New script: "Upgrade FEA" for FLS 5.1 for Mac OS X

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

[Updated to version 1.1]
This macro makes a simple update of the FEA (AFDKO-syntax) feature definitions from version 1.6 syntax used in FontLab Studio 5.0.x to version 2.5 syntax used in FontLab Studio 5.1.  You can use this macro in FontLab Studio 5.1 beta or public preview to "fix" the FEA definitions in your OpenType panel in an older VFB file created using FLS 5.0.x.

Note: FLS 5.1 build 4311 and newer automatically decompiles feature definitions into FEA 2.5 syntax when opening an .otf or .ttf file. Running this macro is only recommended if you have older VFB files that still use the FEA 1.6 syntax.

After installation, the macro is accessible from the OpenType panel macro flyout menu.

INSTALLATION

1. Download "Upgrade_FEA.zip" below
2. Unzip
3. On Mac OS X, double-click the file "INSTALL.command"
4. On Windows, copy the script from the "data" subfolder into the analogical location within your FontLab Studio user data folder.

(Please test the installation procedure and report any problems.)

Regards,
Adam

[beachmat]

Thanks for this. I don't see any fly-out with the macro on the opentype panel though.

[beachmat]

This message appears in the Fontlab output when I try to install it:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 69, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'relpath'

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

System version ?

[beachmat]

OSX.5.8 on PPC

[Evertype]

I installed it. How do I "use" the macro?

[Alex Petrov (FontLab)]

Note: FLS 5.1 build 4311 and newer automatically decompiles feature definitions into FEA 2.5 syntax when opening an .otf or .ttf file. Running this macro is only recommended if you have older VFB files that still use the FEA 1.6 syntax.

Open your old vfb with OT features, open the OpenType panel and choose Upgrade FEA in the OT Macro menu (see the screen shot).

[manfred.nehls]

I installed the script (double-clicked the file "Install_onMac.command") but I don't see the macro in the fly-out menu.

Mac OS X 10.5.8
FontLab Studio 5.1.1 Build 4353

[Adam Twardoch (FontLab)]

Manfred,

could you try to install it manually? Inside of the "data" folder there is Studio5/Macros/System/OpenType/Upgrade_FEA.py

There should be a [your user home folder]/Library/Application Support/FontLab/Studio5 folder. Inside of that folder, there should be the subfolders Macros > System > OpenType. If those subfolders aren't there, please create them (to replicate the subfolder structure of the "data" folder that comes with the script).

Then, put the "Upgrade_FEA.py" file into the [your user home folder]/Library/Application Support/FontLab/Studio5Macros/System/OpenType/ and restart FontLab Studio.

Does that work?

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