Setting sortName from python

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Is there a way to set sortName from Python, I tried glyph.glyphInfo.sortName = "foo" but got:

AttributeError: can't set attribute

I tried also glyph.sortName = "foo" but got

AttributeError: 'NSKVONotifying_GSGlyph' object attribute 'sortName' is read-only
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Set it directly on the glyph. It is not in the wrapper, yet.

glyph.setStoreSortName_(True)
glyph.setSortName_("Hallo")
print(glyph.sortName())
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Thanks!

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You can try dir(glyph) if you don’t find what you are looking for. Rainer has a script that helps with that.

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Thanks, I already did that but didn’t occur to me to look for set functions (I also try to avoid using what looks like private functions).

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Some of those functions are documented in the Core section of the docs. Omission doesn’t necessarily mean it is supposed to be private, just that I didn’t manage to finalize the documentation.

If you find a function with dir() that would be useful for you, you can report it so that I can add it to the wrapper and/or document it properly.

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I’ll keep that in mind, thanks!

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Try Script > mekkablue > App > Method Reporter:

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