Can you get a list of OSX fonts somehow?
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Of course, running it a second time it's much faster. So it's the overhead of starting the Font Book app.
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How about [MAC]:
fontList=system(/usr/bin/fc-list : file family | grep /Library)
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Returned
false
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How about:
fontList=system("#!/bin/bash/usr/bin\n/fc-list : file family | grep /Library") -
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In normal Console:
/usr/bin/fc-list : file family | grep \/Library
Return:
-bash: /usr/bin/fc-list: No such file or directorycd /usr/bin/ fc-list : family
Return:
List of just font names.fc-list : file family | grep \/Library
Returns:
NothingBut getting the result of system call under SketchUp, with the
systemmethod - all I get isfalse. -
http://stackoverflow.com/a/3159997/486990
Either:
system('foobarCommand')The latter will return the output - the former will output to standard output but return true/false.
` >> system('echo hi')
hi
=> trueecho hi
=> "hi\n"`(This was using IRB from a system console)
However, using Ruby Console:
but
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System IRB console:
>> system 'echo hi' hi => trueSketchUp Console:
` > system 'echo hi'
truesystem 'fc-list'
false`What gives?
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How about something like...
fontList = system(fc-list : family)
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Do you need to specify the 'shell-type' in the line like ?
fontList=system(#!/bin/bash usr/bin/fc-list : family)
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@tig said:
How about something like...
fontList = system(fc-list : family)
??See my previous post - the commands work in native consoles, but not in in SketchUp console - it doesn't appear to capture the output.
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But the surely surrounding ` ``` '' "" etc can produce different results ??
So... are they all foobar?My other example tried to force it to run as a 'bash' shell... Is that possible?
Not having a MAC available does somewhat curtail my help in this area
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@thomthom said:
the commands work in native consoles, but not in in SketchUp console
Maybe they are using stderr instead of stdout? You could test on the command line:
fc-list : family > out fc-list : family 2> err -
@tig said:
But the surely surrounding ` ``` '' "" etc can produce different results ??
So... are they all foobar?My other example tried to force it to run as a 'bash' shell... Is that possible?
They all return
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@jim said:
Maybe they are using stderr instead of stdout? You could test on the command line:
fc-list : family > out fc-list : family 2> errnada
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Tried to output to file:
fc-list : family >> ~/Desktop/fonts.txtEmpty when run from within SketchUp, populated when run in a native console.
Something is messed up with the messaging system!
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system(fc-list : family | out)?
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Won't that just list fonts with "out" in them?
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The 'grep' is for pattern matching...
The | pipes/passes the output to something else ['out'].
What do you call the 'output' on a MAC ??
The > puts the output into a file.
The >> appends the output to a file.
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TT
what osx are you running.
'shell' change to AT&T version with 10.5 , so the syntax needs to be checkedFontBook has had lots of revisions/additions
and those osascripts run it in the background, take miliseconds on my mac.the nice thing is people could set a 'SU 3D Font Collection in fontbook and you can allow them to use just those
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@driven said:
what osx are you running.
10.5
@driven said:
'shell' change to AT&T version with 10.5 , so the syntax needs to be checked
But it works in the system console, and it works from IRB calling system command - but not from SketchUp calling system command.@driven said:
FontBook has had lots of revisions/additions
and those osascripts run it in the background, take miliseconds on my mac.Mine took a noticeable lag the first time I ran it, but quick the next runs. And Font Book's icon appeared in the dock.
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