On 18/05/2013 at 02:51, xxxxxxxx wrote:
is there a way to know from python if a plugin instance is in debug mode without having to
search the various folders where the debug flag txt files can be placed ?
__debug__ is always true for in c4d, while sys.flags.debug is always false. i was hoping
c4d does reflect its debug status in the python environment or provides itself a debug
constant in c4d or something like that.
happy rendering,
ferdinand
On 18/05/2013 at 02:54, xxxxxxxx wrote:
What do you mean by "plugin instance in debug mode"? I know C4D can be in debug mode using
either -debug from the command-line or adding c4d_debug.txt to the C4D folder. But how can you
put a Python plugin in debug mode?
Anyway, maybe you can find -debug in sys.argv or the c4d_debug.txt in the C4D folder if that
is what you want.
Best,
-Nik
On 18/05/2013 at 03:15, xxxxxxxx wrote:
you can put just a single plugin into debug mode by placing the c4d_debug.txt file in the plugin
folder. you can also place the file in the user folder. that is what i meant with various places.
i was hoping the file is processed on a more general level by c4d, but it seems to be a cpp only
memory leak feature. sys.argv is also empty for me.
I guess I will use my old solution with a hardcoded boolean in the pyp loader file 
On 18/05/2013 at 03:44, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Oh can you? I didn't know this. Is there something about this in the docs? What does it change then?
Thanks,
-Nik
On 18/05/2013 at 03:59, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Well, I know from the cpp documentation where it is recommended as it is better / more
performant than putting all plugins into debug mode. That is practically what I want to do
in python to. I have now written a little code chunk which places 'c4d_debug' as a fake
argument in the python argument variable table, when it does find a debug.txt file in the
same file the pyp loader is located in. so that each module can throttle its console output
depending on that variable. Would be cool though if maxon would consider to automate
that behaviour. It is easier to remove a file at the end than removing (various) booleans.
from the cpp doc stability and testing :
_Place c4d_debug.txt (an empty text file) inside the user directory (or the folder of _
the compiled plugin files) to find memory leaks.
_
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edit : as is already said earlier, my main misconception was, that i did assume that
c4d_debug.txt was working on a more general level, but is seems to be ignored by c4d for
python plugins as there are no memory leaks in python. at least not in a technical sense.
On 20/05/2013 at 00:40, xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
If you take a look at the FAQ in the Python documentation:
How do I run Python in verbose- or debug-mode?
If you want to run Python in the verbose or debug mode, please create an empty text file in the user folder of CINEMA 4D:
c4d_py_debug.txt Run Python in debug mode.
c4d_py_verbose.txt Run Python in verbose mode.