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=== Macros === | |||
Python files in the directory view can be added to the macros set. The current macros set is displayed in the listbox in the macros tab. You can double click a macro to edit its assigned name. The file on disk corresponding to a macro is displayed in the tooltip if you mouseover a macro in the listbox. | |||
Macros are displayed in the macros menu and the macros toolbar. The macro menu is shown/hidden by a checkbox in the macros tab. The macros toolbar can be shown/hidden from the paraview main menu: View --> Toolbars --> Macro Toolbar. Both toolbar and menu are hidden by default, but if you show them it will be remembered between sessions. | |||
Note: python is not initialized until you open the python shell for the first time. If you run a macro from the macro toolbar or menu before the python shell has been opened for the first time, you will notice a slight delay as python initializes itself. You should see a wait cursor while python is initializing. | |||
=== Trace === | |||
Trace | |||
Revision as of 13:47, 6 July 2009
New Python GUI
A new set of tabs has been added to the python shell. The python shell is accessed from the main paraview menu: Tools --> Python Shell. The new tabs are:
- Directory view
- Macros
- Trace
Directory View
This tab has a text entry box to enter a script directory. By default, it is set to a 'demos' subfolder inside the paraview python module directory. Only files in the script directory ending with .py are displayed. The following buttons are available:
- Refresh - refreshes the directory view, for convenience if you change something on disk that paraview doesn't know about
- New script - launches the built in editor and displays a new document
- Run selected - runs the python script currently selected in the directory view
- Add to macros - adds the currently selected python script to the macro set
Python files in the directory view can be double clicked to open them in the editor.
Macros
Python files in the directory view can be added to the macros set. The current macros set is displayed in the listbox in the macros tab. You can double click a macro to edit its assigned name. The file on disk corresponding to a macro is displayed in the tooltip if you mouseover a macro in the listbox.
Macros are displayed in the macros menu and the macros toolbar. The macro menu is shown/hidden by a checkbox in the macros tab. The macros toolbar can be shown/hidden from the paraview main menu: View --> Toolbars --> Macro Toolbar. Both toolbar and menu are hidden by default, but if you show them it will be remembered between sessions.
Note: python is not initialized until you open the python shell for the first time. If you run a macro from the macro toolbar or menu before the python shell has been opened for the first time, you will notice a slight delay as python initializes itself. You should see a wait cursor while python is initializing.
Trace
Trace
New built in editor
For convenience there is a new built in script editor. It might be cool in the future to allow the user to specify a command to launch an external editor. The built in editor can be launched by double
