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macros vs script-fu vs python-fu
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There are no "macros" in Gimp, in the usual meaning of the term (more or less: recording you actions and replaying them).

Gimp is designed to be extensible with scripts and plugins. These two are technically different, scripts are in TinyScheme (aka script-fu) and interpreted by the built-in script interpreter. Plugins are independent processes written in potentially any language,  even if in practice you are restricted to languages for which there is  a Gimp interface. For a long time this meant only C, but since 2.6 there is also an interface for Python. But to  muddy up things, most python "plugins" are written like scripts: they are mostly glue between calls to the Gimp API, like the script-fu ones, so you will hear about Python scripts (but they are really plugins).

IMHO, in 2018, the only merits of script-fu are historical: this was a small footprint interpreter required by the memory-constrained computers of the 90s. But now we have plenty of RAM and Python is more common, easier to write and much more powerful.

PS: Your image link doesn't work....
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RE: macros vs script-fu vs python-fu - by Ofnuts - 10-06-2018, 09:33 PM
RE: macros vs script-fu vs python-fu - by Ofnuts - 10-08-2018, 09:57 AM

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