This is a modification for Maya on Linux that replaces its default MEL-based file browser with a nice KDE file browser dialog on KDE, and a Gnome-like file browser on Gnome. The replacement occurs everywhere; file-open, file-save, attribute editor, and yes, even the script editor!...
The odds are that if you've ever done any serious MEL coding, then you'll know just how terrible Maya's script editor is. For writing short scripts it's not too bad, but for any script that's longer than about a hundred lines, it quickly starts to chafe. I've recently started using Kate and KWrite on Linux for my MEL scripting, and they're actually very nice. However, the lack of syntax highlighting started to irritate me... If it irritates you too, then read on
This is a modification for Maya on Linux that replaces its default MEL-based file browser with a nice KDE file browser dialog on KDE, and a Gnome-like file browser on Gnome. The replacement occurs everywhere; file-open, file-save, attribute editor, and yes, even the script editor!...
The odds are that if you've ever done any serious MEL coding, then you'll know just how terrible Maya's script editor is. For writing short scripts it's not too bad, but for any script that's longer than about a hundred lines, it quickly starts to chafe. I've recently started using Kate and KWrite on Linux for my MEL scripting, and they're actually very nice. However, the lack of syntax highlighting started to irritate me... If it irritates you too, then read on 
