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If you would like to move your GIMP scripts to a new location, read on.....it is a very simple operation to do so!  Here's how:

Open up the desired script you would like to change and go down to the bottom of the script.  Look for code that resembles something like this:

This coding format is generally found in older scripts

(script-fu-register "script-fu-basic2-logo"
    "Basic II..."

(script-fu-menu-register "script-fu-basic2-logo"   
"<Toolbox>/Xtns/Logos")

-OR-

This coding format is generally found in newer scripts (this is the only format I use)

(script-fu-register    "fp-satin-script"
"<Image>/Filters/Render/Satin..."


Notice, the older format utilizes two separate "commands" to tell GIMP where to place it in the menu.  If you look at the bold parts of the code in script-fu-register, it tells you that the name of the script the user will see is "Basic II..."  The script-fu-menu-register tells GIMP to place it under Xtns > Logos.  So, the combination of these two commands sets the menu as follows: Xtns > Logos > Basic II...

The newer code utilizes only one "command" to place the script in the menu. 

To change the script to a new menu location, but leave the menu name the same, simply change this part of the code:

"<Toolbox>/Xtns/Logos"

To move it under the Xtns menu by itself (Xtns > Basic II...), the code would need to be changed to "<Toolbox>/Xtns"
If you want to move it move it to a NEW menu where none exists (Xtns > Darth > Basic II...), change it to this: "<Toolbox>/Xtns/Darth"
The same is true for the newer code format.  "<Image>/Filters/Render/Satin..." appears under Filters > Render > Satin...  To move it to Filters > Fencepost > Satin... change the code to this:   "<Image>/Filters/Fencepost/Satin..."

Moving a script from the <Toolbox> menu to an <Image> does not convert the <Toolbox> script to an <Image> script, it only changes the menu location.  There are programming differences between the two types and simply moving the menu location does not make the necessary changes.

Save your script and refresh them to see if they've been placed in the desired menu locations.  Let me know if you have any questions or need clarification.

Art

Do NOT move a <Toolbox> script to <Image> and vice versa.  They won't that way.

could you explain better this point?

...time ago  moved some toolbox script in image menu (for the very simple reason i wanted in the "render" submenu there)

then i didn't know how to transform a "toolbox" in a "Image script" (not sure to know now if not in theory, but thank to your tuts now i should be able to try) but when i tried the "misplaced scripts" were ,apparently working as they should (well 2 on 3 were  working...3 refused to work)...i mean working as a Toolbox script not as image script but still they were working even if called from the image menu

         

could you explain better this point?

...time ago  moved some toolbox script in image menu (for the very simple reason i wanted in the "render" submenu there)

then i didn't know how to transform a "toolbox" in a "Image script" (not sure to know now if not in theory, but thank to your tuts now i should be able to try) but when i tried the "misplaced scripts" were ,apparently working as they should (well 2 on 3 were  working...3 refused to work)...i mean working as a Toolbox script not as image script but still they were working even if called from the image menu

         

Actually, I should clarify what I wrote above as my statement isn't entirely correct, but my *intent* was.   

You can move the menu from the Toolbox to the Image and vise versa, and the scripts will work fine.  However, I didn't want someone to think that just because they moved the menu location from the Toolbox to the Image that the script was now an "Image" script.  It isn't, it just runs from the menu of an open image.  For those who haven't read my/other people's tutorials on scripting, you might not be aware that there are actually differences in the scripting methods between the two types.  Even if an Image/Toolbox script do the exact same thing, they have to be programmed differently.    You are correct in stating that they do work correctly.  Thanks for pointing that out.  I'll fix the language in my first post so that it's correct.

Art:
   I changed the "random" to "rand" in the "while" portion of the toolbox satin script and everything works just fine. I'll now proceed with your image satin script,(103b) using the same changes to "while" and cutting and pasting from the GIMP 2.2 toolbox satin script.
   The toolbox satin script also solved another problem for me. Phillippe Demartin updated a "liquid water" script to version 0.3 for GIMP 2.4. (GIMP SCRIPTS, newbielink:http://www.gimpscripts.com/?page_id=5 [nonactive] ) This used the same "plug-in-rgb-noise" as the satin tool box script. I wasn't able to find an earlier version of the script to find out what was originally used, but the toolbox satin script gave me the answer. I replaced the plugin name and left the rest of the parameters. Everything works fine.
   I also worked on the "test-sphere" script. For GIMP 2.2, you might consider amending your "SF-COLOR" comment to say that the numeric values are the only acceptable arguments. Don't know why GIMP 2.2 won't take "color", but it won't. I made the changes in "background color" and "sphere color" and it works great. This is a teriffic learning tool.
   Thanks again for all your help.  Rainwalker