Removal of Screencast Keys Addon #40618

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Brendon Murphy · 2014-06-14T18:18:53+02:00

Brendon Murphy commented

2014-06-14 18:18:53 +02:00

Screencast keys is no longer developed. as it's broken & unmaintained, it should be removed from Blender.Release.
Given that addons_contrib is not a holding ground for broken down addons, screencast keys should be removed until such time it's fixed & re-submitted & re-assessed.

original bug report: https://developer.blender.org/T37865

Screencast keys is no longer developed. as it's broken & unmaintained, it should be removed from Blender.Release. Given that addons_contrib is not a holding ground for broken down addons, screencast keys should be removed until such time it's fixed & re-submitted & re-assessed. original bug report: https://developer.blender.org/T37865

Brendon Murphy commented

2014-06-14 18:18:53 +02:00

Changed status to: 'Open'

Campbell Barton was assigned by Brendon Murphy

2014-06-14 18:18:53 +02:00

Brendon Murphy commented

2014-06-14 18:18:53 +02:00

Added subscribers: @beta-tester, @rocketman, @BrendonMurphy

Campbell Barton commented

2014-06-14 20:47:19 +02:00

+1, note that its not simply the script being broken that is reason to remove

our API is not well suited to this purpose (3d view only, no good way to operate on the screen).
such tools exist outside of blender and can better support tutorials, switching windows, etc.

+1, note that its not simply the script being broken that is reason to remove - our API is not well suited to this purpose (3d view only, no good way to operate on the screen). - such tools exist outside of blender and can better support tutorials, switching windows, etc.

john herreÃ±o commented

2014-06-21 17:37:49 +02:00

Added subscriber: @jedihe

john herreÃ±o commented

2014-06-21 17:37:49 +02:00

Hi Campbell,

This is a comment I added to the parent ticket:

I've done a rewrite of the screencast keys addon, improving the internal architecture a bit and also fixing the issue on modifiers not being shown for mouse actions. This rewrite is heavily visual (instead of relying too much on text); you can check it on https://github.com/jedihe/b3d_screencast_keys

Here is a screenshot:

Current limitations / missing functionality:

Keypresses from a text window are getting registered.
Timer hasn't been implemented
Keypresses done during transform are not reported by Blender, hence it's impossible for the addon to capture them.
Only alphanumeric characters do have graphical representation for the keyboard combos (arrows and other non-alphanumeric keys haven't been included, though must be trivial).
Number of repetitions for the same key combo is not yet shown (internal system is already able to detect repetitions, only missing part is drawing it).
Planned improvements:

Implement better behavior for mouse display; just following the pointer doesn't seem to be a really good idea.

Please let me know if you think this rewrite is a good candidate to be considered for replacing the old version.

Thanks!

Hi Campbell, This is a comment I added to the parent ticket: I've done a rewrite of the screencast keys addon, improving the internal architecture a bit and also fixing the issue on modifiers not being shown for mouse actions. This rewrite is heavily visual (instead of relying too much on text); you can check it on https://github.com/jedihe/b3d_screencast_keys Here is a screenshot: ![b3d_screencast_keys.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F95165/b3d_screencast_keys.png) Current limitations / missing functionality: - Keypresses from a text window are getting registered. - Timer hasn't been implemented - Keypresses done during transform are not reported by Blender, hence it's impossible for the addon to capture them. - Only alphanumeric characters do have graphical representation for the keyboard combos (arrows and other non-alphanumeric keys haven't been included, though must be trivial). - Number of repetitions for the same key combo is not yet shown (internal system is already able to detect repetitions, only missing part is drawing it). - Planned improvements: Implement better behavior for mouse display; just following the pointer doesn't seem to be a really good idea. Please let me know if you think this rewrite is a good candidate to be considered for replacing the old version. Thanks!

Campbell Barton commented

2014-06-29 07:05:21 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2014-06-29 07:05:21 +02:00

Campbell Barton commented

2014-06-29 07:05:21 +02:00

@jedihe, to properly support this kind of addon we would need to add window-level event/drawing callbacks to Python, so even if you improve I don't think this can be made to work well, without many more changes to Blender.

Removed this script for now, d406b40b02

@jedihe, to properly support this kind of addon we would need to add window-level event/drawing callbacks to Python, so even if you improve I don't think this can be made to work well, without many more changes to Blender. Removed this script for now, d406b40b02

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Removal of Screencast Keys Addon #40618