--- In script-fu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Carol Spears <carol@xxxx> wrote: > > 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 > Well I have nothing against pulling hairs from the tip of a sable's arse (tail actually) if it makes a person feel more artistically authentic. But why bother if you've done it before? Seems to me the time spent finding a sable and getting it in the mood to let you do that near its arse could be better spent painting, unless a person wants to be a sable hair brushmaker. In this case, the metaphor is more akin to learning a new way to make a loom so you'll be able to weave some canvas to paint on once you finish spinning the cotton into thread. Yeah, I'm done with scheming ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/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/
