Summer of Code Python Editor Project

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(Submitted by Chris Want) This summer the Blender text editor is getting some love, thanks to the 2008 Google Summer of Code program. Student Ian Thompson (aka quorn) is working on a project to improve Blender’s python editing capabilities, which is based on a system of ‘text plugins’.

This system adds popular functions like code completion and automatic access to documentation — features that are common in most modern integrated development environments. To check out these features (and more) check out Ian’s project page.

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    • http://mpan3.homeip.net mike pan

      This is amazing! Exactly what I need. You don’t know how much time this project will save us.

    • Irowebot

      This is pretty cool! I’ve been itching to learn python for a while now but I just haven’t had the time. This will help us non coders a great deal!

    • Maarc

      That sounds great !
      Coul’d be one reason to me to start learning python in Blender.

    • Artisten

      Nice! I love to see work and improvements on the text editor.

      Will there be possible to import other modules than “Blender” too?

      Like “import random” or something?

    • Sanne

      Looks very very good, thanks for those videos. Usually I use an external Python editor with Blender, but this project looks as I won’t have to anymore soon. :)

    • http://www.renderplace.com AntonG

      This is just great! Want to try it :)

      Great job Ian!

      -AntonG

    • zapman

      that is possible already ;)

    • bharling

      That has to be the best python code completion I’ve ever seen!

      Could I request you integrate this into Eclipse, SPE or even IDLE? That would be Ace.

      Or maybe I’ll just write all my normal python stuff in blender instead from now on :)

    • ccherrett

      very impressive!

    • http://www.letwory.net Nathan Letwory

      Man, this looks GREAT! I can see great refactoring features as well. The mark and replace gets already remarkably close!

      /Nathan

    • http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com kernond

      Now that’s an editor that people can use. Thank You!

    • TX_RX

      Looks most interesting!

      Also the freestyle GSOC project seems to have completed it’s integration phase, off to look for a build on graphicall now :)

      http://maximecurioni.com/gsoc2008/

    • rednelb

      oh wow! incredible!

    • MrNoodle

      Now that ‘s a usable editor.

    • http://spotmeon.blogspot.com gauravanim

      ahan great man.. Great efforts love that n like that

    • http://twoday.tuwien.ac.at/pub panzi

      Very very nice indeed! :)

    • Tim

      Amazing, such a great work :D
      This is really what i would like to see… thanks! :)

    • aws357

      I’ve seriously wet myself :D

    • http://www.blendernation.com/2008/06/17/dunga-the-caveman/ cesio

      WTFF!!! jojjo very nice.

    • http://www.watchmike.ca mikahl

      Right on! It’ll even show what’s in what library.

    • http://marketiersnomore.this.sucks shul

      Wow.

      Now do C :-)

      and then C++ :))

      P.S: Bart – figures you will post something like this :-D

    • ArtIsLight

      nice

    • Big Fan

      very impressive! and a worthy SOC project
      thanks for your good work

    • claas

      wow this is great!

      I assume this will be very handy when coding ;)

    • igvalor

      Will ever blender text editor support internationalization? Say it would be nice to edit text in UTF-8

    • http://iluvblender.googlepages.com Satish ‘ILuvBlender’ Goda

      Amazing work!!!!

    • paul

      Holy crap, give this guy a medal! O_o

    • http://blenderecia.orgfree.com Dalai Felinto

      Wow, this is awesome !!!

      I’m completely wordless …

      Two questions?
      1) Is it working with Game Engine modules?
      2) There is any plans to support regex in the find/replace funtions?

      Thanks a lot for this …

    • http://www.arabblend.com samran

      wow love to see it in trunk

    • Aristocrata

      I was waiting for this feature during many time! Very good work Ian!

    • http://endike.blog.hu endi

      Ahh, this is what I need to learn Python! Great!

    • http://www.rgbk.org Bmud

      I LOVE YOU

    • Gold Guy

      Will it have color coded syntax? I love programming editors that color code key words in the syntax!

    • Skwerm

      Artisten:
      Blender’s Python integration already allows import of Python modules, both standard package and anything else you (or someone else) wrote.

      Dalai Felinto:
      Regular expressions already work and have, afaik, all along. Just ‘import re’ and you’re off to the races. You may need a full install of Python on your system, though.

      Gold Guy:
      Syntax highlighting (coloring) is already featured in Blender’s text editor and has been, afaik, all along. Click the ‘AB’ button in the editor. The video above shows it is in this new revised text editor as well.

      I’ll still stick to UltraEdit for my Python coding that’s not Blender-centric, but it looks like I will be abandoning SPE for my Blender stuff. This update to the internal editor is nothing short of brilliant! Fantastic work!

    • http://freshsurge.com RH2

      good job!

      you guys know how to make me happy… :)

    • Spidercow

      CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! no that’s not a list of my STD outbreaks, that’s a standing ovation! BRAVO!

    • BlenderLovingSquirrel

      Great! Hope to see those Game Engine modules in dere!

    • http://www.FreezingMoon.org Dread Knight

      I’m very sure this will come useful at some point even if i’m personally not into coding.

      *Clap Clap!*

    • DiThi

      It’s SOOOO AMAZING, that I’ll use it even for non-blender code. The only thing I would miss is the regexp search&replace, but I’ll code a search&replace gui that uses kregexpeditor as kate/kwrite/kdevelop/quanta do.

      It’s the python editor I’ve always wanted to have. Now that python GUIs don’t dissapear with undos, I may even make a default .blend with editing stuff and kdialog or pyqt4 for open/save dialogs and such…

    • http://twoday.tuwien.ac.at/pub panzi

      @Skwerm
      He meant regular expressions in the search and replace dialog.

    • http://twoday.tuwien.ac.at/pub panzi

      I don’t think C/C++ support is needed, but GLSL support would be very handy for game developers. At least syntax highlighting.

    • http://www.duskydolphin.co.uk Alex

      Wow, amazing stuff. This will help learning python a lot easier. Thanks!

    • Micra

      Thats nice if I want to lurn python!

    • tmr232

      This is just amazing!
      Now there’s now need to code Python scripts in IDLE before running them in Blender!
      Actually, this seems even better than IDLE.

    • http://home.deds.nl/~mp/ ysvry

      great , i always found the text editor a little on the simplistic side, so im pleased to see it updated.

    • myselfhimself

      thank you very much for your work.
      This was so annoying to have to have a documentation side by side.
      The refactoring tool is nice also.