smartComponentValues problems

Scripting
1

I’m trying to write a plug-in now, and there are 2 problems about smartComponentValues occurred in my test.

The first is, Glyphs always crash when click the OK button in dialog when I add a smart component and set the smartComponentValues by scripting.

# Issue 1

layer = Glyphs.font.selectedLayers[0]
comp = GSComponent('_part.test')
layer.components.append(comp)
comp.smartComponentValues['Width'] = 50
comp.smartComponentValues['Height'] = 30

# Glyphs App crash here when open Smart Component Value dialog and click OK
# App will not crash if adjust size by mouse first

The second is, when I copy the layer, and run the code below in the new layer, component’s outward do not change (but it changed in script level).

# Issue 2
# Copy layer, and run the code in the new layer
comp = Glyphs.font.selectedLayers[0].components[0]
comp.smartComponentValues['Width'] = 80

print comp.smartComponentValues
# <GSNotifyingDictionary: 0x60000062c260> {
#    Height = "46.79218682479114";
#    Width = 80;   <= in script base, the value changed exactly. 
# }
# However, component in the UI is still shown as the original width.
# component do not change until set the value via dialog or resize by mouse manually

Glyphs version is 2.6.4 (1286).

2

Can you send me the .glyphs file you used for the test.

And can you test the latest cutting edge version?

3

i’ve tried in 2.6.5, and the 2 issues still occurred.

SmartCompScriptingIssue.glyphs (9.5 KB)

4

I tried to record the issues in a video here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TtlU3aQVWoUoN2CTHkS-CKGdK-gVLrC_/view?usp=sharing

5

I fixed it. For now, use this code to make the component:

layer = Glyphs.font.selectedLayers[0]
comp = GSComponent('_part.test')
layer.components.append(comp)
comp.setPieceValue_forKey_(50, 'Width')
comp.setPieceValue_forKey_(30, 'Height')
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6

Thank you very much!
It works in the both issues.