Resources directory/folder for FC Macros?

[melwynfranciscarlo]

I was wondering, why isn't there a temporary folder/directory like the "tmp" or "pycache" folder for the Macros?

Wouldn't it be cool to have predefined src, temp and UI folders to store all the core data, temporary data and UI files respectively?

So like within each of the above mentioned folders, those who want to store data in them could create sub-directories named according to their Macro titles. This would make the Macros directory look more neat and organized.


Like this :

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FreeCAD
     -> Macros
          -> src
               -> abc
                    -> main_function.py
                    -> sub_functions.py
          -> tmp
               -> abc
                    -> upload_cache.tmp
                    -> computation_dump.tmp
               -> xyz
                    -> temp_proc.tmp
          -> ui
               -> xyz
                    -> dialog_1.ui
                    -> dialog_2.ui
          -> abc.FCMacro
          -> xyz.FCMacro

[onekk]

Good Idea, and strange that the Macro command will not traverse the directory.

Regards

Carlo D.

[melwynfranciscarlo]

Good Idea, and strange that the Macro command will not traverse the directory.

Regards

Carlo D.

Thank you, Carlo D. What macro command are you talking about?
If you're talking about FreeCAD not downloading the macro directories, then check out this discussion.

[onekk]

No I speak of the internal command that is issued when you type the Macro command in the menu.

related to the way it compose the content of the Macro windows when the user macro are listed if found in the user/Macro directory.

Probably it read the directory and show in the list only the files.

Regards

Carlo D.

[melwynfranciscarlo]

Oh! No, I meant the external structure of organising the file and folders within the Macro directory; you know, like a convention or a system.

[galou_breizh]

The "convention" for macros is

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- ~/.FreeCAD/Macro/
  | - Macro1.FCMacro
  | - Macro1.svg
  | - macro1/
       | - resource
           | - dialog.ui
       | - macro1.py
       | - module1.py
       | - module2.py
  | Macro2.FCMacro

The core algorithm should be in macro1/macro1.py, or any other Python file in the macro1 folder. The advantage of this is that the macro functionalities are callable from FreeCAD's Python console or other macros. The FCMacro file should be just a wrapper, possibly with a UI, to the core algorithms.