pymel.core.language¶

Functions and classes related to scripting, including MelGlobals and Mel

Functions

`callbacks`	This command allows you to add callbacks at key times during UI creation so that the Maya UI can be extended.
`conditionExists`	Returns True if the named condition exists, False otherwise.
`evalEcho`	Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.evalEcho`
`evalNoSelectNotify`	Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.evalNoSelectNotify`
`getLastError`	Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.getLastError`
`getMelGlobal`
`getMelType`	return the name of the closest MEL type equivalent for the given python
`getProcArguments`	Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.getProcArguments`
`isValidMelType`	Returns whether `typeStr` is a valid MEL type identifier
`melOptions`	Set and query options that affect the behavior of Maya’s Embedded Language (MEL).
`python`	Derived from mel command `maya.cmds.python`
`pythonToMel`	convert a python object to a string representing an equivalent value in mel
`pythonToMelCmd`	Given a mel command name, and a set of python args / kwargs, return a mel string used to call the given command.
`resourceManager`	List resources matching certain properties.
`scriptJob`	This command creates a script job, which is a MEL command or script.
`setMelGlobal`
`sortCaseInsensitive`	This command sorts all the strings of an array in a case insensitive way.
`stackTrace`	Flags:
`waitCursor`	This command sets/resets a wait cursor for the entire Maya application.

Classes

`Catch`	Reproduces the behavior of the mel command of the same name.
`Env`	A Singleton class to represent Maya current optionVars and settings
`Mel`	Acts as a namespace from which MEL procedures can be called as if they were python functions.
`MelCallable`	Class for wrapping up callables created by Mel class’ procedure calls.
`MelGlobals`	A dictionary-like class for getting and setting global variables between mel and python.
`OptionVarDict`	A dictionary-like class for accessing and modifying optionVars.
`OptionVarList`

Exceptions

`MelArgumentError`	The arguments passed to the MEL script are incorrect
`MelConversionError`	MEL cannot process a conversion or cast between data types
`MelError`	Generic MEL error
`MelSyntaxError`	The MEL script has a syntactical error
`MelUnknownProcedureError`	The called MEL procedure does not exist or has not been sourced