[Bf-python] Python API access to plugins?

[Willian Padovani Germano]

Hi Ken,

Well, this is one of those areas in Blender where things are expected to 
change (new and better plugins system to substitute this old one), but 
no development seems to be going on officially. (I mean the one with a C 
API, there is also another system expected to be added: pynodes.)

At least until something better comes up, access to this data could be 
useful for some users, you included, as you mention. So I guess it just 
depends on your decision (and feedback from those who may need or help 
with this, of course). But, as always, asking Ton first may prove 
useful, he may know something we don't.

Quickest way to solve this would be to make your new texture builtin, 
not plugin. If it's a useful new type, there's a good chance it'd be 
accepted.

Ken Hughes wrote:
> I've come across a situation that I don't know (cleanly) how to solve, 
> so thought I'd check the mind of the collective to see if it's been 
> covered and solved before.
> 
> I have an application for which, for speed's sake, it would be best to 
> write my own procedural texture plug-in.  The problem is I'd like to be 
> able to access its parameters from the Python API.  I can think of some 
> ways to "hack a cheat" which would do this, but it seems like something 
> that would be useful in general.
> 
> Ken


-- 
Willian