Eventually, I'll probably turn these into an extension, but for now, I'm pretty happy to experiment with them as scripts.

However, because their folder is a git project, it includes docs (working notes, Drawbot design experiments) and a folder with modules that the scripts import from. Both folders are important, but neither optimal to show in the menu.

Is there a way to make these folders hidden in the RoboFont scripts menu?

Or, is this impossible to do, and should I just make them into an extension already?

as far as I know, this is currently not possible. if you don’t want some files to appear in the Scripts menu, don’t put them in the Scripts folder :)

you can also try launching your scripts from the Scripting Window’s Script Browser. I normally use that during development, it helps me to keep the Scripts menu clean.

hope this helps! cheers

so @ThunderNixon, you can keep your robofont-marx files somewhere else, and create aliases to individual scripts in the Scripts folder.

1. Put main folder (the full git repo) in my general folder for type/code repos (for me, this is at /Users/stephennixon/type-repos).
2. Make a new, empty folder in my robofont scripts folder.
3. In a terminal, use cd <new_folder_path> to navigate to the new, empty folder.
4. Use ln -s <general_repos_path>/*.py . to symlink all the python files into the current directory. For me, this is:

ln -s /Users/stephennixon/type-repos/robofont-marx/*.py .

Works like a charm!

Possibly, I'm just using the wrong import strategy, though.

I guess a strategy where the main.py (the symlinked one) adds the package to sys.path and imports the required bits and pieces to be executed...