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python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 22 Mar 11:27
  python-fu vs script-fu Ofnuts 22 Mar 16:34
   python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 22 Mar 19:04
    python-fu vs script-fu Kevin Payne 22 Mar 19:51
     python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 23 Mar 10:18
    python-fu vs script-fu Kevin Cozens 22 Mar 20:34
     python-fu vs script-fu Ofnuts 22 Mar 21:04
      python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 23 Mar 10:22
       python-fu vs script-fu Kevin Payne 23 Mar 11:36
        python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 23 Mar 12:50
     python-fu vs script-fu ugajin@talktalk.net 23 Mar 10:19
ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-22 11:27:10 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

Is there a known performance issue for python-fu compared with script- fu?

I have a pair of comparable scripts, and I find python-fu to be noticeably lagged.

I am running 2.8.16 on OSX.

-u

Ofnuts
2016-03-22 16:34:05 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 12:27, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

Is there a known performance issue for python-fu compared with script- fu?

I have a pair of comparable scripts, and I find python-fu to be noticeably lagged.

I am running 2.8.16 on OSX.

-u

A script is normally just glue around operations carried out by Gimp, so the efficiency of the script language is normally fairly irrelevant.

But different scripts could be using different operations for equivalent results, one set of operations being more efficient...

ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-22 19:04:10 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is noticeable lag when executing python-fu.

E.g., when I run Akkana Peck's show_py_ui.py plugin, and compare this with GIMP.org's test-sphere.scm script there is a big difference in performance up to launcing the UI. I note show_py_ui.py is a smaller file size, 3kb compared to test-sphere.scm's 6kb (12kb inc comments).

Is it just me on pre-build OSX?

Thanks.

-u

----Original Message----
From: ofnuts@gmx.com
Date: 22/03/2016 16:34
To:
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 12:27, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

Is there a known performance issue for python-fu compared with

script-

fu?

I have a pair of comparable scripts, and I find python-fu to be noticeably lagged.

I am running 2.8.16 on OSX.

-u

A script is normally just glue around operations carried out by Gimp,

so

the efficiency of the script language is normally fairly irrelevant.

But different scripts could be using different operations for

equivalent

results, one set of operations being more efficient... _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list
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Kevin Payne
2016-03-22 19:51:27 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

As you haven't provided a link to Akkana's script, we have no way to compare if the scripts are even remotely similar.

My experience with writing a script in Scheme, then converting it to Python was that it runs considerably faster in Python, so I think it's as Ofnuts says, it's entirely dependent on what you are trying to do.

Kevin

From: gimp-user-list  on behalf of ugajin@talktalk.net 
Sent: 22 March 2016 19:04
To: ofnuts@gmx.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is noticeable
lag when executing python-fu.

E.g., when I run Akkana Peck's show_py_ui.py plugin, and compare this
with GIMP.org's test-sphere.scm script there is a big difference in
performance up to launcing the UI. I note show_py_ui.py is a smaller
file size, 3kb compared to test-sphere.scm's 6kb (12kb inc comments).

Is it just me on pre-build OSX?

Thanks.

-u


>----Original Message----
>From: ofnuts@gmx.com
>Date: 22/03/2016 16:34
>To: 
>Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu
>
>On 22/03/16 12:27, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:
>> Is there a known performance issue for python-fu compared with
script-
>> fu?
>>
>> I have a pair of comparable scripts, and I find python-fu to be
>> noticeably lagged.
>>
>> I am running 2.8.16 on OSX.
>>
>> -u
>>
>
>A script is normally just glue around operations carried out by Gimp,
so
>the efficiency of the script language is normally fairly irrelevant.
>
>But different scripts could be using different operations for
equivalent
>results, one set of operations being more efficient...
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Kevin Cozens
2016-03-22 20:34:14 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is noticeable lag when executing python-fu.

Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python scripts the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the script. The times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be the lag you are talking about.

Cheers!

Kevin.

http://www.ve3syb.ca/           |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract
Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172      | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're
                                 | powerful!"
#include  |             --Chris Hardwick
Ofnuts
2016-03-22 21:04:01 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 21:34, Kevin Cozens wrote:

On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is noticeable lag when executing python-fu.

Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python scripts the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the script. The times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be the lag you are talking about.

Possible. I don't experience such lags but then on a Linux system there is always a Python script running somewhere so the interpreter is already loaded, and it's only a matter of initializing a new instance. But then on OSX I would expect the interpreter to be kept in the IO buffers, so the lag would be noticeable only on the first execution. A good test would be to start an interactive python session before starting Gimp, keep it open while Gimp runs and see if the lag remains.

ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-23 10:18:30 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

Here is the link: http://gimpbook.com/scripting/gimp-script-templates/pyui.py

----Original Message----
From: paynekj@hotmail.com
Date: 22/03/2016 19:51
To: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org"
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

As you haven't provided a link to Akkana's script, we have no way to

compare if the scripts are even remotely similar.

My experience with writing a script in Scheme, then converting it to

Python was that it runs considerably faster in Python, so I think it's as Ofnuts says, it's entirely dependent on what you are trying to do.

Kevin

________________________________________ From: gimp-user-list on behalf of

ugajin@talktalk.net

Sent: 22 March 2016 19:04
To: ofnuts@gmx.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is noticeable lag when executing python-fu.

