I would like to call paper.js functions from HTML buttons in my page but I believe the paper.js functions exist in their own scope. The paper.js docs mention interoperability which sounds like the right direct by then take me to a page that says "coming soon":
http://paperjs.org/tutorials/getting-started/paperscript-interoperability/
Does anyone know how I can call a function created within a paper.js script from my HTML page?
Apologies for that missing tutorial. I shall really invest some time into writing it finally.
I've answered this question on the mailing list last year: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/paperjs/C6F0XFlplqM/_67AMqCR_nAJ
Scoped PaperScript run inside the global scope, and have access to all elements of the global scope. The normal JavaScripts running in the global scope (= window) will not see these PaperScopes, and won't have access to their variables.
There is a simple solution to exchange information between the two: Simply declare a global structure that you use to exchange tings back and forth, e.g.
window.globals = {
someValue: 10,
someFunction: function() { alert(globals.someValue); }
};
In your PaperScript, you can then access this simply through 'globals', since it's in the window scope:
globals.someValue = 20;
globals.someFunction();
And in the same way, you can use this structure from normal JavaScript.
I just wanted to add some clarification for anyone who runs into this.
For PaperScript-to-JavaScript interoperability, do the following...
In HTML file:
<button type="button" id="btn">Click Me!</button>
In JavaScript file:
$(document).ready(init);
function init(jQuery) {
$("#btn").click(window.globals.paperClicked);
}
// PaperScript Interop
window.globals = {
paperClicked: function() {}
}
In PaperScript file:
// JavaScript Interop
globals.paperClicked = internalClicked;
function internalClicked() {
alert('clicked!');
}