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use() functionality to import fonts #165
Description
This is somewhat a feature request more than an issue really as I guess I'm attempting something a bit borderline here. According to OpenSCAD docs one should be able to use fonts "importing" them like:
use <ttf/super-font/my-super-font-in-italics.ttf>
However, attempting such thing through SP via solid.use() does not work.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/test/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/solid/objects.py", line 856, in use
contents = scad_file_path.read_text()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/pathlib.py", line 1256, in read_text
return f.read()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 16: invalid start byte
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/src/test.py", line 15, in <module>
sp.use("../aux/awesome-font-bold.ttf")
File "/tmp/test/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/solid/objects.py", line 858, in use
raise Exception(f"Failed to import SCAD module '{scad_file_path}' with error: {e} ")
Exception: Failed to import SCAD module '../aux/awesome-font-bold.ttf' with error: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 16: invalid start byte
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etjones commentedon Feb 22, 2021
Hm. So in this situation, the correct SolidPython translation would be just to pass through a
use <PATH.*tf>string?I'm not in love with that design choice on OpenSCAD's part ("Let's just use
use<>for any interaction with the filesystem!"), but SolidPython's is not to reason why.I think this is an entirely reasonable feature to request and I think it's probably pretty straightforward to add. My work is a little crazy at the moment so this may not happen right away, but I'll look to take care of this in the next release. Thanks for submitting!
[-]use() functionaly to import fonts[/-][+]use() functionality to import fonts[/+]added use <font.ttf/otf> support (SolidCode#165)
added ScadInterface (SolidCode#181, SolidCode#180, SolidCode#178, Sol…