Re: [Gimp-user] Debugging register function for registration of a python plugin under Windows XP

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 15/06/14 23:45, SeldomNeedy wrote:
> import sys
> sys.stderr = open("C:\\tmp\\errs.txt",'a')
>
> This will cause the python environment to show some otherwise-hidden startup and
> register-registration errors by outputting / printing them to the specified
> location. The example I saw used mode 'a' to append errors, rather than
> overwrite. Doing this allowed me to spot a mistake I was making.
>
> In addition, one can also do
>
> import sys
> sys.stout = open("C:\\"tmp\\msgs.txt",'a')
>
> if it's more convenient to receive output this way.

Actually you can have both outputs to the same file:

|sys.stderr = open('C:/temp/python-fu-output.txt','a')
sys.stdout=sys.stderr

And of course, when done you can keep the print instructions if you 
reroute everything to the bit-bucket:
|
|import os
sys.stderr = open(os.path.devnull,'a')|