[Bf-funboard] Python scripts load like plug-ins

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Thanks! I already wondered why so few ideas pop up which involve a =20
better python usage/integration in Blender. :)

Partially it is because we've got a bf-python mailing list, where also =20=

quite a lot activity is going on. Both users and API coders are helping =20=

there.

Of course we can use this board to gather ideas, but when we discuss =20
how it will be organized further, the current python team suits well to =20=

further work out the concepts and present them.

-Ton-


On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 05:13 Europe/Amsterdam, Nathan Allworth =20=

wrote:

> I was thinking this afternoon about implementing an easier way to =20
> start python scripts.
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> It would function more as a plug-in interface rather than a script via =
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> the script/text window.
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> Here=92s an image to give you the gist of what this would look =
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> http://reblended.com/www/dittohead/images/blenderPLUGS.png
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> When you hit the add script button a file loader would appear, the =20
> user selects a python script(s), then hits the load button. After this =
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> the user can then hit =93save db=94 this allows the user to save all =
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> scripts to a .blend file with just python scripts packed in it. Or the =
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> user can hit the =93pack=94 button to pack the selected scripts to the =
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> file he/she is using. That way the user can open a script =20
> library/database of his choosing. One can easily put a set of scripts =20=

> that do tasks that belong to a certain category, like modeling, =20
> export, animation, etc.
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> The file format already exists to do this, and blender writes to it =20=

> natively.
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> Once a user is happy with his script selection he can then hit the =20
> =93start script=94 button. This will start the script and give any =
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> in the small status box (this will also be echoed in the =20
> console/terminal/command line like it always is). If the user wants to =
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> stop a script when it is idle, or wants to stop a script that doesn=92t =
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> have an =93exit=94 button the user can hit the stop button. Or hit =
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> if the mouse is under the =93script/plugs=94 buttons.
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> Of course the button will reside on the end of the current buttons, =20=

> and not take over the script buttons which already exists.
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> I=92m not sure what the feasibility of this idea is, or even if it=92s =
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> useful.
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> -Nathan Allworth, //-dittohead-//
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