Simple operator AddOn script template?

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#1

I’m having no luck finding a script simple enough that I could successfully adapt into my own, as an addon in 2.57. I’m trying to create an addon to show and hide face normals. There was a thread about this on these forums, with a script posted, but I can’t get it to work. I’m basically stuck, need a working template. Please help!

#2

Got it working! I cobbled this together from various sources:

bl_info = {
    "name": "Show Normals",
    "description": "Toggles show normals",
    "author": "me",
    "version": (0,1),
    "blender": (2, 5, 3),
    "api": 31236,
    "location": "",
    "warning": "",
    "wiki_url": 'http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.5/Py/' \
        'Scripts/System/Blend Info',
    "tracker_url": "https://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?" \
        "func=detail&aid=11",
    "category": "Object"}

import bpy

def main(context):
	if bpy.context.active_base.object.data.show_normal_face is False:        
		bpy.context.active_base.object.data.show_normal_face = True

	else:
		bpy.context.active_base.object.data.show_normal_face = False

class ShowNormal(bpy.types.Operator):
	'''Tooltip'''
	bl_idname = "object.show_me_normals"
	bl_label = "Show Me Normals"

	@classmethod
	def poll(cls, context):
		return context.active_object != None

	def execute(self, context):
		main(context)
		return {'FINISHED'}

def register():
	bpy.utils.register_class(ShowNormal)
	pass

def unregister():
	bpy.utils.unregister_class(ShowNormal)
	pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
	register()
#	bpy.ops.object.show_me_normals()
#3

There’s also

Text Editor --> Text --> Script Templates --> Addon Add Object

#4

Hallo, you should check for objects, which can have a normal (meshes e.g. bpy.context.activ_object.type == “MESH”)
Put you file into …/scripts/addons and activate!