into the feed, regardless of his opinion if he belongs there or not. i would stay away from scheme if i were you. i am not you though. carol ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/e4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/script-fu/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: script-fu-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
