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Synopsis

melInfo

melInfo is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

This command returns the names of all global MEL procedures that are currently defined as a string array. The user can query the definition of each MEL procedure using the "whatIs" command.

Return value

string[] procedure names

Keywords

mel

MEL examples

// Query informaton about every MEL procedure and command defined. For
// each procedure/command, use the whatIs command to print a summary.
// Output the result to a file on disc.
//
$fileName = ( `internalVar -userTmpDir` + "mel.tmp" );
$fileId=`fopen $fileName "w"`;
string $procs[] = `melInfo`;
int $i;
for ( $i = 0; $i < size( $procs ); $i++ )
{
    string $s = `whatIs $procs[$i]`;
    fprint $fileId ( $procs[$i] + " : " + $s + "\n" );
}
fclose $fileId;