How To Add "notes" Via Mel?

[almakos]

Hi.

It is easy to add and set any attributes from command line, but I cannot figure out how to add notes with MEL command.
Is "Notes" attribute at all? By "Notes" I mean text field in bottom part of attribute editor.

Thanks.

[ewerybody]

hmm you may find this embarrassing easy:

CODE
// on selected node:
setAttr -type "string" ".notes" "whuddap!?!";

// or from a variable:
setAttr -type "string" ($object + ".notes") "whuddap!?!";

[marcofalsitta]

The Notes attribute is a sort of place holder if you want to access it via script.
In fact all you think that instinctively should work, such setAttr "mynode.notes" "test"; does not work.

If you want to access it from your script you need to create it... try it.

if ( !attributeQuery -node $mynode -exists "notes" )
{
addAttr -sn "nts" -ln "notes" -dt "string" $mynode;
}

after that you can write into it as you imagine it would be possible.

I do not have a better explanation for it.

[joojaa]

QUOTE
I do not have a better explanation for it.

No no your explanation is perfect nodes do not have a notes attribute. When somebody adds a note text in the attribute editor, maya creates that attribute on fly. So the notes ARE stores in .notes string attribute its only its created dynamically on fly when needed.

So if on needs a note on a node that doest allready have a notes attribute you must add it. But if it allready ha a note then just set it.

Notes is by the way not the only attribute thats tagged there on fly, a lot of maya attributes do this. In afct lots of rigging build on this idea.

[almakos]

Oh, thanks.
Now with this:

CODE
string $mynode[] = ls -sl;
if ( !attributeQuery -node $mynode -exists "notes" )
{
addAttr -sn "nts" -ln "notes" -dt "string" $mynode;
}
setAttr -type "string" ($mynode[0] + ".notes") "whuddap!?!";

everything works like it should.

I see where my mistake was
Thanks again