Will NOT scramble ??

thomthom

I just did the same as with the .rb file - just clicked in the menu: when run by .rb the "A" comes up, when run as .rbs nothing happens - no error, nothing at all.

There is something else going on. I tried that Polley snippet you posted - scrambled it. Loaded the .rbs and wrote in the console: x=Polley.new
The messagebox popped up.

Did you try exactly that small snippet yourself - or did you extract it from your main code? Sounds like your issues lies with the construct of your plugin.

Since you don't get any messagebox, nor any errors when it should pop up it sound like something is overriding the initialize method.
(Remember you cannot reload a .rbs - you must restart SketchUp to see any changes.)

ksor

@thomthom said:

@ksor said:

I just did the same as with the .rb file - just clicked in the menu: when run by .rb the "A" comes up, when run as .rbs nothing happens - no error, nothing at all.

There is something else going on. I tried that Polley snippet you posted - scrambled it. Loaded the .rbs and wrote in the console: x=Polley.new
The messagebox popped up.

Did you try exactly that small snippet yourself - or did you extract it from your main code? Sounds like your issues lies with the construct of your plugin.

Since you don't get any messagebox, nor any errors when it should pop up it sound like something is overriding the initialize method.
(Remember you cannot reload a .rbs - you must restart SketchUp to see any changes.)

I did EXACTLY that snippet af code - and I start SketchUp from scratch each time I do some tests.

I start it as an extension as recommended and this primary code is here:

require 'sketchup.rb'
require 'extensions.rb'

filename=File.basename(__FILE__)
if(not file_loaded?(filename))
    UI.menu("Plugins").add_item("Remskive") { Sketchup.active_model.select_tool Polley.new }
end
file_loaded(filename)
  
# Create the extension.
ext = SketchupExtension.new 'Remskive', 'Remskive/Remskive_LOADER'

# Attach some nice info.
ext.creator     = 'Keld Sørensen, Danmark'
ext.version     = '1.0.0'
ext.copyright   = '2012..., Keld Sørensen'
ext.description = 'Visit my website; http://kelds.weebly.com/udvidelser.html'

# Register and load the extension on startup.
Sketchup.register_extension ext, true

thomthom

@ksor said:

I did EXACTLY that snippet af code - and I start SketchUp from scratch each time I do some tests.

I start it as an extension as recommended and this primary code is here:

Did you read my previous comment about namespace and loading scrambled files via SketchupExtension?

thomthom

On a sidenote - it can be confusing for the user if the menus are always there - regardless if the extension is loaded. And it'd defeat the purpose of using the extension. Menus should be loaded by the script that SketchupExtension loads.

ksor

@thomthom said:

On a sidenote - it can be confusing for the user if the menus are always there - regardless if the extension is loaded. And it'd defeat the purpose of using the extension. Menus should be loaded by the script that SketchupExtension loads.

????
Maybe I misunderstands you - english isn't my first language - but isn't exactly the opposit of what TIG told me to do ?

thomthom

@ksor said:

@thomthom said:

On a sidenote - it can be confusing for the user if the menus are always there - regardless if the extension is loaded. And it'd defeat the purpose of using the extension. Menus should be loaded by the script that SketchupExtension loads.

????
Maybe I misunderstands you - english isn't my first language - but isn't exactly the opposit of what TIG told me to do ?

Not quite.

The general structure is:

Plugins/plugin.rb
Defines the SketchupExtension and maybe some constants containing the path of the plugin which the scrambled files can later use.
The extension loads Plugins/MyPlugin/loader.rb

Plugins/MyPlugin/loader.rb
Loads the rest of the .rbs files. You can define the menus here as well.
This proxy unscrambled .rbs file ensures that the content of the rbs files doesn't end up under the SketchupExtension namespace.
Putting the menus there also ensures they are not cluttering the UI while the extension is disabled.

If the .rbs files need to address the path where the plugin is located they would then refer to the path constant previously defined - withing your own namespace of course.

Was that outline somewhat clear?

