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Synopsis

melInfo

melInfo is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

This command returns the names of all global MEL procedures that are currently defined as a string array. The user can query the definition of each MEL procedure using the "whatIs" command.

Return value

string[]procedure names

Keywords

mel

MEL examples

// Query informaton about every MEL procedure and command defined. For
// each procedure/command, use the whatIs command to print a summary.
// Output the result to a file on disc.
//
string $procs[] = `melInfo`;
string $fileName = ( `internalVar -userTmpDir` + "mel.tmp" );
string $lines[];
int $i;
int $numProcs = size( $procs );
for ( $i = 0; $i < $numProcs; $i++ )
{
	string $s = `whatIs $procs[$i]`;
	$lines[$i] = $procs[$i] + " : " + $s;
}
int $fileId = `fopen $fileName "w"`;
for ( $i = 0; $i < $numProcs; $i++ )
{
	fprint $fileId ( $lines[$i] + "\n" );
}
fclose $fileId;