How to "Tidy up Paths" with script?

[kontur (Johannes Neumeier)]

Hey,

Is there a way to call the “Tidy up Paths” from the Paths menu via a script?

Cheers,
Johannes

[mekkablue (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)]

You mean the menu command?

Layer.cleanUpPaths()

[kontur (Johannes Neumeier)]

Perfect, exactly that!

It doesn’t seem to be documented, though.

Cheers!

[mekkablue (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)]

It is part of the Core, not the wrapper:
https://docu.glyphsapp.com/Core/Classes/GSLayer.html#//api/name/cleanUpPaths

[kontur (Johannes Neumeier)]

Oh wow. I just never even realized that there is that “Core” button… explains a few things

Thanks!

[mekkablue (Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer)]

What you see in Core is what the PyObjC bridge provides directly. The functions listed in Core are Python translations of Objective C function names, hence not as ‘pythonic’ as a Python purist would expect.

[kontur (Johannes Neumeier)]

Roger, I bumped into those with various code samples but just never seen where they are documented, hence assumed they are contributor knowledge or people had gotten them via code introspection

[Mark (Mark Frömberg aka Mark2Mark)]

@kontur

Roger, I bumped into those with various code samples but just never seen where they are documented, hence assumed they are contributor knowledge or people had gotten them via code introspection

Well, that is partly true, though. Digging and poking in all directions can sometimes help as well