Delete Multiple Nodes

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Hello,

Is there a way to delete multiple nodes at once, but keep the shape?
The result of multi-single clicking with Erase Tool, but faster. Or maybe even a delete nodes brush?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/iuha2s7c94rc280/del_multiple_nodes.mov

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That is not possible at the moment. But I’ll try to improve this.

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Is the function accessible in PyObjC? Then I could write a quick script.

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Thanks for considering it. Would this be possible with a script that goes through each of the nodes and deletes it with the current Erase Tool functionality?

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You don’t need PyObjC.

somePath.removeNodeCheckKeepShape_(someNode)
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that is exactly PyObjC. It allows you to access an objectiveC method from python.

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I added a new script to my GitHub repository:

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Hi @mekkablue,

You have previously mentioned about the possibility to keep in sync Scripts hosted in GitHub (like yours) if we have a github account. I have one but I don’t know how to link my Glyphs.app script folder with such GitHub repositories. Please, can you explain me that?

Thanks,

Nicolás

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Do you get the same error when running the script from the menu?

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You clone the repository, then place an alias to the cloned folder into your scripts folder. That’s it.

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Yes to both. Error persists.

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@Realist Which version of the app and OS are you running?

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Which OS?
Which 2.1? 2.1.1 (778)?

Do you have .pyc files or a glyphsapp.py in your Scripts folder? Delete those and restart the app.

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Hope this helps to figure this thing out.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3u256kdpqn86s4e/delete_nodes.mov

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I have the same setup and I cannot reproduce it.

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It turns out I have a lonely file GlyphsApp.pyc file in Glyphs/Show Package Contents/Contents/Scripts
However, when I try to delete it Glyphs cannot start.

This is curious because I was looking for this at the wrong place namely Application Support/Glyphs/Scripts.

I am still wondering how to get past that attribute error I mentioned earlier.

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Leave the package contents of the app alone. Changing anything in there will break the app. Delete those files only in Application Support. What do you mean by ‘wrong place’?

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It was mentioned in a few threads that glyphsapp.py and *.pyc files were creating troubles, so I was curious to find a .pyc file in the place I mentioned. So in the end /Application Support is the place to go. As for breaking the app, that is exactly what happens, but it wasn’t so bad since it was an easy restore.

I actually learned some Python, but still couldn’t figure out the issue with that attribute error.

– The error in question –

thisPath.removeNodeCheckKeepShape_( thisNode )
AttributeError: ‘objc.native_selector’ object has no attribute ‘removeNodeCheckKeepShape_’

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Did you select a node before running the script?

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find the place where the thisPath variable is assigned. There you find the error.