From 986a26fd1170a17ccbff9a38b243fb596b0ca0ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tristan Rowley <doctea@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:40:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] can save value to variable using `set_variable_VARIABLENAME1`
 and then recall that variable in a mapping using eg
 set_the_shader_param_0_layer_offset_0_continuous<VARIABLENAME1

---
 ACTIONS.md                  | 3 ++-
 plugins/ManipulatePlugin.py | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ACTIONS.md b/ACTIONS.md
index 4251224..99f7601 100644
--- a/ACTIONS.md
+++ b/ACTIONS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Auto-generated Actions list
 
-Fri 31 Jan 23:22:31 UTC 2020
+Fri 31 Jan 23:39:48 UTC 2020
 
 for branch=feature_plugins
 
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ for branch=feature_plugins
   * (.*)|invert	(from ManipulatePlugin)
   * (.*)|f:(.*):	(from ManipulatePlugin)
   * set_variable_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)	(from ManipulatePlugin)
+  * (.*)<([a-zA-Z0-9]+)	(from ManipulatePlugin)
   * (.*)&&(.*)	(from MultiActionsPlugin)
   * test_plugin	(from TestPlugin)
   * cycle_shaders	(from TestPlugin)
diff --git a/plugins/ManipulatePlugin.py b/plugins/ManipulatePlugin.py
index 5397f83..e37719b 100644
--- a/plugins/ManipulatePlugin.py
+++ b/plugins/ManipulatePlugin.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class ManipulatePlugin(ActionsPlugin):
         return [ 
                 ( r"^(.*)\|invert$", self.invert ),
                 ( r"^(.*)\|f:(.*):$", self.formula ),
-                ( r"^set_variable_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", self.set_variable )
+                ( r"^set_variable_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", self.set_variable ),
+                ( r"^(.*)<([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$", self.recall_variable )
         ]
 
     variables = {}
@@ -51,3 +52,9 @@ class ManipulatePlugin(ActionsPlugin):
 
     def set_variable(self, var_name, value):
         self.variables[var_name] = value
+
+    def recall_variable(self, action, var_name, *args):
+        print ("recall_variable(%s) got args %s" % (var_name,args))
+        self.pc.actions.call_method_name(
+                action, self.variables.get(var_name)# + list(args)
+        )