Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu: illegal function?

[Gary Aitken <gimp dreamchaser org>]

On 09/17/12 21:44, Richard Gitschlag wrote:
> That's right - parentheses are not "free" in Scheme scripting, every opening parenthesis must be 
> immediately followed by a function call.  When you just want parentheses to group a few statements together 
> with, call the (begin ... ) function:
>
> (begin (function a) (function b) (etc ) ... )

Thanks, both of you for clarifications.
Not sure where I saw the "print" but it seems to work:

> (define (find-dot txt txtLen offset) (print "foo") "xyz" "pqr") (find-dot "abcd.ef" 7 1)
find-dot"foo"
"pqr"
> (define (find-dot txt txtLen offset) (display "foo") "xyz" "pqr") (find-dot "abcd.ef" 7 1)
find-dotfoo"pqr"

The function itself seems to be accepted.
It appears the difference between using "display" and using "print" 
is that "print" outputs enclosing double quotes plus trailing newline;
"display" outputs the unadorned string and no trailing newline.

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>  > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:47:38 -0400
>  > From: kevin ve3syb ca
>  > To: gimp-user-list gnome org
>  > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu: illegal function?
>  >
>  > On 12-09-17 02:28 PM, Gary Aitken wrote:
>  > > ((define (find-dot txt txtLen offset) (print "foo")) (find-dot "abcd.ef" 7 1))
>  >
>  > First, you wrapped the whole thing in ( ). Drop the leading and trailing
>  > parentheses.
>  >
>  > Second, that is a line of Scheme code and Scheme does not contain a "print"
>  > function. You probably meant to use "display". Also keep in mind that the
>  > "display" function only takes a string so you may first need to convert what
>  > you pass it to a string.
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