Add posibility to change settings path with env ZLM_SETTINGS_PATH

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 dist/ZlmData/*
 !dist/ZlmData/zlmOps.txt
 !dist/ZlmData/zLayerUpdate.txt
+!dist/ZlmData/app/*
+*.zip
 src/zscripts
 **/__pycache__
 **.zsc

build.py

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     root = Path('.').resolve()
 
-    os.chdir(root.joinpath('src').resolve())
+    src = root.joinpath('src').resolve()
+    os.chdir(src)
 
     # add dll to path
     print("add dll to path")
@@ -114,3 +115,6 @@
     for f in zlmdata.joinpath("app").glob("**\\*.pyc"):
         print(f"Delete {f}")
         os.remove(f)
+
+    print("copying zlm_settings to Dist/ZlmData/app/zlm_core")
+    shutil.copy2(src.joinpath("zlm_settings.py"), zlmdata.joinpath('app', 'zlm_core', 'zlm_settings.py'))

dist/ZlmData/app/maya/zlm/zlm_export.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from maya import cmds
 
-from zlm_core import ZlmSettings, communication
+from zlm_core import ZlmSettings, zlm_com
 from zlm.zlm_utils import load_obj_plugin, doWithNoUndo
 
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def _export(objs, base=False):
             if base:
                 args[0] = 'i_base'
                 args.pop(2)
-            communication.send_command(*args)
+            zlm_com.send_command(*args)
 
         except Exception as e:
             print "Error when exporting mesh: {}. {}".format(obj, str(e))

dist/ZlmData/app/zlm_core/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 """
 
 from zlm_core.zlm_settings import ZlmSettings
-from zlm_core import zlm_com as communication
+from zlm_core import zlm_com

dist/ZlmData/app/zlm_core/zlm_com.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import os
-from multiprocessing.connection import Listener, Client
+from multiprocessing.connection import Client
 
-from zlm_core import ZlmSettings
 
 __all__ = [
     'send_command'

dist/ZlmData/app/zlm_core/zlm_settings.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import json
-import sys
 
 
 class ZlmSettings(object):
@@ -10,6 +9,8 @@ class ZlmSettings(object):
     def __init__(self, auto_load=True):
         self.working_folder = os.path.join(self.getsettingfolder(), 'files')
 
+        self.check_for_updates = True
+
         self.send_after_export = False
         self.current_app = 'Maya'
         self.app_settings = {
@@ -19,14 +20,20 @@ def __init__(self, auto_load=True):
             }
         }
 
+        self.additionnal_preset_dir = []
+
         self.bigData = {}
 
         if auto_load:
             self.load()
 
     @staticmethod
     def getsettingfolder():
-        folder = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'zLayerManager'))
+        try:
+            folder = os.environ["ZLM_SETTINGS_PATH"]
+        except:
+            folder = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'zLayerManager'))
+
         if not os.path.exists(folder):
             os.makedirs(folder)
 

src/zlm_settings.py

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ def __init__(self, auto_load=True):
 
     @staticmethod
     def getsettingfolder():
-        folder = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'zLayerManager'))
+        try:
+            folder = os.environ["ZLM_SETTINGS_PATH"]
+        except:
+            folder = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'zLayerManager'))
+
         if not os.path.exists(folder):
             os.makedirs(folder)