UI.openURL( local_path ) doesn't work on Mac OSX

tt_su · December 17, 2019, 11:43am

I’d assume so. If you want a specific app you should use Ruby’s own functions to execute the apps with the appropriate argument (provided the app support this).

With UI.openURL, the fact it can open local files is an inadvertent side-effects of how browsers handle these local resources.

eneroth3 · December 17, 2019, 12:02pm

Is openURL specifically calling a browser? I thought it told the OS to open the path, and the OS opened a browser if the OS identified it as a web address?

mariocha · December 17, 2019, 12:42pm

+1 also, for a UI.open or open_file method.

tt_su · December 17, 2019, 12:52pm

Actually, yea - that’s currently what’s opening under the hood. (which is an implementation detail which lead to opening local files was also possible.)

mariocha · December 17, 2019, 1:00pm

Thanks Christina.
On a side note, so you do not use: unless file_loaded?(__FILE__)
as I saw many times elsewhere. useless ?

eneroth3 · December 17, 2019, 3:05pm

I prefer using a variable. It should in theory be faster, it reads better IMO and it uses pure Ruby instead of the stuff in sketchup.rb.

github.com

Eneroth3/scaled-tape-measure/blob/caa429bfd1fb7691a68fecc5f4bb72f4e93b1015/src/ene_scaled_tape_measure/main.rb#L35


      
          
          
  # Use a timer to make call to method itself register to console.
            # Otherwise the user cannot use up arrow to repeat command.
            UI.start_timer(0) { SKETCHUP_CONSOLE.clear } if clear_console
          
          
  Sketchup.undo if undo
          
          
  nil
          end
          
          
unless @loaded
            @loaded = true
          
          
  menu = UI.menu("Plugins").add_submenu(EXTENSION.name)
          
          
  cmd = UI::Command.new(OB["tool_name"]) { TapeMeasureTool.activate }
            cmd.set_validation_proc { TapeMeasureTool.command_state }
            menu.add_item(cmd)
          
          
  menu.add_separator

DanRathbun · December 17, 2019, 3:49pm

.... a bit offtopic

Yes, I also use a local variable inside my modules.
The array used by the “sketchup.rb” file is shared and file names could clash.
If everyone uses absolute paths in that array, then the string comparison is slow and SketchUp startup times suffer.

tt_su · December 18, 2019, 10:23am

Have you measured such impact?

DanRathbun · December 18, 2019, 4:24pm

@tt_su, Offtopic, answered here: Speeding Up Extension Loading - #41 by DanRathbun