How can I change and activate smart filter with script?

Scripting
1

Hello,

Is there any possible way to update and activate smart filter by script? Though I tried to search any threads related to this, I couldn’t find.

I would like to write a script like below process.

I made a smart filter like below.

	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>mySmartFilter</string>
		<key>predicate</key>
		<string>name CONTAINS "A"</string>
	</dict>

then,

  1. search a specific smart filter with name. (above case ’ mySmartFilter ')
  2. change its predicate(above case name CONTAINS "A") into name beginswith "E".
  3. activate(select) this smart filter.

Thanks in advance.

2

Have a look a the source code of the Color Flow plugin.

3

Hello,

Thanks for your advice.

I’ve look the source code of it, but I couldn’t find the ‘activating the smart filter by scripting.’

The reason why I asked it is… I just want to update custom glyph order from time to time or continuously.
for instance, [‘x’,‘y’,‘z’] to [‘a’,‘b’,‘c’] and to [‘e’,‘f’,‘g’]… with one click.

When I tried your code below, it worked fine for one time.

GSSortDescriptorNameList = objc.lookUpClass("GSSortDescriptorNameList")
font = Glyphs.font
glyphsArrayController = font.fontView.glyphsArrayController()
sortDescriptor = GSSortDescriptorNameList.alloc().initWithKey_ascending_("name", True)
sortDescriptor.setReferenceList_(["z", "y", "x"])
glyphsArrayController.setSortDescriptors_([sortDescriptor])

But when I tried another glyph order, it doesn’t worked. I have to click other selection in the sidebar.
That’s why I asked activating the filter by script.

Is there possible way I can update glyph order every time I run a script?

Thanks in advance.

4

Can you explain what you what to achieve with this? (Not what you are trying to do to get there)

5

Hello,

I just want to update glyph order for my own on changing my selection.

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Thanks,

6

Add this glyphsArrayController.setSortDescriptors_([]) befor the last line. That is a strange quirk of NSArrayController

GSSortDescriptorNameList = objc.lookUpClass("GSSortDescriptorNameList")
font = Glyphs.font
glyphsArrayController = font.fontView.glyphsArrayController()
sortDescriptor = GSSortDescriptorNameList.alloc().initWithKey_ascending_("name", True)
sortDescriptor.setReferenceList_(["z", "y", "x"])
glyphsArrayController.setSortDescriptors_([])
glyphsArrayController.setSortDescriptors_([sortDescriptor])
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7

I really appreciate it!