Reply To: no generate button in B2.79b / R-0.5
voila:
that at least solves that mystery, but i still have no idea how to get rigify to link up the armature to the mesh in 2.79 mode. however, as i really need it to work in 2.8, it is not worth a huge effort to find out how to do it, though if someone can tell me, i shall be glad to try it!
julian