Menu Scripts, in operator type properties, seem to only support hscript. Is there an hscript/Python buttom I'm not seeing somewhere?

Thanks,
Jens

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Menu Scripts, in operator type properties, seem to only support hscript. Is there an hscript/Python buttom I'm not seeing somewhere?

Thanks,
Jens

I also ran into that short-coming…

To work around it, you can try the pythonexprs() expression function in hscript…

This is used in SOHO to parse the FBrender menu (as a stop-gap)


menureplace {


}


P.S… That shouldn't be word-wrapped… The echo and `` expression should be on the same line.

All the scripts (on created, before first create, etc.) in HDA's for H9.0
only support hscript. In order to run python, you need to use the python -c
option which allows you to pass in a program to python (note: this option
terminates any option list):

python -c “hou.node('$arg1').hdaModule().onCreated(hou.node('$arg1')”

Here's another variant for an OnCreated Script:

cd $arg1 # or whatever
python -c “hou.pwd().hdaModule().onCreated()”

This also works in any parameter Callback Scripts:

python -c “hou.ui.displayMessage('hello world')”

Parameters automatically import hou.

Ok, so now I'm using hscript to call expressions which call python… :roll: my head is spinning. I'm assuming this shortcoming will be fixed in 9.1? Possibly backported to 9?

Thanks for the help Mark and Jeff. I think I can make it work.
-z

Edit: and we're right back to the problem of quotes not being transfered correctly. Lovely. What combination of single, double, escaped quotes do I need to use to make this work now? :evil: