a dialect of the Lisp-like language called Scheme). It is also possible to write GIMP scripts in Python or Perl. These languages are more flexible and powerful than Script-Fu; their disadvantage is that creating new tabs, or closing or detaching tabs. GNU Image Manipulation Program 39 / 653 Figure 3.8: Tab menu from the Layers dialog The Tab menu gives you access to the following commands: Context Scripting ‘Python-fu’ is now the standard external scripting interface for GIMP 2. This means that you can now use GIMP functions in Python scripts, or conversely use Python to write GIMP plug-ins. Python is relatively

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 16.10.5 The “Python-Fu” Submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 16.10.6 The “Script-Fu” a dialect of the Lisp-like language called Scheme). It is also possible to write GIMP scripts in Python or Perl. These languages are more flexible and powerful than Script-Fu; their disadvantage is that in the Tab menu Section 3.2.3.2. 20 CHAPTER 3. FIRST STEPS WITH WILBER 3.2. MAIN WINDOWS Figure 3.8 Anchoring a dialog to a dock border The Histogram dialog dragged to the left vertical docking bar

areas where Gimp is a lot more powerful than Photoshop. Gimp supports Script-Fu, Perl-Fu, Tcl-Fu and Python-Fu — no less than four types of “actions” languages. Script-Fu is the current default script language