On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 09:51:43 +1200 Jaco Swart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anybody experimented with the GIMP's batch mode? > It works fine when typing the commands that the GIMP should excecute on the > command line, i.e. > gimp -b -i '(command1)' '(command2)' '(gimp-quit 0)' > > What I cannot get to work, is to put the commands into a text file and call > that with something like > gimp -b -i batchjob.txt > > Part of the problem is that I'm not sure how the batchjob.txt should be > referenced, and the second problem is that I have no idea how the commands > should be formated inside batchjob.txt itself. Logic tels me that either > (command1) > (command2) > or > '(command1)' > '(command2)' > should work - but no. I'm obviously missing something here. > > Google was not much help either, nor gimp.org or grokking-the-gimp. There is > surprising little information out there (that I could find). I tried a few > other search engines too, but nothing. > > Can batch mode possibly be that obscure? It is an extremely powerfull feature. > what about something like putting exactly what you wouldall on one line of a text file and then gimp -b -i `cat file.txt` > rgds > > Jaco > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
