I could be wrong, but I believe that they had to deprecate "print" in Softimage for release 2013.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Michal Doniec <[email protected]> wrote: > print works in Softimage, since v. 2010 I believe, > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Peter Agg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There's certainly an element of truth to that, yeah. On the other hand > the > > biggest thing with leaning Python in practice - and using it in a program > > you use every day is the best way to do that. If you every have to do > > anything more than 3 times then there's really no excuse not to work > with a > > Script Editor always open, and if you have one open anyway, you might as > > well learn how to write it better! > > > > There's certainly a lot of... oddities to using it in XSI (having to use > 2.5 > > in Linux, having to live with no print statement on the PC, modules > being a > > bit of a faff etc) but if that's the difference between using it every > day > > and using it a couple of times a week I'd say that's a good compromise to > > make. You just have to make sure you to keep pushing yourself to learn > > Python as opposed to 'Python in XSI'. > > > > > > > > On 1 May 2012 16:30, Bradley Gabe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I'd helped to train a bunch of people into Python for XSI over a range > of > >> time, so my advice would be with respect to the process of learning. > >> > >> First learn Python. > >> Then work on Python in the context of XSI. > >> > >> Why? > >> > >> It's important for you to understand the syntax and logic structure of > >> Python as its own entity before you inject the idiosyncrasies of XSI, > with > >> ActiveX, and the Object Model. > >> > >> You want to review each data type in Python, learn about their built in > >> methods, learn how to convert between them. During this process you will > >> quickly come to realize how powerful Python is compared to VBscript, > and how > >> Python rewards you for being clever which makes it more fun to work > with. > >> The O'Reilly book on learning basic Python is excellent for learning in > this > >> structure. > >> > >> From personal experience, I had been tinkering with Python in XSI for > >> about a year (after many years of coding in jscript) before I shifted > into > >> building a pipeline using a Python-based web development language that > had > >> nothing to do with XSI. It was only after my experience dealing with > >> building custom data structures, and eventually messing around with the > guts > >> of Python to manipulate information at the core that I really developed > an > >> appreciation and love for the language, and ultimately progressed > towards > >> being a power user once back in XSI. > >> > >> -B > > > > > > > > -- > ---------- > Michal > http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec > > -- -=T=-
