added the option to Blender.Library to 'link' data for malefico

source/blender/python/api2_2x/Library.c

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "DNA_curve_types.h"
 #include "DNA_object_types.h"
+#include "DNA_space_types.h" /* for line linked */
 #include "BKE_library.h"	/* for all_local */
 #include "BKE_font.h"		/* for text_to_curve */
 #include "BKE_utildefines.h"
@@ -309,27 +310,29 @@ PyObject *M_Library_Load( PyObject * self, PyObject * args )
 	char *base = NULL;
 	int update = 1;
 	int blocktype = 0;
+	int linked = 0;
 
 	if( !bpy_openlib ) {
 		return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_IOError,
 					      "no library file: you need to open one, first." );
 	}
 
-	if( !PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "ss|i", &name, &base, &update ) ) {
+	if( !PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "ss|ii", &name, &base, &update, &linked ) ) {
 		return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_TypeError,
 					      "expected two strings as arguments." );
 	}
 
 	blocktype = ( int ) BLO_idcode_from_name( base );
 
-	if( !blocktype ) {
+	if( !blocktype )
 		return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_NameError,
 					      "no such Blender datablock type" );
-	}
-
-	BLO_script_library_append( bpy_openlib, bpy_openlibname, name,
-				   blocktype );
-
+	
+	if (linked)
+		BLO_script_library_append( bpy_openlib, bpy_openlibname, name, blocktype, FILE_LINK);
+	else
+		BLO_script_library_append( bpy_openlib, bpy_openlibname, name, blocktype, 0);
+	
 	if( update ) {
 		M_Library_Update( self );
 		Py_DECREF( Py_None );	/* incref'ed by above function */

source/blender/python/api2_2x/doc/Library.py

@@ -80,17 +80,19 @@ def Datablocks (group):
   @param group: datablock group, see L{LinkableGroups}.
   """
 
-def Load (datablock, group, update = 1):
+def Load (datablock, group, update = 1, linked = 0):
   """
   Load the given datablock object from the current library file
   @type datablock: string
   @type group: string
   @type update: bool
+  @type linked: bool
   @param datablock: an available object name, as returned by L{Datablocks}.
   @param group: an available group name, as returned by L{LinkableGroups}.
   @param update: defines if Blender should be updated after loading this
       object.  This means linking all objects and remaking all display lists,
       so it is potentially very slow.
+  @param linked: Will keep objects linked to their source blend file, the update option or later updating will unlink the data from the original blend and make it local.
 
   @warn: If you plan to load more than one object in sequence, it is
      B{definitely recommended} to set 'update' to 0 in all calls to this