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Console
Fusion has a console build-in that outputs print statements in scripts. This is useful for scripts without a GUI, or as tool for simple debugging.
For example:
> Lua
print(“Hello World.”)
print “Hello World.” # This only works with Python 2.x
print(“Hello World.”)
> Python
In all cases, the console will show “Hello World.” If executed from the console, the command will be mirrored in the console preceding the interpreter: Lua>, Py2> or Py3>
When used with a collection, print will only output the reference to the collection. To display its content in a preformatted way, use:
> Lua
dump(comp:GetAttrs())
Tip
If used in the console, FusionScript offers a short form of dump for Lua and Python:
==comp:GetAttrs() -- Same as the command above
The same can be achieved in Python with a module called “Data pretty printer” (pprint).
pprint(comp.GetAttrs())
from pprint import pprint # Needs to be loaded once
> Python
Please note that all the collections coming from FusionScript are essentially Lua tuples. Compare to the chapter Scripting Languages.