Plugin Manager Draft
use cfg file to store paths for later use
// plugins.cfg -> save in MR dir (MESHROOM_INSTALL_DIR) as defined in meshroom/meshroom/init.py -> value=os.environ.get('ALICEVISION_SENSOR_DB', ''),
InstantMeshesPath = 'c:\path\to\exe'
var2 = 'c:\path\to\exe'
//...
// In your script file
def getVarFromFile(filename):
import imp
f = open(filename)
global data
data = imp.load_source('data', '', f)
f.close()
# path to "config" file
getVarFromFile('c:/plugins.cfg')
print data.var1
print data.var2
print data.var3
...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/924700/best-way-to-retrieve-variable-values-from-a-text-file
Plugin Manager [draft]
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Manager for external plugins (CLI and GUI) (install/remove)
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list available external plugins with metadata (plugin summary and license/copyright, supported OS)
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download python node to MR folder and external software or provide path to existing installation
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New GUI menu entry "Plugins"
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host production ready plugins in a dedicated location (github)
external plugins
Python 3 draft (or use PySide2)
import urllib.request
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/natowi/meshroom_external_plugins/master/InstantMeshes.py"
print ("downloading")
filename, headers = urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename="lib\meshroom\nodes\aliceVision")
print ("download complete!")
Could be similar to Blender Plugin Manager:
provide a GUI for creating nodes based on simple cli tools with known parameters
- define tool path
- define parameters and associate field types from gui
- generate python node