Execute the code of a textblock within the python console:
This utility adds a menu to the pyconsole console menu (g), from which you can run a textblock inside of the python console. Error messages and print output will appear there instead of the system terminal. You are able to access global variables, functions and classes your script declared, afterwards!
I hope this is useful for quick script testing. Exclusive preview (?) below, please test and report bugs, so I can release it in a bit without worries 
Save code to âconsole_run_script.pyâ and install the usual way.
bl_info = {
"name": "Run Script in PyConsole",
"author": "CoDEmanX",
"version": (1, 0),
"blender": (2, 67, 0),
"location": "Python Console > Console > Run Script",
"description": "Execute the code of a textblock within the python console.",
"warning": "",
"wiki_url": "",
"tracker_url": "",
"category": "Development"}
import bpy
def main(self, context):
text = bpy.data.texts.get(self.text)
if text is not None:
text = "exec(compile(" + repr(text) + ".as_string(), '" + text.name + "', 'exec'))"
bpy.ops.console.clear_line()
bpy.ops.console.insert(text=text)
bpy.ops.console.execute()
class CONSOLE_OT_run_script(bpy.types.Operator):
"""Run a text datablock in PyConsole"""
bl_idname = "console.run_code"
bl_label = "Run script"
text = bpy.props.StringProperty()
@classmethod
def poll(cls, context):
return context.area.type == 'CONSOLE'
def execute(self, context):
main(self, context)
return {'FINISHED'}
def get_texts(context):
l = []
for area in context.screen.areas:
if area.type == 'TEXT_EDITOR':
text = area.spaces[0].text
if text is not None and text not in l:
l.append(text)
return {'visible': [t.name for t in l],
'invisible': [t.name for t in bpy.data.texts if t not in l]}
class CONSOLE_MT_run_script(bpy.types.Menu):
bl_label = "Run script"
bl_idname = "CONSOLE_MT_run_script"
def draw(self, context):
layout = self.layout
texts = get_texts(context)
visible, invisible = texts['visible'], texts['invisible']
if not (visible or invisible):
layout.label("No text blocks!")
else:
if invisible:
for t in invisible:
layout.operator(CONSOLE_OT_run_script.bl_idname, text=t).text = t
if visible and invisible:
layout.separator()
if visible:
for t in visible:
layout.operator(CONSOLE_OT_run_script.bl_idname, text=t, icon='VISIBLE_IPO_ON').text = t
def draw_item(self, context):
layout = self.layout
layout.menu(CONSOLE_MT_run_script.bl_idname)
def register():
bpy.utils.register_module(__name__)
bpy.types.CONSOLE_MT_console.prepend(draw_item)
def unregister():
bpy.utils.unregister_module(__name__)
bpy.types.CONSOLE_MT_console.remove(draw_item)
if __name__ == "__main__":
register()
