Re: [Gimp-user] Controlling the interface through scripts

[Ross Martinek <triarius12 gmail com>]

John,

Please repost this as a separate post. I suggest the subject: “Scripting in GIMP," rather than as a reply to 
this thread. You’ll get more and better responses

BTW: Posting a different topic question to an existing thread is called “thread-jacking” and considered bad 
form.

Ross


> On Sep 25, 2016, at 1:47 AM, John Smith <j smith images gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
>
> I am considering moving from Photoshop to The Gimp entirely.
>
> I found answers for most of my concerns but there is still one point that
> worries me.
>
>
> Am I able to write scripts doing something like below.
>
> if (keypressed=f7)
>
> {
>
> if(layerpalette.isVisible){
>
> layerpalette.hide
>
> }else(layerpalette.show)
>
> }
>
>
> I mean can I access the interface and control it through scripts? The idea
> of the “script” above is to build a toggle to hide and show the layer
> palette by pressing the f7 key.
>
>
> Another example:
>
> if(keypressed=f3){if(activelayer.layermask.exists){activelayer.layermask.select}else{activelayer.layermask.add}
> }
>
> If the f3 key is pressed, if there is a layer mask on the active layer it
> should be activated and if not an empty layer mask should be added and
> activated.
>
>
> Is it possible to do things like that with the Gimp 2.8x?
>
> Cordialement,
>
> John
> <http://johnsmithimages.net> <http://johnsmithimages.net>
>
> http://johnsmithimages.net
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