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+;; -*-scheme-*-
+
+(define (script-fu-guides-from-selection image drawable)
+  (let* (
+        (boundaries (gimp-selection-bounds image))
+        ;; non-empty INT32 TRUE if there is a selection
+        (selection (car boundaries))
+        (x1 (cadr boundaries))
+        (y1 (caddr boundaries))
+        (x2 (cadr (cddr boundaries)))
+        (y2 (caddr (cddr boundaries)))
+        )
+
+    ;; need to check for a selection or we get guides right at edges of the image
+    (if (= selection TRUE)
+      (begin
+        (gimp-image-undo-group-start image)
+
+        (gimp-image-add-vguide image x1)
+        (gimp-image-add-hguide image y1)
+        (gimp-image-add-vguide image x2)
+        (gimp-image-add-hguide image y2)
+
+        (gimp-image-undo-group-end image)
+        (gimp-displays-flush)
+      )
+    )
+  )
+)
+
+(script-fu-register "script-fu-guides-from-selection"
+  _"New Guides from _Selection"
+  _"Create four guides around the bounding box of the current selection"
+  "Alan Horkan"
+  "Alan Horkan, 2004.  Public Domain."
+  "2004-08-13"
+  "*"
+  SF-IMAGE    "Image"    0
+  SF-DRAWABLE "Drawable" 0
+)
+
+(script-fu-menu-register "script-fu-guides-from-selection"
+                         "<Image>/Image/Guides")