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butils.py

@@ -23,10 +23,46 @@ def move_in_fontcollection(obj, fontcollection, scene):
         scene.collection.objects.unlink(obj)
     if fontcollection.objects.find(obj.name) < 0:
         fontcollection.objects.link(obj)
-    if fontcollection.objects.find("glyphs") < 0:
-        empty = bpy.data.objects.new("glyphs", None)
-        empty.empty_display_type = 'PLAIN_AXES'
-        fontcollection.objects.link(empty)
-    glyphs = fontcollection.objects.get("glyphs")
-    if obj.parent != glyphs:
-        obj.parent = glyphs
+        # TODO: move in glyphs
+    # if fontcollection.objects.find("glyphs") < 0:
+        # empty = bpy.data.objects.new("glyphs", None)
+        # empty.empty_display_type = 'PLAIN_AXES'
+        # fontcollection.objects.link(empty)
+    # glyphs = fontcollection.objects.get("glyphs")
+    # if obj.parent != glyphs:
+        # obj.parent = glyphs
+
+def ShowMessageBox(title = "Message Box", icon = 'INFO', message=""):
+
+    """Show a simple message box
+
+    taken from `Link here <https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/169844/multi-line-text-box-with-popup-menu>`_
+
+    :param title: The title shown in the message top bar
+    :type title: str
+    :param icon: The icon to be shown in the message top bar
+    :type icon: str
+    :param message: lines of text to display, a.k.a. the message
+    :type message: str or (str, str, ..)
+    
+    TIP: Check `Link blender icons <https://docs.blender.org/api/current/bpy_types_enum_items/icon_items.html>`_ for icons you can use
+    TIP: Or even better, check `Link this addons <https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/addons/development/icon_viewer.html>`_ to also see the icons.
+    
+    usage:
+    .. code-block:: python
+       myLines=("line 1","line 2","line 3")
+       butils.ShowMessageBox(message=myLines)
+
+    or:
+    .. code-block:: python
+       butils.ShowMessageBox(title="",message=("AAAAAH","NOOOOO"),icon=)
+       
+    """
+    myLines=message
+    def draw(self, context):
+        if isinstance(myLines, str):
+            self.layout.label(text=myLines)
+        elif hasattr(myLines, "__iter__"):
+            for n in myLines:
+                self.layout.label(text=n)
+    bpy.context.window_manager.popup_menu(draw, title = title, icon = icon)