Difference between revisions of "Tips For Python Script Extensions"

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+The documentation for writing new extensions has been moved to the [https://inkscape.gitlab.io/extensions/documentation/authors/index.html documentation of the extensions repository.]
-==Adding Translation Capability==
-One can add the ability to have Python text messages included for translation. To provide an error message, rather than using the Python <tt>sys.stderr</tt>, use the provided <tt>errormsg()</tt> function from inkex.py in conjunction with <tt>gettext</tt>.
-You must include the following at the beginning of your Python script:
- import inkex
- inkex.localize()
-Note: In prior versions (0.49), you will have to include the following lines instead:
- import inkex
- import gettext
- _ = gettext.gettext
-Where you wish to have an error message, write the following:
- inkex.errormsg(_("This will be written to Python stderr"))
-Of course, you may also change "_" to something else if you wish.
-[[Category:Extensions]]