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     * Contributor(s): Willian P. Germano
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    */
    
    #ifndef BPY_MENUS_H
    #define BPY_MENUS_H
    
    /* This header exposes BPyMenu related public declarations.  The implementation
     * adds 'dynamic' menus to Blender, letting scripts register themselves in any
     * of a few pre-defined (trivial to upgrade) places in menus.  These places or
     * slots are called groups here (Import, Export, etc).  This is how it works:
    
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     * - scripts at dirs user pref U.pythondir and .blender/scripts/ are scanned
     * for registration info.
    
     * - this data is also saved to a .Bpymenus file at the user's home dir and
     * only re-created when the scripts folder gets modified.
     * - on start-up Blender uses this info to fill a table, which is used to
     * create the menu entries when they are needed (see header_info.c or
     * header_script.c, under source/blender/src/, for examples).
    */
    
    /* These two structs hold py menu/submenu info.
     * BPyMenu holds a script's name (as should appear in the menu) and filename,
     * plus an optional list of submenus.  Each submenu is related to a string
     * (arg) that the script can get from the __script__ pydict, to know which
     * submenu was chosen. */
    
    typedef struct BPySubMenu {
    	char *name;
    	char *arg;
    	struct BPySubMenu *next;
    } BPySubMenu;
    
    typedef struct BPyMenu {
    	char *name;
    	char *filename;
    	char *tooltip;
    
    	short version;		/* Blender version */
    	int dir;		/* 0: default, 1: U.pythondir */
    
    	struct BPySubMenu *submenus;
    	struct BPyMenu *next;
    } BPyMenu;
    
    /* Scripts can be added to only a few pre-defined places in menus, like
     * File->Import, File->Export, etc. (for speed and better control).
     * To make a new menu 'slot' available for scripts:
    
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     * - add an entry to the enum below, before PYMENU_TOTAL, of course;
    
     * - update the bpymenu_group_atoi() and BPyMenu_group_itoa() functions in
     * BPY_menus.c; 
     * - add the necessary code to the header_***.c file in
     * source/blender/src/, like done in header_info.c for import/export;
    
    typedef enum {
    
    	PYMENU_WIZARDS,		/* complex 'app' scripts */
    	PYMENU_UV,		/* UV editing tools, to go in UV/Image editor space, 'UV' menu */
    
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    	PYMENU_OBJECT,
    
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    	PYMENU_MISC,
    
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    	PYMENU_MESH,
    
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    	PYMENU_MATERIALS,
    
    	PYMENU_HELP,		/* Main Help menu items - prob best to leave for 'official' ones */
    	PYMENU_HELPSYSTEM,	/* Resources, troubleshooting, system tools */
    	PYMENU_HELPWEBSITES,	/* Help -> Websites submenu */
    
    	PYMENU_IMPORT,
    	PYMENU_EXPORT,
    
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    	PYMENU_ANIMATION,
    
    	PYMENU_ADD,		/* creates new objects */
    
    	PYMENU_TOTAL
    } PYMENUHOOKS;
    
    /* BPyMenuTable holds all registered pymenus, as linked lists for each menu
     * where they can appear (see PYMENUHOOKS enum above).
    */
    
    extern BPyMenu *BPyMenuTable[];	/* defined in BPY_menus.c */
    
    
    /* public functions: */
    
    int BPyMenu_Init( int usedir );
    void BPyMenu_RemoveAllEntries( void );
    void BPyMenu_PrintAllEntries( void );
    char *BPyMenu_CreatePupmenuStr( BPyMenu * pym, short group );
    char *BPyMenu_group_itoa( short group );
    struct BPyMenu *BPyMenu_GetEntry( short group, short pos );
    
    #endif				/* BPY_MENUS_H */