Additional Instructions for beginners

[santiyounger]

Hey,

Thanks for making this awesome tool.

I'm new to blender and specially new to python.

I'm on Linux Manjaro, using Blender 2.9.1

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I'm so used to vim-mode, that using the built in text editor is a pain, so I want to connect it to vim.

For that I'm setting up this as well https://github.com/mipmip/vim-run-in-blender

but first I need to make bpy_externall works.

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I managed to install the addon by loading the zip file and enabling it in blender addons.

However, I'm not sure how it works.

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Where do I store a script for this?

# start listening
bpy.ops.wm.bpy_externall_server(speed=1, mode="start")

is it inside blender or just in the terminal, or a .py file in any location?

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What is the RECEIVER?

Apologies for the lack of skill, I'm sure this must be all pretty obvious for more advanced users,

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I appreciate your work sharing this project. it you can provide some more details for beginners like me who can't live without vim, that would be truly appreciated!

Thanks!

[andremeireles]

@santiyounger

Where do I store a script for this? bpy.ops.wm.bpy_externall_server(speed=1, mode="start")

You don't need to store anything. Just open the python file into vim and type :RunInBlender

Of course, you need first open blender through the blender bootstrap script and call those scripts by terminal.

For example:

startBlender.sh

#!/bin/sh killall -9 blender /usr/bin/blender -P /home/Santiyounger/scripts/Blender/bootstrap-listening.py

And make sure that bootstrap-listening.py will be on that path.

[santiyounger]

thanks for the tip @andremeireles