Console Commands - Variables
There are three types of variables:
1) Configuration Variables hold the Function settings, like the primary color value or the mixing mode (solid, add, etc.). These variables cannot be accessed directly. Use the pushvar and popvar commands to exchange data with the temporal variables.
2) Temporal Variables are used to perform calculations (see the compute command below). You can use these variables in other commands by writing them with a preceding $ character like e.g. $foobar. If you add multiple $ in front of the variable, they are converted to zeroes until the resulting string reaches the length equal to the number of $. For example $$$foobar translates to 003 if foobar=3. This is useful if you want to save a number of image files in a script and want them to be named like "image0001, image0002, ...".
Tip: You can set the temporal variables from p1 to p99 at the
command line. This is useful if you want to run a script with dynamic data
from the command line.
For example start the program with texturemaker.exe /p1="E:\myfiles\myimage.bmp"
and specify the line open $p1 within a script to load that image.
3) Query Variables store the data, which is gathered from user-defined dialogs in scripts (see the addquery command). Insert the values of these variables in command terms by writing the $ character in front of them (e.g. $myqueryvariable). Please use letters [a..z] only in variable names.
4) There are some reserved words specified, which can be used to gather information from the application and the active texture:
$texture: The name from the active Texture.
$width: Width of the active Texture.
$height: Height of the active Texture.
$texturecount: Number of open Textures.
$randomname: Returns a random string.
$time: The current time.
$function: Currently selected function.
Command List:
addquery, compute, cvarlist, initvars, loadpreset, popconfig, popquery, popvar, pushconfig, pushquery, pushvar, query, randomizeconfig, resetquery, savepreset, set.
