Folder Structure for Macros?

[chennes]

If there would be a parameter controlling in/exclusion of subdirectories would be of further help.

Yes: once we have stopped hardcoding the path to user macros, I definitely imagine there being several ways to set which directories to look in.

[johnwang]

the code is at here:
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... mp.cpp#L78
What it does is:
1. retrieve the macro path from parameter or use the user data as default
2. Fill the List box

The list is not needed. Better change to just browse to select a file. Then do whatever one want.

[bavariaSHAPE]

If there would be a parameter controlling in/exclusion of subdirectories would be of further help.

Yes: once we have stopped hardcoding the path to user macros, I definitely imagine there being several ways to set which directories to look in.

What @chrisb writes would be a real simplification for macro management. Running macros from any folder without having to remember the path of the previous folder would be a relief for everyone. The current path specification (e.g. ...AppData/Roaming on Windows) is hard to follow for many users.

[KurtF]

What @chrisb writes would be a real simplification for macro management.

Agreed. After reading this post, I started working on packaging for a macro I'm developing. I chose to use a subfolder under .../Macro to hold class files, icon files, and thread standard lookup tables, keeping the FCMacro files in /Macro. This worked great except for one hard stop... I can't load the class file from subfolder into Macro Editor to work on it.

[edwilliams16]

Another minor annoyance:
The Macro directory finds its way onto the directory history for Save and Save As so I end up accidentally writing FCStd files to the Macro Directory.

[TheMarkster]

What @chrisb writes would be a real simplification for macro management.

Agreed. After reading this post, I started working on packaging for a macro I'm developing. I chose to use a subfolder under .../Macro to hold class files, icon files, and thread standard lookup tables, keeping the FCMacro files in /Macro. This worked great except for one hard stop... I can't load the class file from subfolder into Macro Editor to work on it.

You should be able to open from the File -> Open menu.