This little script requires you to install,
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sublime text 3 = https://www.sublimetext.com/3
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ST3 package manager = https://packagecontrol.io/installation
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Install the (awesome) Sent to 3Dsmax plugin via install package option
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Go to Preferences and Browse packages, and in the User folder create a file names : open_max_help.py
Paste the following content:
import sublime, sublime_plugin
import subprocess
'''
Code taken from : https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/select-word-under-cursor-for-further-processing/10913
'''
class open_max_help(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
def run(self, edit):
for region in self.view.sel():
if region.begin() == region.end():
word = self.view.word(region)
else:
word = region
if not word.empty():
key = self.view.substr(word)
url = "http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/16/ENU/MAXScript-Help//index.html?query=" + key
pid = subprocess.Popen(["C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe", url]).pid
print (url)
- Open key bindings user and add the following line to it (make sure to add a comma to previous line!)
{ "keys": ["f1"], "command" : "open_max_help"}
If all is well, you now can use Sublime text, almost exactly like the maxscript editor. Click in a word or make a selection and press F1 to go to the online help file. I’m sure it can be extended to a local help file of another version. Ideally this script is included in the “Sent to 3dsMax” package.
Hope it’s of use to anyone!
Hey JHN,
Worth noting is that this open_max_help python script only targets Firefox.
You can edit it like this to have it open in the default web browser:
import sublime, sublime_plugin
import subprocess
import os
'''
Code taken from : https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/select-word-under-cursor-for-further-processing/10913
'''
class open_max_help(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
def run(self, edit):
for region in self.view.sel():
if region.begin() == region.end():
word = self.view.word(region)
else:
word = region
if not word.empty():
key = self.view.substr(word)
url = "http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/16/ENU/MAXScript-Help//index.html?query=" + key
command = "start " + url
os.system(command)
print (url)
The changes are:
import os #required for os.system
...
command = "start " + url #string to run
os.system(command) #run the command
Very cool guys! I’ve been wanting this feature for ST3 for a while.
On the topic of Sublime Text is there a fix for the parenthesis () not auto indenting properly?
Hi everyone,
@Johan/Kevin: Daniel has forwarded your code to me on GitHub, thanks for the contribution, very useful! I have just released a new version (0.9.2), Sublime should update automatically the next time you open it.
I love how more and more people contribute work and make this better step by step
@Juan: Try Preferences > Settings – User and add this:
"indent_to_bracket": false
Awesome, thank you Christoph and Daniel!
I’m on sublimetext2 and I think this latest update broke the send to 3ds max plugin. Has the update been tested on sublimetext2?
I’m the absolute noob in python, but it was much simpler to create this one for Sublime Text
MxsTooltip github
Awesome, thank you so much!
I love Sublime Text, thanks for this, i’m sure there’s a way to edit the max editor color scheme but i always have sublime text open anyway.
I got it to work with Sublime text 3.1.1 by manually extracting the Send to 3Dsmax repository into the C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\User\Send to 3ds Max directory that I made.
repository from here: https://github.com/cb109/sublime3dsmax
and don’t forget to setup the key bindings