You will find all kinds of pattern-generating scripts here. Generally, they are quite useful because you can add many arguments to your own patterns.

We'll take a look at the Land script. In this script you have to set the image/pattern size, and specify what levels of random to use for your land creation. The colors used to generate the land map are taken from the currently selected gradient in the gradient editor. You must also supply values for the level of detail, land and sea height/depth and the scale. Scale refers to the scale of your map, just as in an ordinary road map, 1:10 will be typed as 10.

Here is clearly a practical use for scripts. By creating a script for making custom text, logos, buttons arrows, etc., for your web site, you will give them all the same style and shape. You will also be saving a lot of time, because you don't have to create every logo, text or button by hand.

You will find the GIMP.org theme under the Web page theme submenu. If you want to create your own theme, this script will serve as an excellent template that you can modify to create a theme for your web site.

Most of the scripts are quite self-explanatory, but here are some hints:

Here you will find all kinds of logo-generating scripts. This is nice, but use it with care, as people might recognize your logo as being made by a known GIMP script. You should rather regard it as a base that you can modify to fit your needs. The dialog for making a logo is more or less the same for all such scripts:

Under this headline you'll find a script that makes beveled buttons. The script has a dozen parameters or so, and most of them are similar to those in the logo scripts. You can experiment with different settings to come up with a button you like.

Under Utils you will find a small but nice script: the Fontmap script, which makes an image of your fonts. You will have to type the names of the fonts you want displayed in the Fonts text field.

The Custom gradient script creates an image of the current custom gradient in the gradient editor. This can be useful if you want to pick colors from a gradient as in a palette.

Under Misc. you'll find scripts that can be quite useful, but aren't suitable for the other submenus. An example is the Sphere script. You will have to set the radius in pixels to determine the sphere size. The lighting angle is where at the sphere you point the spotlight. This value also has an impact on the sphere shadow. If you don't want a shadow, you just have remove the tick on the "shadow" checkbox. The last thing you have to select is background color, and the color of your sphere.

This script lets you make your own custom rectangular/circular brushes, with or without feathered (blurred) edges. The script will automatically store your brush in your personal brush directory. You just have to press refresh in the Brush Selection dialog to use your newly created brush.