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Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:17 am
by ovidiu
on the advance settings, scripting tab there's a "Additional terminal commands for post processing"... What are the "terminal" commands supported ?

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:38 am
by ovidiu
found my own answer... anything... as long as you use double quotes.... grrr...... documentation for this software could really be improved....

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:05 am
by CompoundCarl
There's already documentation for every single tab in the process settings: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2367
Here's the link specifically for the Scripts tab, including the "terminal commands for post-processing" that you mentioned: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1959

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:10 am
by ovidiu
CompoundCarl wrote:There's already documentation for every single tab in the process settings: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2367
Here's the link specifically for the Scripts tab, including the "terminal commands for post-processing" that you mentioned: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1959
Let's not confuse tips with documentation...

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:53 am
by dkightley
Let's not confuse tips with documentation...
I'd prefer the guides published on this forum to any form of "official" documentation any day. In the 15 years I supported software users, I never came across suppliers documentation that fully explained things in words that users could understand!

The only improved "documentation" I would like to see is something like a wiki attached to this forum.....produced by users...not by software programmers!

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:00 am
by ovidiu
dkightley wrote: I'd prefer the guides published on this forum to any form of "official" documentation any day. In the 15 years I supported software users, I never came across suppliers documentation that fully explained things in words that users could understand!

The only improved "documentation" I would like to see is something like a wiki attached to this forum.....produced by users...not by software programmers!
Really ? 15 years and nothing? You must have grey hair by now ....

"I found that..." , "It looks like.... ", "This seams to...", "For me this works like..." ... instead of "It works like this:" ... Ya... sure it's better...

Have a look at "http://docs.octoprint.org/en/devel/conf ... index.html"* and you'll probably have a first view of a properly documented software (by software programmers - let's better call them developers) which they top up with a active IRC channel. And that's a free (!!) software. You're welcome.


* i'm in no way affiliated (except for using their awesome software)




Anyway, found the problem. The terminal command MUST be in double quotes...

Re: Terminal command

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:29 am
by etarts
I'll second the documentation request. I've seen great docs, but not for this software. I've been at this for 36 years though.

In scripting, are there any conditionals besides =, and any math functions like modulus, +, - ? Can I create and use my own variables? It's hardly scripting without these things, and I don't see any of it in the "tip". I'd like to be able to count layer changes and perform an act on every n layer. This should be easy, but I need more info.

Thanks. Great software. I love Octoprint too.