[Bf-committers] Re: Console Output 1.0

Jacques Beaurain jacques.beaurain at gmail.com
Sat Apr 22 16:18:58 CEST 2006


I updated the wiki with some items for further enhancements which I
distilled from the previous thread.

http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/BlenderDev/ConsoleOutputSpace


On 4/22/06, Jacques Beaurain <jacques.beaurain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just submitted a patch in the tracker which I consider good enough
> to submit. I fixed some small issues while I reviewed my changes. I
> somehow lost transparency in blenderbuttons when I added a new icon
> and fixed that. I also figured out how the update code in usiblender
> works so that old themes can be update so I no longer need help with
> that code.
>
> See: http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=4137&group_id=9&atid=127
>
> The system works for both Windows and Linux a.t.m (I assume Mac and others
> should just work because I am using normal POSIX calls to do the
> redirection if the WIN32 defines are not set). Currently the following
> is implemented:
>
> 1. Command line option -c to disable the redirection and print
> everything to the console as before.
>
> 2. When -b is used the -c is implied. This should keep the existing
> programs that rely on this flag working as normal.
>
> 3. On Windows a console will be shown when -c is used, otherwise the
> console will be released (if you are already in a console it regains
> user input, otherwise a console flashes briefly and then goes away).
>
> 4. Theming of the window (black BG, white text, blue select, red
> error). I am welcome to suggestions for changes to this. The scroll
> bar may need some thought as noted in the other thread.
>
> 5. Added a hotkey Ctrl-Shift-F11 (Text window is Shift-F11 so I
> thought it may be a good choice.
>
> 6. Simple header buttons for the Console Output (Copy/paste/clear)
>
> There was a lot of talk on the other thread about how this system can
> be further extended but I believe in its current form it can already
> deliver a lot of value. I will continue development after hashing out
> some requirements on the ML and documenting them in the wiki as I
> liked many of the ideas that came out of the discussions and would
> also like to see these features. I would however appreciate it if this
> can be committed after a review, because the patch is big and it is
> hard to maintain as I have constantly merge between my own source
> control and CVS (I do not have CVS write, but would like to;)
>
> Cheers,
> J
>


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