What is the best way to learn Script-Fu?
You should become familiar with the Scheme language. To do that, get a copy of the R5RS and read it. Just be aware that not everything mentioned in the R5RS is implemented in the Scheme interpreter of Script-Fu. Items like define-syntax, or bignums, are examples of items not currently supported. Also, look at the scripts which are shipped with GIMP. I think one of the problems people have when learning Scheme is that a lot of scripts are shown with many closing ) symbols at the end of a line. While you are getting comfortable with Scheme I would suggest you don’t skimp on the whitespace. Put the closing parentheses on separate lines. It may violate some Scheme-based coding style guides but makes it much easier to see the syntax of the language. There are tutorials on the GIMP web site under “Script Authoring”. I also have some notes about Script-Fu in the wiki section of my web site. Be careful of any Script-Fu tutorial which was written before October 24, 2007 (the release date of the
