Script-Fu in GIMP 3 website

[crogonint]

Yeeeep. That gave me more information on the Error Console all right!

Activate Warning
> global-aa-set-up : type : boolean : #t

Activate Warning
> Parasite not found: global-aa-waiting

Activate Warning
> Parasite not found: global-aa-waiting

Activate Warning
> global-aa-status : type : boolean : #t

Activate Warning
> global-aa-save-every-minutes : type : number : 5

Activate Warning
> global-aa-max-saves : type : number : 12

Activate Warning
> global-aa-path-set-in-dialog : type : string : F:\Images

Activate Warning
> global-aa-dir-name : type : string : \GIMP_Autosave

Activate Warning
> autosave-settings: list:
(save-every-minutes . 5)
(max-saves . 12)
(dialog-save-path . F:\Images)
(dir-name . \GIMP_Autosave)

Activate Warning
> Image is untitled

Activate Warning
> dialog-save-path : F:\Images

Activate Warning
> dir-name : \GIMP_Autosave

Activate Warning
> image ID : 2
Path root: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled

Activate Warning
> dialog-save-path : F:\Images

Activate Warning
> GUI Save Path: F:\Images

Activate Warning
> dir-name : \GIMP_Autosave

Activate Warning
> GUI Folder : \GIMP_Autosave

Activate Warning
> Autosave path: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\

Activate Warning
> Constructing autosave filename: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf

Activate Warning
> Image base name: Untitled

Activate Warning
> Autosave path: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\

Activate Warning
> Autosave filename: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf

Activate Warning
> Creating directory: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\

Activate Warning
> Initial path parts: list:
Images
GIMP_Autosave
Untitled_2
""

Activate Warning
> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave

Activate Warning
> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave/Untitled_2

Activate Warning
> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave/Untitled_2/

Activate Warning
> Saving image to: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf

GIMP Error
Execution error for procedure 'gimp-xcf-save':
Error creating 'F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf': Error opening file “F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf”: No such file or directory

GIMP Error
Execution error for 'Activate':
Error: Procedure execution of gimp-xcf-save failed: Error creating 'F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf': Error opening file “F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf”: No such file or directory

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(05-04-2025, 08:33 PM)crogonint Wrote:  Activate Warning
> Creating directory: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\

 Activate Warning
> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave/Untitled_2

 Activate Warning
> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave/Untitled_2/

 Activate Warning
> Saving image to: F:\Images\GIMP_Autosave\Untitled_2\autosave_1.xcf

I see 2 directory paths that look like Windows, and two that look like Linux, is that the problem?? (I'm not at all sure which one is actually attempting to create a directory, if any of them.)

Also:
I manually created GIMP_Autosave, so that's permanently on my hard drive, now.

 Activate Warning

> Creating directory: /Images/GIMP_Autosave

I'm not at all sure if THIS looking like a Linux directory is why I had to create it manually.

[crogonint]

I've discovered the issue! ..or rather Schumami guessed at it correctly.

As soon as I move the save folder out of my user directory (in Windows, C:/Users/User_Name/ it cannot create the directory!

So since I immediately knew that I wanted to put my Autosave folder on my non-Windows drive, under F:/Images/GIMP_Autosave it simply never worked from the start.

[crogonint]

Also, just to note, I never did figure out how to get my settings to be persistent in the Setup. So.. since you showed how to adjust the scripts, I changed the default settings to my preferred ones.

(Excepting the default of using the User directory as the root, of course, since it doesn't work if I move it outside of the User directory.

So, my defaults now are:
5 minutes
12 saves
/Users/User_Name/
GIMP_Autosave

(I also changed the default folder name to GIMP_Autosave, in the script, where it says "folder-name-is-invalid".)

[pixelmixer]

(Yesterday, 12:41 AM)crogonint Wrote: Also, just to note, I never did figure out how to get my settings to be persistent in the Setup. So.. since you showed how to adjust the scripts, I changed the default settings to my preferred ones.

(Excepting the default of using the User directory as the root, of course, since it doesn't work if I move it outside of the User directory.

So, my defaults now are:
5 minutes
12 saves
/Users/User_Name/
GIMP_Autosave

(I also changed the default folder name to GIMP_Autosave, in the script, where it says "folder-name-is-invalid".)

Great! It's odd that the settings don't persist, the script puts parasite data into the global space to record the settings.
You should be able to see those in parasiterc in your .config dir

For example:

# GIMP parasiterc
#
# This file will be entirely rewritten each time you exit.

(parasite "global-aa-dir-name" 1 9 "\57Autosave")

(parasite "global-aa-save-every-minutes" 1 2 "\61\60")

(parasite "global-toggle-eraser-scale" 1 1 "\61")

(parasite "global-aa-max-saves" 1 1 "\63")

(parasite "global-aa-path-set-in-dialog" 1 10 "\57home\57mark")

(parasite "global-aa-set-up" 1 2 "\43t")

(parasite "global-prev-paint-mode" 1 2 "\62\70")


# end of parasiterc