Repeat Last Command

[andy-davis]

I've built a tabbed window that contains most of my favourite scripts and tools.
Works fine so far, but when a command operates, it doesn't come up in the 'recent commands' list so that RepeatLast doesn't execute my last used script.
eg:
button -label "Prop Ripper" -command "AD_PropRipper"

ideally I would insert.... -enableCommandRepeat 1
but the button object does not have this flag
how do I make the button work?

[ewerybody]

hava look at this nice undocumented command:

repeatLast
CODE
help repeatLast;
// Result:

Synopsis: repeatLast [flags]
Flags:
   -e -edit
   -q -query
  -ac -addCommand            String
-acl -addCommandLabel       String
  -cl -commandList           Int
-cnl -commandNameList       Int
  -hl -historyLimit          Int
   -i -item                  Int
-nhi -numberOfHistoryItems

//

[andy-davis]

Thanks for the swift reply.
As I can't put a string in a string, how do I enable repeatCommand for the button?
The button itself of course has it's own string which is the command that it executes.

[ewerybody]

every command string is a little piece of code itself. You can call as many procs and commands in it as you wish.:

CODE
window;
columnLayout;
button -command "printBla; repeatLast -ac printBla";
showWindow;

proc printBla()
{
    print "bla!\n";
}

Of course If you want a pretty text to appear in the Recent-command-list you have to use the -addCommandLabel flag as well! But you could put that on the annotation of the button as well. Then you could apply your annotation variable to the button and to the addCommandLabel...

[andy-davis]

Wow, thanks a lot for that!
Works a treat.
It doesn't seem to work on commands with arguments:

button -label "Slice X" -command "AD_Slice(1); repeatLast -ac AD_Slice(1)" -bgc 1 0 0;

But it works on other commands.
If I wanted it to work, guess I'll have to drop the mode integer used as an argument and just write different scripts for each command. Not very tidy, but it should work!

Thanks again.

[ewerybody]

you are pretty new to scripting, huh?

just put the command at repeatLast into escaped quote signs:
CODE
button -label "Slice X" -command "AD_Slice(1); repeatLast -ac \"AD_Slice(1)\"" -bgc 1 0 0;

[andy-davis]

Yeah, I'm swooping in from MAXScript, so there's a lot of syntax I'm not familiar with.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Wish there was a newbie forum, gotta start somewhere I suppose!

[ewerybody]

no problem! This IS a newbee forum. We're here to help