Missing example files

[dc366]

The example python_to_GH.py expects a GH user component TestClusterGHPR. However, ghpythonremote._configure_ironpython_installation does not copy this file to the User Objects folder. There are also other example files which are not copied anywhere.

[pilcru]

Fixed and tested in v1.4.4 for the TestClusterGHPR file. For the other "example" files, there are really just test files that I use and do not make an example of anything different than what is already included in the normal installation, so I think they do not need to go into the user installation.

Thanks for the report!

[dc366]

Thanks! I actually found the IronPython_to_CPython file helpful as it allows me to access external packages AND escape the Grasshopper canvas while allowing the Rhino instance to be interactive once a script finishes.

[pilcru]

So you are using that file in the Rhino Python editor, without getting GH involved? That's not a usecase I've heard about before. How do you deal with keeping the connection open, do you have 2 scripts side-by-side? Or do you reopen a new CPython each time you run your script?

I'd be willing to add a dedicated example + documentation for that if it's useful to others.

[dc366]

Yes, I am running it from the Rhino Python editor. I just started playing with this, but my thinking is that I can run the script to start the rpy connection and sticky rpy and the modules I am interested in (I had to fix the reference from sticky to sc.sticky (import scriptcontext as sc). You may need to open Grasshopper once so that it loads all the plugins, so that import ghpythonremote is a valid reference.

When the script completes, the connection remains open, and I can access CPython using sc.sticky['rpy'] in other scripts. Then I can start playing with rpy within other Rhino python scripts without having to restart Rhino and re-establish the connection each time I make a change.