[Gimp-user] script-fu-save-anim-layers

[Alec Burgess]

Alec Burgess wrote:
> Since we've had all these messages about this ... I thought I'd ask:
>
> Shouldn't the so-called fix I made, adding a dummy variable with a 
> value but leaving the remaining two variables (image) and (buffer) 
> uninitialized still have been a syntax error? I was  surprised that it 
> in fact actually made the script work.
>
> Kevin Cozens wrote:
>> Alec Burgess wrote:
>>   
>>> Thanks ... I think :-) found the example and perused the linked PDF 
>>> (section 4.2.2. Binding constructs) with out much if any understanding.
>>>
>>> I changed:
>>> (define (save-layer orig-image layer name)
>>>     (let* (
>>>         (image)
>>>         (buffer)
>>>         )
>>>
>>> to:
>>> (define (save-layer orig-image layer name)
>>>     (let* (
>>>         (this-is-correct 0)
>>>         (image)
>>>         (buffer)
>>>         )
>>>     
>>
>> You didn't need to read the linked PDF file. That is there for reference in 
>> case someone doubted whether the Scheme interpreter in Script-Fu is doing "the 
>> right thing" regarding the let* blocks.
>>
>> The release notes should have made it perfectly clear as to the problem and 
>> its fix. Since it appears the note about Script-Fu isn't clear enough I will 
>> think about some changes to the information. In the meantime, Sven has pointed 
>> out the needed changes to the script that were referred to in the release notes.
>>     
-- 
Regards ... Alec   (buralex at gmail & WinLiveMess - alec.m.burgess at skype)

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