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January 2, 2012 - 19:33 — kevinwang05

is there any way to enable the py. files (python fu) if you did not enable on the installation on without reinstalling it on GIMP 2.6

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January 2, 2012 - 20:15 — mahvin

As far as I know, no. Python has to be enabled for GIMP in order to run Python plug-ins/scripts.

January 2, 2012 - 22:33 — E. Sullock Enzlin

@Mahvin: Scripts do not use python plugins does usually.

January 2, 2012 - 22:36 — mahvin

I was referring to Python files actually being "scripts" rather than plug-ins. Python coders say "plug-ins" is a misnomer. So, I just added both e.g. plug-ins/scripts.

January 3, 2012 - 10:05 — E. Sullock Enzlin

I found a discussion about it here: http://registry.gimp.org/node/24276 and as you can read scripts are .scm and plugins are .exe or .py. But if you say "Python coders say "plug-ins" is a misnomer" than I'm just curious what the difference exactly is between plugins and scripts.

I'll check Gimp Chat and Gimp Talk on this question.

January 3, 2012 - 10:23 — mahvin

There is nothing extensive about this that it would warrant serious investigation. I merely referenced it as both to simplify. What I didn't do is reference it as a SCM (Scheme) file. Hanging around the Python group you'll hear (or read) Python code being called a script or plug-in.

As always, SCM files are scripts and go in the .gimp-2.6/scripts folder and Python files (.py) go in .gimp-2.6/plug-ins.

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