Forum: Fractals


Subject: Scripting ad infinitum

Quest opened this issue on Sep 23, 2007 · 18 posts


Quest posted Wed, 10 October 2007 at 11:00 PM

Hi Tracey! I got back from my small holiday fun on Tuesday (Monday was my birthday and I went to celebrate it with a very good and dear fellow artist friend from out of town) and I was started on a new occupational assignment the next day, Wednesday, so you can imagine that my immediate priorities have taken a sudden change as often happens in my life.

 

Indeed, Fred has been most generous and kind as so have you my friend. His pointers have reaffirmed my conviction that the scripting information is scattered. And please don’t think me unappreciative, but I wonder why some of the other scripters, and there are many fine ones out there, have not partaken in contributing to the subject matter at hand.

 

I do not wish to be perceived as overbearing but I would think that such subject matter would most interest those that practice it. And also again, perhaps they, like myself, have been detoured by priorities in real life. So I must be patient and see over the long run what other fine additions will come to this thread in the future.

 

The matter seems to be that there is no central locale where followers of this fine program (Apophysis) can go to get the most updated scripting resources. Through all the different versions no one person in particular has taken it upon themselves to gather a history nor a sequence of all the changes in scripting that have occurred.

 

Henceforth, those that have followed the program from inception and throughout its development have a better understanding of it. As a result, all those that have just come to know the program or those that have not been able to keep up with the program changes, have a harder time in getting information on scripting.

 

I do have some background in programming. In particular with C++ object programming and Basic with some very little Assembly language. So I can fairly well understand many of the syntax. But since I don’t use it in an everyday scenario, I’m not fluent at it. And not having a list of the commands, makes it all the harder.

 

Tracey, I’m also very impressed with your fine work in this field and kudos must go out to you as well in this endeavor. Any pointers from you would be handsomely accepted.

 

Quest