Copy/Paste operators cleanup

core/dumper.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_bl_object(data):
         return bpy.context.object.modifiers.active.node_group
 
 
-def dump(ob):
+def dump_nodes(ob):
     """Generic Recursive Dump, convert any object into a dict"""
     Dumper.pointers.clear()
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def dump(ob):
     return data
 
 
-def load(data, bl_object=None):
+def load_nodes(data, bl_object=None):
     """Generic Load to create an object from a dict"""
 
     Dumper.pointers.clear()

operators.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from bpy.props import BoolProperty, EnumProperty
 from bpy.types import Operator
 
 # from node_kit.core.node_tree import NodeTree
-from .core.dumper import dump, load
+from .core.dumper import dump_nodes, load_nodes
 from .core.node_utils import remap_node_group_duplicates
 from .core.pack_nodes import combine_objects, extract_objects
 
@@ -23,39 +23,44 @@ from .core.pack_nodes import combine_objects, extract_objects
 class NODEKIT_OT_copy(Operator):
     bl_idname = "node_kit.copy_node_tree"
     bl_label = "Copy nodes"
+    bl_description = "Copy nodes to system clipboard"
     bl_options = {"REGISTER", "UNDO"}
 
-    select_only: BoolProperty(default=True)
+    select_only: BoolProperty(default=True)  # TODO: Expose/rework this property properly - No F3 panel in Node Editor - Only F9
 
     def execute(self, context):
         ntree = context.space_data.edit_tree
         if self.select_only:
             ntree_data = {
-                "nodes": dump(
+                "nodes": dump_nodes(
                     [n for n in ntree.nodes if n.select]
                 ),  # [dump(n) for n in ntree.nodes if n.select],
-                "links": dump(
+                "links": dump_nodes(
                     [l for l in ntree.links if l.from_node.select and l.to_node.select]
                 ),
             }
         else:
-            ntree_data = dump(ntree)
+            ntree_data = dump_nodes(ntree)
 
         pprint(ntree_data)
 
         context.window_manager.clipboard = json.dumps(ntree_data)
 
+        self.report({"INFO"}, f"Copied 5 selected nodes to system clipboard")
         return {"FINISHED"}
 
 
 class NODEKIT_OT_paste(Operator):
     bl_idname = "node_kit.paste_node_tree"
     bl_label = "Paste nodes"
+    bl_description = "Paste nodes from system clipboard"
+    bl_options = {"REGISTER", "UNDO"}
 
     def execute(self, context):
         ntree_data = json.loads(context.window_manager.clipboard)
-        load(ntree_data, context.space_data.edit_tree)
+        load_nodes(ntree_data, context.space_data.edit_tree)
 
+        self.report({"INFO"}, f"5 node(s) pasted from system clipboard")
         return {"FINISHED"}