[Gimp-user] Error while executing script (Script Stop Working in Windows 2.6.3)

[D.Jones (aka) Capnhud]

> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:58:16 -0500
> From: Kevin Cozens <kevin at ve3syb.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Error while executing script
> (Script Stop
> 	Working in	Windows 2.6.3)
> To: gimp-user <gimp-user at lists.xcf.berkeley.edu>
> Message-ID: <494405C8.9040704 at ve3syb.ca>
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> 
> D.Jones (aka) Capnhud wrote:
> > 	  (colors (+ segments (if (= inSmooth TRUE) 1 0)))
> [snip]
> > 	(while (< counter segments)	
> > 	    (gimp-gradient-segment-set-left-color theGradient
> counter (car (gimp-image-pick-color img inLayer counter 0
> FALSE FALSE 0)) 100)
> > 	    (gimp-gradient-segment-set-right-color
> theGradient counter (car (gimp-image-pick-color img inLayer
> (+ counter (if (= inSmooth TRUE) 1 0)) 0 FALSE FALSE 0))
> 100)
> > 		(set! counter (+ counter 1))
> > 	)
> [snip]
> > what is the correct type for argument 3?
> 
> The procedure database indicates that a FLOAT (ie. a
> numerical value) is 
> expected for argument 3 of gimp-image-pick-color. Your
> problem is due to 
> invalid use of the "=" operator in the two if
> statements shown above.
> 
> Your code has "(if (= inSmooth TRUE) 1 0)" where
> in Smooth is a boolean value 
> provided by the SF-TOGGLE. The "=" operator is
> for use when comparing numbers, 
> not booleans. Since inSmooth is a boolean, change your if
> statement to read
> 	(if inSmooth 1 0)
> 
> -- 
> Cheers!
> 
> Kevin.

Thanks for clarifying what the problem was.  Those changes caused the script to function properly again.  What I do not understand is why I was the only one that seem to have this problems while others indicated that the script without the changes worked just fine. Go figure:)