pymel.core.general.about¶

about(*args, **kwargs)¶

This command displays version information about the application if it is executed without flags. If one of the above flags is specified then the specified version information is returned.

Flags:

Long Name / Short Name		Argument Types	Properties
apiVersion / api		bool
	Return the api version
application / a		bool
	Return the application name string
batch / b		bool
	Returns true if application is in batch mode.
buildDirectory / bd		bool
	Return the build directory string
buildVariant / bv		bool
	Return the build variant string
codeset / cs		bool
	Returns a string identifying the codeset (codepage) of the locale that Maya is running in. Example return values include UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, 1252. Note that the codeset values and naming conventions are highly platform dependent. They may differ in format even if they have the same meaning (e.g. utf8vs. UTF-8).
compositingManager / cm		bool
	On Linux, returns true if there is a compositing manager running; on all other platforms, it always returns true.
connected / cnt		bool
	Return whether the user is connected or not to the Internet.
ctime / cti		bool
	Returns the current time in the format Wed Jan 02 02:03:55 1980n0
currentDate / cd		bool
	Returns the current date in the format yyyy/mm/dd, e.g. 2003/05/04.
currentTime / ct		bool
	Returns the current time in the format hh:mm:ss, e.g. 14:27:53.
cutIdentifier / c		bool
	Return the cut string
date / d		bool
	Return the build date string
environmentFile / env		bool
	Return the location of the application defaults file.
evalVersion / ev		bool
	This flag is now deprecated. Always returns false, as the eval version is no longer supported.
file / f		bool
	Return the file version string
fontInfo / foi		bool
	Returns a string of the specifications of the fonts requested, and the specifications of the fonts that are actually being used.
helpDataDirectory / hdd		bool
	Returns the help data directory.
installedVersion / iv		bool
	Return the product version string
irix / ir		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Irix. Always false with support for Irix removed.
is64 / x64		bool
	Returns true if the application is 64 bit.
languageResources / lr		bool
	Returns a string array of the currently installed language resources. Each string entry consists of three elements delimited with a colon (‘:’). The first token is the locale code (ISO 639-1 language code followed by ISO 3166-1 country code). The second token is the language name in English. This third token is the alpha-3 code (ISO 639-2). For example English is represented as en_US:English:enu.
linux / li		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Linux.
linux64 / l64		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Linux 64 bit.
liveUpdate / lu		bool
	Returns Autodesk formatted product information.
localizedResourceLocation / lrl		bool
	Returns the path to the top level of the localized resource directory, if we are running in an alternate language. Returns an empty string if we are running in the default language.
ltVersion / lt		bool
	Returns true if this is the Maya LT version of the application.
macOS / mac		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Macintosh.
macOSppc / ppc		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is a PowerPC Macintosh.
macOSx86 / x86		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is an Intel Macintosh.
ntOS / nt		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Windows.
operatingSystem / os		bool
	Returns the operating system type. Valid return types are nt, win64, mac, linuxand linux64
operatingSystemVersion / osv		bool
	Returns the operating system version. on Linux this returns the equivalent of uname -srvm
preferences / pd		bool
	Return the location of the preferences directory.
product / p		bool
	Return the license product name
qtVersion / qt		bool
	Return Qt version string
tablet / tab		bool
	Windows only. Returns true if the PC is a Tablet PC.
tabletMode / tm		bool
	Windows 8 (and above) only. If your device is a Tablet PC, then the convertible mode the device is currently running in. Returns either: tablet or laptop (keyboard attached). See the tabletflag.
uiLanguage / uil		bool
	Returns the language that Maya’s running in. Example return values include en_USfor English and ja_JPfor Japanese.
uiLanguageForStartup / uis		bool
	Returns the language that is used for Maya’s next start up. This is read from config file and is rewritten after setting ui language in preference.
uiLanguageIsLocalized / uii		bool
	Returns true if we are running in an alternate language, not the default (English).
uiLocaleLanguage / ull		bool
	Returns the language locale of the OS. English is default.
version / v		bool
	Return the version string
win64 / w64		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Windows x64 based.
windowManager / wm		bool
	Returns the name of the Window Manager that is assumed to be running.
windows / win		bool
	Returns true if the operating system is Windows based. Flag can have multiple arguments, passed either as a tuple or a list.

Derived from mel command maya.cmds.about

Example:

import pymel.core as pm

pm.about( )

version = pm.about(v=True)