Engelsk er ikke mitt første språk heller. (Men jeg bodde der i fire år...)

ksor

thomthom

I think so - but how to implement it if it should NOT be done like I did BEFORE and AFTER TIG made me move my menu settings from/to the primary .rb-file - do you have some sample code ?

thomthom

Plugins/foobar.rb

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'extensions.rb'<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module Author<br />  module PluginName<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Constants<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  PATH </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> __FILE__ </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">),</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'PluginSupportFolder'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">freeze<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Extension<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  loader </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'loader.rb'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> SketchupExtension</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Hello Scrambled World'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> loader </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">description </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Lorem Ipsum"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'1.0.0'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">copyright </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'John Smith © 2012'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">creator </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'John Smith (john@example.com)'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">register_extension</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module PluginName<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module Author  &nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

Plugins/PluginSupportFolder/loader.rb

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module Author<br />  module PluginName<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Menus and Toolbars<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  unless file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    m </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Plugins'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    m</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">...</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Load the rest of the files - which might be scrambled.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file1'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file2'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file3'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module PluginName<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module Author<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

ksor

Thx - thomthom, I'll study the code carefully !

Dan Rathbun

@ksor said:

@tig said:

The Ruby __FILE__ won't work inside a compiled .rbs file, so that's probably breaking it.

Something is not right here - you say the " __FILE__" won't wotk in .rbs files - NOT TRUE !

[removed 2 code samples - #1 loads OK then #2 does not work after #1 loads]

... i can't see the principal difference: Can someone pleace tell me why ?

SIMPLE ANSWER (TIG said this, but not so basic...)

In RBS file #1: __FILE__ returns "(eval)" and file_loaded() pushes it onto the $loaded_files array.

When RBS file #2 loads: It uses file_loaded?() to check the $loaded_files array for the value of __FILE__ (which during evaluation of a scrambled script == "(eval)",) AND the value is already found in the array,

.. SO those conditional blocks for ANY RBS file, that you load AFTER file #1, will not create the menu items.

Dan Rathbun

On MS Windows...

You can scramble files from the GUI without opening a cmd shell.

Just drag and drop an rb file (from Explorer window 1,) ONTO scrambler.exe (in another Explorer window.)

.. and the rbs file will be put in the original folder with it's rb file.

This may also work with a shortcut icon for scrambler.exe ??

This works great on XP, Windows 6+ users need to have write permissions the destination folder.

ksor

@dan rathbun said:

On MS Windows...

You can scramble files from the GUI without opening a cmd shell.

Just drag and drop an rb file (from Explorer window 1,) ONTO scrambler.exe (in another Explorer window.)

.. and the rbs file will be put in the original folder with it's rb file.

This may also work with a shortcut icon for scrambler.exe ??

This works great on XP, Windows 6+ users need to have write permissions the destination folder.

Oh ... Dan, that was a good one - thx !

I'll implement it right away !

ksor

@dan rathbun said:

This may also work with a shortcut icon for scrambler.exe ??

It WORKS fine with the shortcut too - really great Dan !

ksor

@thomthom said:

Plugins/foobar.rb

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'extensions.rb'<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module Author<br />  module PluginName<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Constants<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  PATH </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">dirname</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> __FILE__ </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">),</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'PluginSupportFolder'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">).</span><span class="syntaxdefault">freeze<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Extension<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  loader </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'loader.rb'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> SketchupExtension</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.new(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Hello Scrambled World'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> loader </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">description </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">"Lorem Ipsum"<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">version </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'1.0.0'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">copyright </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'John Smith © 2012'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">creator </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'John Smith (john@example.com)'<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">register_extension</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> ex</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> true </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module PluginName<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module Author     &nbsp;</span><span class="syntaxdefault"></span>

Plugins/PluginSupportFolder/loader.rb

<span class="syntaxdefault">require </span><span class="syntaxstring">'sketchup.rb'<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">module Author<br />  module PluginName<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Menus and Toolbars<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  unless file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">?(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    m </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">=</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> UI</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">menu</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'Plugins'</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">    m</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">add_item</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">...</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end<br />  <br />  </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># Load the rest of the files - which might be scrambled.<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file1'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file2'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  Sketchup</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">;;require(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">join</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">PATH</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">,</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxstring">'file3'</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">  end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module PluginName<br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">end </span><span class="syntaxcomment"># module Author<br /><br /></span><span class="syntaxdefault">file_loaded</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> File</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">.</span><span class="syntaxdefault">basename</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">(</span><span class="syntaxdefault">__FILE__</span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span><span class="syntaxkeyword">)</span><span class="syntaxdefault"> </span>

Sorry, but I still don't understand - are the two code samples two alternatives or ONE way to do WHAT ?

