Re: [Gimp-user] Luminosity confusion

[Jack Denman <cashmere roadrunner com>]

On Tue, 2015-12-01 at 01:49 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 December 2015 00:27:57 Jack Denman wrote:
>
> > I am still learning about digital photography. I developed my first
> > roll of film in 1946, by hand in my grandmothers bathroom.
> >
> > Since I am learning masking techniques, I wonder if someone could
> > explain the contradiction of these two scripts.
> >
> >
> > This web page has a download link of a script from "Download from:
> > Google Drive" at produces a file called
> > "patdavid-luminosity-masks-2.scm"
> >
> > http://blog.patdavid.net/2013/11/getting-around-in-gimp-luminosity-mas
> > ks.html
> >
> >
> > This file cannot be used because when copied into .gimp-2.8/scripts/
> > the script entry is not visible on the pull-down menus of gimp.
>
> Did you set the execute permissions, and do you have the first 
> lines "she-bang" interpreter installed?

Yes the execute bit is set. I do not know what you mean by the
"she-bang" interpreter. Can you explain what that is?

> > On the other hand the older script called "Luminosity_masks.scm" does
> > work from some older web pages and does cause the scripts pull-down
> > menu to appear. When the channels menu is invoked from this script the
> > other masks disappear.
> >
> >
> >
> > Can someone explain this? Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett