Re: [Gimp-user] SVG to PNG using a script

[Tres Finocchiaro <tres finocchiaro gmail com>]

Liam,

After re-reading your post, is it safe to assume my original question was
written in scheme/script-fu?

If so, can someone direct me how to get a list of scheme commands that can
be executed from a vanilla gimp install?

- Tres Finocchiaro gmail com


On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:36 PM Tres Finocchiaro <tres finocchiaro gmail com>
wrote:

> I'm confused, I'm attempting to use the gimp command line, is it no longer
> supported?  Why am I being told to use other tools still?
>
> This is a specific attempt to use Gimp for a task.  No additional software
> installed.  If Gimp ships with a usable version of python in a reliable
> location, I'd be happy to leverage that, but the question is in regards to
> a target system with only Gimp installed, assuming it doesn't have
> Inkscape, ImageMagick Python or Perl.
>
> I'm asking how to use the gimp command line only.
>
> - Tres Finocchiaro gmail com
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 4:24 PM Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2020-04-21 at 15:47 -0400, Tres Finocchiaro via gimp-user-list
> > wrote:
> > > I was wonder if there was a way to utilize Gimp's scripting system to
> > > convert an SVG to a PNG?
> >
> > Yes, from python, perl or scheme (script-fu).
> >
> > there's also batch mode add-ons such as phatch.
> >
> > You might prefer to use Inkscape for this one - it can do this in the
> > command-line.
> >
> >
> > > The best resource I've found is here however, attempts to run this on
> > > my
> > > machine are failing using GIMP 2.1.0.
> >
> > Hoping you mean 2.10.18
> >
> > > I'm using MacOS to write the script, but the target platform is
> > > Windows.
> >
> > We are a release behind n the Mac because we don't have a Mac
> > maintainer right now.
> >
> > > I understand there are many other tools for performing this
> > > conversion (and
> > > I'm leveraging these tools in other parts of code) but I was hoping
> > > to
> > > write this as a fallback for this particular system.
> >
> > For the error you're getting try changing file-svg to file-svg-save
> > maybe.
> >
> > slave
> >
> > --
> > Liam Quin - https://www.fromoldbooks.org/
> >
> > Slave in full-time voluntary servitude