topic Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue in Maya Programming Forum

run a function ignored by Undo Queue

bmagner888 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:11:03 GMT

So i'm building a custom HUD and querying all sorts of camera data that gets updated every frame.

Each hud element has it's own hud command, such as getTilt() which queries the active camera's rotateX value.
Obviously this needs to execute at every frame. When you change frames it enters all of the hud commands into the undo queue, so the user has to undo twenty times just to undo an actual user action, or even just go back to the previous frame.

If I could, I would combine all the hud element commands into one single function
stateWithoutFlush=False
run all hud element commands
stateWithoutFlush=True

But the headsUpDisplay() command seems to be designed such that each element has its own command, and will auto run at every time change.

I've tried nesting the stateWithoutFlush commands inside the hud element commands, but the queue doesn't turn back on, and because it's nested, the encapsulating function still enters the queue.

So how do i execute a function that the undo queue will ignore?

Thanks for any assistance.

Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue

g2m.agent — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 03:07:19 GMT

Based on my very limited knowledge, if you want to achieve your goal, you need to write a new plugin using API.

Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue

zewt — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 08:10:03 GMT

I tried reregistering a HUD in a timeChanged event callback, but it didn't add anything to the undo queue. Can you show your code? This is what I tried:

https://gist.github.com/zewt/575bf7f013a75ffa90fcae1a74e777ae

Make sure you're not changing the selection, since that does create an undo entry.

stateWithoutFlush should work, but it's usually only used when actually making changes to the scene that shouldn't be undoable. If you do use stateWithoutFlush, make sure it always restores correctly even on error, or else it'll end up turning off the user's undo completely, which is a really common problem with undo. I use this helper to be sure: https://github.com/zewt/zMayaTools/blob/master/scripts/zMayaTools/maya_helpers.py#L566

Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue

bmagner888 — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:55:37 GMT

Thanks for your input. I'm still trying to find a solution, but the problem might not be what I think it is. Sill investigating...

Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue

olarn — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:11:44 GMT

There is one such command that will probably do what you wanted

https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2020/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/CommandsPython/undoInfo.html

cmds.undoInfo( openChunk=True )
# ...
cmds.undoInfo( closeChunk=True )

Re: run a function ignored by Undo Queue

zewt — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:56:10 GMT

That groups commands into a single undo action. The stateWithoutFlush he's using is used to run commands outside of the undo queue, which should work for what he's doing (not sure why it isn't).