- add rna property 'as_bytes' method so you can get a string property as python bytes (bypass encoding).
- make bpy.path.abspath/relpath compatible with bytes.
- add 'relpath' option to bpy_extras.image_utils.load_image(), so you can load an image relative to a path.
PyNodes opens up the node system in Blender to scripters and adds a number of UI-level improvements.
=== Dynamic node type registration ===
Node types can now be added at runtime, using the RNA registration mechanism from python. This enables addons such as render engines to create a complete user interface with nodes.
Examples of how such nodes can be defined can be found in my personal wiki docs atm [1] and as a script template in release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py [2].
=== Node group improvements ===
Each node editor now has a tree history of edited node groups, which allows opening and editing nested node groups. The node editor also supports pinning now, so that different spaces can be used to edit different node groups simultaneously. For more ramblings and rationale see (really old) blog post on code.blender.org [3].
The interface of node groups has been overhauled. Sockets of a node group are no longer displayed in columns on either side, but instead special input/output nodes are used to mirror group sockets inside a node tree. This solves the problem of long node lines in groups and allows more adaptable node layout. Internal sockets can be exposed from a group by either connecting to the extension sockets in input/output nodes (shown as empty circle) or by adding sockets from the node property bar in the "Interface" panel. Further details such as the socket name can also be changed there.
[1] http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Phonybone/Python_Nodes
[2] http://projects.blender.org/scm/viewvc.php/trunk/blender/release/scripts/templates_py/custom_nodes.py?view=markup&root=bf-blender
[3] http://code.blender.org/index.php/2012/01/improving-node-group-interface-editing/
We have a glicth with colormanagement's spaces descriptions, though, looks like they are clamped at 64 chars (see raw space), will see that later, if it’s solvable.
Fix for keyingsets tips, and make them (and a few others) findable by i18n messages extracting code (for some reasons, their bl_rna.description are void???).
Most notable difference from now on will be that all py is handled from current blender's resource dirs, no more from source dir. Better for consistency, and avoid e.g. cycles' addon to be checked twice...
in fact the keymap editor was missing other keymaps so added these too,
also updated keymap checker to make sure there is no mismatch with region/space types.
Notes:
* Everything is still a bit raw and sometimes hackish.
* Not every feature implemented yet.
* A bunch of cleanup is still needed.
* Doc needs to be updated too!
Also enhanced the ugly py ast parsing code, so that it now can handle (up to some extent) "name" function nodes, and add bpy.app.translations.pgettext func familly to extracted ones...
This ast py parsing becomes more and more ugly, should probably try to refactor it a bit. :/
Also generate rigid body constraint types in py bullet code from RNA enum values (simpler than having to sync the code when something is changed here!).
Side note: RNA API about icons still needs to expose icons for enum values, and conversion funcs between icon_name and icon_value!
