how to create a script/phrase without having to restart Autokey?

[Ciro Santilli]

Hi,

As motivated by my previous post, I want to create scripts and phrases without restarting Autokey.

I have tried to copy the code of Engine.create_abbreviation().

The difference is that I have to Quit (Control Q) and restart Autokey, otherwise it crashes is I try to use the phrases I created.

Even better still, would it be possible to make the new item appear without even closing the GUI?

My function:

# test_import.py
def _create_test_item(self, engine, folder):
    p = model.Phrase("asdf", 'asdf')
    p.modes.append(model.TriggerMode.ABBREVIATION)
    p.abbreviation = 'abr'
    folder.add_item(p)
    engine.configManager.config_altered()

Script:

import test_import

test_import.create_test_item(engine, engine.get_folder('gen'))

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/autokey/service.py", line 403, in execute
    exec script.code in self.scope
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/ciro/backup/noshare/programs/python/autokey/test_import.py", line 5, in <module>
    import model
  File "/usr/share/pyshared/autokey/model.py", line 19, in <module>
    from configmanager import *
  File "/usr/share/pyshared/autokey/configmanager.py", line 798, in <module>
    class GlobalHotkey(AbstractHotkey):
NameError: name 'AbstractHotkey' is not defined

[Chris D]

Yeah that looks very messy... the correct/best way to do this would be to add a method to the engine object that does the necessary magic. Importing AutoKey's internal APIs from your scripts is asking for trouble :)

[Chris D]

My suggestion would be to extend scripting.py with the functionality you want by looking at the existing code for examples. I'm happy to accept patches if you do this.