In the second code you have "PluginName" - what is that compared to the items under the Plugin menu ?
and what is it compared to the "the rest of the files" ... file1, file2 and file 3 ?

How are the folder structure - should ALL my .rb and .rbs files be store in the PluginSupportFolder ?

Are "loader.rb" a peace of code that load ALL my plugins under the menu "Plugins" or .. ?

Please give me some overview of the structure.

I get this error message when running SketchUp:

Error Loading File C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 8/Plugins/PluginSupportFolder/loader.rb
tried to create Proc object without a blockError Loading File Foobar.rb
tried to create Proc object without a block

TIG

You have a script xxx.rb file that is placed in the Plugins folder.
this file will then auto-load/run, and thereby it creates an Extension.
It also sets /tool_folder/yyy.rb to be loaded IF the Extension is active, but not otherwise.
The /tool_folder/yyy.rb file is a 'loader' script.
It does not auto-load/run because it's in the subfolder - but it is activated from the xxx.rb file that itself loads from Plugins, IF the specified Extension is active...
When loaded the yyy.rb file will create, menus, submenus, context-menus and toolbars... AND it loads the file[s] /tool_folder/aaa.RBS etc - which are your files containing the main code for your tool[s].
RBS files are compiled but IF you are not compiling them they will simply end in .RB and will be human-readable...
The Plugins subfolder, referred to above as 'tool_folder', is your own subfolder in Plugins; and inside which you package your main tools' files.
It can be a single user named subfolder with more subfolders for each tool - e.g. then you'd use Plugins/KSOR_tools_folder/tool_aaa/yyy.rb - or it can be a tool-specific folder like Plugins/KSOR_tool_aaa/yyy.rb - you choose...
This subfolder [or its subfolders] can also contain any images needed for toolbar-buttons and the many files used to make webdialogs etc...

ksor

@tig said:

You have a script xxx.rb file that is placed in the Plugins folder.
this file will then auto-load/run, and thereby it creates an Extension.
It also sets /tool_folder/yyy.rb to be loaded IF the Extension is active, but not otherwise.
The /tool_folder/yyy.rb file is a 'loader' script.
It does not auto-load/run because it's in the subfolder - but it is activated from the xxx.rb file that itself loads from Plugins, IF the specified Extension is active...
When loaded the yyy.rb file will create, menus, submenus, context-menus and toolbars... AND it loads the file[s] /tool_folder/aaa.RBS etc - which are your files containing the main code for your tool[s].
RBS files are compiled but IF you are not compiling them they will simply end in .RB and will be human-readable...
The Plugins subfolder, referred to above as 'tool_folder', is your own subfolder in Plugins; and inside which you package your main tools' files.
It can be a single user named subfolder with more subfolders for each tool - e.g. then you'd use Plugins/KSOR_tools_folder/tool_aaa/yyy.rb - or it can be a tool-specific folder like Plugins/KSOR_tool_aaa/yyy.rb - you choose...
This subfolder [or its subfolders] can also contain any images needed for toolbar-buttons and the many files used to make webdialogs etc...

A good one - I'll try to get the structure set up - but a little fire was started in the end and a little smoke came up ... ha, ha !

ksor

This code samples sucks more and more of just killing time !

Now I can't use the danish special signs æøåÆØÅ instide a string without fooling the interpretor !

I get very, very tired when things like tha tcomes up ... Zzz ZZ ZZZZZ yawning .... prusssssss

Dan Rathbun

@ksor said:

Sorry, but I still don't understand - are the two code samples two alternatives or ONE way to do WHAT ?

ONE way to define a SketchupExtension class compatible plugin.

ThomThom's example was (an incomplete,) short version, of my longer, more verbose, lesson that you can find here:
[ Code ] SketchupExtension and rbs rubies

It is not necessary to completely quote large code blocks.. you can can reference them using a [ url ] bbCode tag (like I did above.)

