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vorghahn · (This post was last modified: 2017-10-31, 08:38 by vorghahn.)

Hi, I'm modifying a plugin that is written in Python. It builds an EPG and I'm trying to set up a variable width field.

From what I've read:
1. Python can't use the EPGGRID hence the hand made grid.
2. $INFO[] cannot be used in height/width fields.

I've tried using includes/include but it doesn't seem to work, at all. Is this another python limitation? I've tried some SUPER simple includes like <include name='width300'><width>300</width></include> and <include content=width300></width>.
I've tried passing integers through from the plugin and was using item.setInfo('video', {'duration': int}) which the compiler would accept but i couldn't retrieve it on the other side, i couldn't figure out how. That's when i read point 2 and stopped this path.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Edit, testing on 17.5/18 on windows. Behaviour of both are different when the width is fed a string it seems too.
Edit, it's technically a 'script' not a plugin i believe.

**ronie** · 2017-10-31, 12:26

(2017-10-31, 06:31)vorghahn Wrote: I've tried using includes/include but it doesn't seem to work, at all. Is this another python limitation? I've tried some SUPER simple includes like <include name='width300'><width>300</width></include> and <include content=width300></width>.

correct. includes are not possible in python skins.

emveepee · 2017-10-31, 22:15

(2017-10-31, 12:26)ronie Wrote: correct. includes are not possible in python skins.

Do includes from the base skin Includes.xml file work?

Martin

**ronie** · 2017-10-31, 22:38

not really, since you don't know which skin a user is using. whatever is defined in includes.xml differs from skin to skin.

emveepee · 2017-11-21, 00:08

(2017-10-31, 22:38)ronie Wrote: not really, since you don't know which skin a user is using. whatever is defined in includes.xml differs from skin to skin.

I do though since I use the .getSkinDir() API call and since my addon code has customizations for skin.estuary and skin.confluence plus generic code for other skins can I assume that includes do actually work?

Martin

**ronie** · 2017-11-21, 00:31

(2017-11-21, 00:08)emveepee Wrote:
(2017-10-31, 22:38)ronie Wrote: not really, since you don't know which skin a user is using. whatever is defined in includes.xml differs from skin to skin.
I do though since I use the .getSkinDir() API call and since my addon code has customizations for skin.estuary and skin.confluence plus generic code for other skins can I assume that includes do actually work?

Martin

in that case, sure they will work :-)

emveepee · 2017-11-21, 00:36

(2017-11-21, 00:31)ronie Wrote:
(2017-11-21, 00:08)emveepee Wrote:
(2017-10-31, 22:38)ronie Wrote: not really, since you don't know which skin a user is using. whatever is defined in includes.xml differs from skin to skin.
I do though since I use the .getSkinDir() API call and since my addon code has customizations for skin.estuary and skin.confluence plus generic code for other skins can I assume that includes do actually work?

Martin
in that case, sure they will work :-)

Great thanks for the info.

Martin