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workflow for scripting..

david williams

September 01, 2015 14:25

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Hey All,

I was wondering what you all have been doing for your packages workflows.

As I am doing it now it is a bit teadious... I could very well be doing steps I don't need but here it is.

Create script (py or mu) in eclipse.

Create package file

Zip and rename to .rvpkg

Run RV

go RV-Preferences-packages

check installed and load my new package.

restart RV

Run script/tool.

 

Now when I want too work on my script I need to:

change script in eclipse

zip and rename to .rvpkg

RV-preferences-Packages unInstall my package

restart rv

Install my new package

restart rv.

 

Am I missing something? It wourld be awesome if it works like maya... work on scripts then reload bam...

br,

David

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  Jon Morley September 03, 2015 07:48

  Hi David,

  You do not always need to reinstall the Package each time when doing rapid development. Though you do always need to restart RV to reload Package source code changes.

  A faster way to make and test changes would be to edit a copy of your package source code in eclipse and then copy that file over the installed/live copy. The live copy is kept in inside the appropriate Python or Mu subdirectory of the plugins directory where you installed your package.

  Windows:

  <installed_path>\plugins\Mu

  <installed_path>\plugins\Python

   

  Linux:

  <installed_path>/plugins/Mu

  <installed_path>/plugins/Python

   

  Mac:

  <installed_path>/PlugIns/Mu

  <installed_path>/PlugIns/Python

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  david williams September 03, 2015 07:48

  Thx :D Works nice..

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  david williams September 03, 2015 07:48

  Thx :D Works nice..

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  Hannes Reindl September 03, 2015 07:48

  i know, it's very old topic but i use the reload function from python.
  Simply setup your script in a way where you have to call a function from another python module and reload the module before the call.

   

  cheers

  Hannes