Re: [Gimp-user] debugging script-fu with list->string

["ugajin talktalk net" <ugajin talktalk net>]

Ah! 

Screwed that completely, didn't I? I had (wrongly) thought that list-
> string, would return any old data list values to the error console, 
and more easily than how I am currently doing it. Fool that I am!

Thanks, again!

-u



> ----Original Message----
> From: kevin ve3syb ca
> Date: 20/03/2016 15:40
> To: "gimp-user"<gimp-user-list gnome org>
> Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] debugging script-fu with list-&gt;string
>
> Oops... I meant to send this to the list.
>
> On 16-03-20 07:17 AM, ugajin talktalk net wrote:
> > How, do I pass in a list of characters? GIMP complains when I try to 
pass
> > in a list object. I have tried everything, I can think of.
>
> You provided a list but it was a list of numbers, not characters. To 
create 
> a list of characters you would use
>     (gimp-message (list->string '(#\H #\e #\l #\l #\o #\!)))
>
> Characters are written as #\ followed by a the character you want, or 
by #\ 
> and the name of a character (ie. space, or newline).
>
> For some additional information you can look in the R5RS under section 
6.3.4 
> on page 28.
>
> There is a minor error in the printing of characters that I need to 
fix. It 
> shows them as "#\x" instead of just "#\". I also just had a thought 
that 
> this information should be put in to some document about Script-Fu 
basics.
> -- 
> Cheers!
>
> Kevin.
>
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