executing RoboFont scripts with an other RoboFont script

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April 21, 2014 at 18:40 #5872

Thom
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Hello!

I have al bunch of observers living in my *observers folders in the scripts folder of RoboFont.
I want to build a script which show all the observers in that folder as a checkBoxList.
Checking the box is execute that specific observer script.

But there is a problem:
if i import <hereMyObserver>, I get errors like CurrentFont is not defined…
If I run the observer script manually of course everything is fine.

If I try to execfile(<hereMyObserver>.py) global vars (‘event’ is not defined) and imports (‘fill’ is not defined) are unknown…

the cwd is my *observers folder!

Hope I made myself clear on this.
Is there something wrong with my thinking and the way python is (not) working? Please help :)

Cheers, Thom

April 21, 2014 at 21:03 #5873
frederik
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He Thom

use in your “external” scripts
```
from robofab.world import CurrentFont
```
or
```
from mojo.roboFont import CurrentFont
```
Those global variables (CurrentFont, CurrentGlyph, …) are injected in the main script automatically.

good luck!
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