Another Hello

chrysg · **Joined:** Nov 02, 2019 **Posts:** 1

Ok, the registration says to be sure to post a message -> so a little intro...

I am an exhibiting photographer (fine art: abstracts, landscapes, shorescapes, ...)

A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
I worked at Bell Labs on compilers, communications, networks and lots of middleware -- hence,

this is a *nix shop. Still have a number of MSWin systems in order to run the print drivers for the Canon Large Format (ipf/proxxxx) printers and PSP scripts. [But would >love< to see TurboPrint etc have a good driver for the Pro2000/4000/6000 series (the current Canon Win-only driver has been decimated from what drivers used to be)]

Current projects include -
GIMP:
Writing an interactive debugging wrapper to run python scripts as a menu item in gimp (<Image>/Image/runScript_).
Writing a emulation 'layer'/module (aka App.py) to enable running PaintShop Pro scripts directly via runScript.
The App module fully supports all of PSP's dialogues and extends the debugging/tracing capabilities associated with a PSP script output window.
Would like to extend the interactive, single-step capability this brings to scripts to include single-stepping pdb facilities, but that is another world...

[background: I have a large number of 10K-plus line PSP scripts I use to develop and generate images for exhibiting/printing, for a web site, etc. Starting developing these back in the Dark Ages when I could not get gimp to run on RH9, PS was/is effectively un-scriptable, but PSP had a python interface to everything. Now, trying to ween everything away from MS-based systems/applications.]

OTHER:
Web-site development - including my photography website.
Built a new dataflow programming system (alternative to Backbone, React, Angular, Flux and the rest of the spaghetti) dflibg to support website development.

AhYup, major geek,
au revoir,
Chrys