E.g., when I run Akkana Peck's show_py_ui.py plugin, and compare this with GIMP.org's test-sphere.scm script there is a big difference in performance up to launcing the UI. I note show_py_ui.py is a smaller file size, 3kb compared to test-sphere.scm's 6kb (12kb inc comments).

Is it just me on pre-build OSX?

Thanks.

-u

----Original Message----
From: ofnuts@gmx.com
Date: 22/03/2016 16:34
To:
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 12:27, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

Is there a known performance issue for python-fu compared with

script-

fu?

I have a pair of comparable scripts, and I find python-fu to be noticeably lagged.

I am running 2.8.16 on OSX.

-u

A script is normally just glue around operations carried out by Gimp,

so

the efficiency of the script language is normally fairly irrelevant.

But different scripts could be using different operations for

equivalent

results, one set of operations being more efficient... _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list
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ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-23 10:19:15 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

I take the point.

Thanks.

----Original Message----
From: kevin@ve3syb.ca
Date: 22/03/2016 20:34
To:
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is

noticeable

lag when executing python-fu.

Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python

scripts

the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the script.

The

times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be the lag you

are

talking about.

--
Cheers!

Kevin.

http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that

distract

Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why

we're

| powerful!"
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ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-23 10:22:10 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

Intersting idea, but running Python interactively before launching GIMP does not seem to make a noticeable difference.

Thanks.

----Original Message----
From: ofnuts@gmx.com
Date: 22/03/2016 21:04
To:
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 21:34, Kevin Cozens wrote:

On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is

noticeable

lag when executing python-fu.

Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python scripts the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the script. The times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be the lag you are talking about.

Possible. I don't experience such lags but then on a Linux system

there

is always a Python script running somewhere so the interpreter is already loaded, and it's only a matter of initializing a new

instance.

But then on OSX I would expect the interpreter to be kept in the IO buffers, so the lag would be noticeable only on the first execution.

A

good test would be to start an interactive python session before starting Gimp, keep it open while Gimp runs and see if the lag

remains.

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Kevin Payne
2016-03-23 11:36:50 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

How much extra time are you seeing with the Python dialog?

Here on a Windows 7 machine, I can't be sure I'm seeing any difference, so it must be less than 0.5 seconds.

Kevin

From: gimp-user-list  on behalf of ugajin@talktalk.net 
Sent: 23 March 2016 10:22
To: ofnuts@gmx.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

Intersting idea, but running Python interactively before launching GIMP
does not seem to make a noticeable  difference.

Thanks.

>----Original Message----
>From: ofnuts@gmx.com
>Date: 22/03/2016 21:04
>To: 
>Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu
>
>On 22/03/16 21:34, Kevin Cozens wrote:
>> On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:
>>> I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is
noticeable
>>> lag when executing python-fu.
>>
>> Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python
>> scripts the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the
>> script. The times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be
>> the lag you are talking about.
>>
>
>Possible. I don't experience such lags but then on a Linux system
there
>is always a Python script running somewhere so the interpreter is
>already loaded, and it's only a matter of initializing a new
instance.
>But then on OSX I would expect the interpreter to be kept in the IO
>buffers, so the lag would be noticeable only on the first execution.
A
>good test would be to start an interactive python session before
>starting Gimp, keep it open while Gimp runs and see if the lag
remains.
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ugajin@talktalk.net
2016-03-23 12:50:55 UTC (over 8 years ago)

python-fu vs script-fu

It is difficult to estimate. Interstingly perhaps, (as noted by Ofnuts) it can be significantly more, perhaps 2, or even 3 times longer on a first run.

Thanks.

-u

----Original Message----
From: paynekj@hotmail.com
Date: 23/03/2016 11:36
To: "gimp-user-list@gnome.org"
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

How much extra time are you seeing with the Python dialog?

Here on a Windows 7 machine, I can't be sure I'm seeing any

difference, so it must be less than 0.5 seconds.

Kevin

________________________________________ From: gimp-user-list on behalf of

ugajin@talktalk.net

Sent: 23 March 2016 10:22
To: ofnuts@gmx.com; gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

Intersting idea, but running Python interactively before launching

GIMP

does not seem to make a noticeable difference.

Thanks.

----Original Message----
From: ofnuts@gmx.com
Date: 22/03/2016 21:04
To:
Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] python-fu vs script-fu

On 22/03/16 21:34, Kevin Cozens wrote:

On 16-03-22 03:04 PM, ugajin@talktalk.net wrote:

I don't see the difference to be about efficiency. There is

noticeable

lag when executing python-fu.

Script-Fu is always loaded in memory when GIMP starts. For Python scripts the Python interpreter must be loaded before it can run the script. The times it takes to load the Python interepreter would be the lag you are talking about.

Possible. I don't experience such lags but then on a Linux system

there

is always a Python script running somewhere so the interpreter is already loaded, and it's only a matter of initializing a new

instance.

But then on OSX I would expect the interpreter to be kept in the IO buffers, so the lag would be noticeable only on the first execution.

A

good test would be to start an interactive python session before starting Gimp, keep it open while Gimp runs and see if the lag

remains.

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