Where are my Python scripts saved to

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Permalink Reply by Jason Lim on October 14, 2013 at 1:59am

Just to clarify my question, when using the Python script editor the scripts may be saved to:

C:\Users\Jason\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0\scripts    folder

What happens in Grasshopper with the Python compnents? I would like to be able to look at the python scripts in my components without having to open them up in Grasshopper.

At the moment, I have a solution that feels too stupid to be correct. (Saving as .ghx file and then parsing the xml file for the Python code).

Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on October 14, 2013 at 2:49am

Hi Jason

can you say what you are trying to do more in general? Is this in order to debug?

At the moment you are right: Python scripts are only saved into the .gh/.ghx file, there is no other location on disk that mirrors it.

Giulio

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Permalink Reply by Jason Lim on October 14, 2013 at 3:20am

Hi Giulio,

Thanks for replying. I am going through students grasshopper definitions and want to see what they changed in the Python components over time (the scripts are usually quite simple).

For example, how many times do they use a particular function in a library i provide.

I am not even sure if this is a good idea at the moment, but if it is possible and non-trivial to parse the Python code automatically - why not?

Permalink Reply by Benjamin Golder on October 14, 2013 at 7:00am

you're first idea, saving as .ghx and extracting code from the xml, is the only way I know.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Piacentino on October 14, 2013 at 8:38am

Mh, I see. Are you, Jason, trying to do this from Grasshopper or from an external IronPython console?

Giulio

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Permalink Reply by Jason Lim on October 14, 2013 at 5:36pm

I will do it from an external console.