The error you are getting.. is because it was an incomplete sample, and was missing the menu_item **{** ... **}** code block, on line 10, of the "loader.rb" sample.

He never intended you to try and load those files as is. He expected you to modify them to use with REAL module names, and REAL file names.

Whenever you see a module name "Author", you are expected to replace that with YOUR OWN TOPLEVEL AUTHOR module name.

Whenever you see a submodule "Plugin..." name, you are expected to replace that with YOUR OWN SPECIFIC PLUGIN submodule name.

Dan Rathbun

@ksor said:

Now I can't use the danish special signs æøåÆØÅ instide a string without fooling the interpretor !

Are you saying that UTF-8 characters do not work inside scrambled rubies ???

Did you save your unscrambled rb file as "UTF-8 without BOM" (aka "ANSI as UTF-8"), before scrambling ???

Dan Rathbun

@ksor said:

In the second code you have "PluginName" - what is that compared to the items under the Plugin menu ?

That is up to YOU.

You can create a "toplevel" author submenu, ("KSOR Plugins" or whatever,) and put all your plugin sub-submenus under that. (But you must create the submenu in the outer KSOR module definition, assign it to a constant or @@ module variable. (If you use a @@ module var, you'll need to define a getter method, so you submodules can get a handle to it, later, to add submenus and menuitems. Then EACH of your plugins must require the file for your author module.)

# ALL KSOR plugins must call; require("KSOR/KSOR_module.rb")
module KSOR

  MENU = UI.menu('Plugins').add_submenu('KSOR Plugins') unless defined?(MENU)

END

If some of your plugins only have 1 menuitem, then they do not need a sub-submenu of their own, and you can just put the menuitem on the "KSOR Plugins" submenu.

OR... first create a "Plugin Options" submenu of the "KSOR Plugins" submenu, add a menu separator, and then ...
As each plugin is loaded:

Place any menuitem commands to use plugin features, on the "KSOR Plugins" submenu (and they'll appear below the menu separator.)* If a plugin has menuitem commands to change settings or options, those commands can go either on your "KSOR Plugins/Plugin Options" submenu, or you can create a special sub-sub-submenu, under "KSOR Plugins/Plugin Options" for that specific plugin (IF you think you need to keep IT'S option menuitems separate from your other plugin option menuitems.)

@ksor said:

[What is] the folder structure - should ALL my .rb and .rbs files be store[d] in the PluginSupportFolder ?

YES .. a specific plugin subfolder, OF YOUR OWN AUTHOR folder, probably named "Plugins/ksor".

@ksor said:

Please give me some overview of the structure.

Keep it simple !!

1) Use the same name for your toplevel author namespace, AND your toplevel folder (directory.)

2) Use the same names for your submodule names, AND your subfolder names. (This makes it easier to remember what the pathstrings and namespace stings will be, when you code require(), load() and include() arguments.

3) SketchupExtension registration scripts:

IF they will be in the "Plugins" folder, prefix their filename, with "Author_" (where Author is YOUR toplevel module name, aka YOUR namespace.) This helps prevent name clashes, and we can tell at a glance in a directory listing, who authored the file.)
Put the PluginName into the filename, after any prefix, and before the suffix. (Where PluginName is the name of the plugin, or it's submodule name. This helps prevent filename clashes, and we can tell at a glance in a directory listing, what plugin it registers.)
Suffix them with "_ext.rb" so we can tell at a glance, that they are SketchupExtension registration scripts.

Example: In "Plugins" folder:
"KSOR_WidgetMaker_ext.rb"
which registers a "WidgetMaker" plugin, and IF the user turns it on (in the Preferences dialog,) would run a loader script:
"Plugins/KSOR/WidgetMaker/loader.rb"

@ksor said:

Are "loader.rb" a peace of code that load ALL my plugins under the menu "Plugins" or .. ?

NO... it was meant to be an example of loading a specific plugin, and would be within a specific plugin subfolder.

If you will have loader scripts for various plugins, in a common subfolder, (of YOUR author folder,) then you must prefix the filenames, like:
"pluginname_loader.rb"