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py2app and Renaissance
by Dethe Elza Nov. 9, 2004

Nov. 9, 2004

Bob, what's the best way to build an app using py2app if that app includes the Renaissance framework? I looked at the version of DrawBot you built using Renaissance, but it used bundlebuilder. More generally, how should I include frameworks with my pyobjc applications using py2app? Thanks! --Dethe "There's a little bit of God in every truck driver and a little bit of truck driver in every God." -- Blayne Horner

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Update on PyQt/question re: EasyDialogs
by Kevin Walzer Nov. 9, 2004

Nov. 9, 2004

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm still thrashing around on the installer script for PyQt-Mac--it has so many moving parts that I keep missing pieces of it in trying to use Installer/PackageMaker. Therefore, I've decided to use a basic Python script that incorporates Bob's authorization framework and EasyDialogs to wrap various commands to get everything in place (cp -R for Qt, sudo make install for the PyQt bits). I know the W widgets are depreceated, but am I correct that EasyDialogs is still actively maintained as part of the Mac-specific Python extensions? I'd like to document my use of it at my website (along with my use of Bob's authorization wrappper), but only if it isn't in imminent danger of going away. EasyDialogs is perfect for what I need here, a lightweight GUI wrapper for commands--like AppleScript's "display dialog" command but with the added benefit of a progress bar. (Believe it or not, this is what tipped the scale in favor of Python instead of AppleScript as my installer language.) I realize EasyDialogs are limited and will document it with that caveat, but it's very convenient for those who haven't had the time yet (like me) to learn a heavier toolkit such as PyObjC, wxPython, or even tkinter. Thanks, Kevin - -- Kevin Walzer, PhD WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X http://www.wordtech-software.com http://www.smallbizmac.com http://www.kevin-walzer.com mailto:sw@wordtech-software.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBkNpbJmdQs+6YVcoRArbWAJsHY6vyrw2EHdAQK+NRFholGpD2YACfdcBn CtLcHffg3lbexeR+kYFm/dU= =+am/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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pygame/pyobjc eats keys for subordinate process
by Keith Nemitz Nov. 9, 2004

Nov. 9, 2004

I'm not sure if this is a pygame question or a pyobjc question, either could be causing the problem I'm currently debugging. I'm invoking the Kagi purchase system from within my game. It opens a window, and I can click on the buttons and such, but all keystrokes are gobbled by the game before the Kagi window sees them. I've checked this by watching the events. If I bring other applications forward, they respond to the keyboard, just fine. I've turned 'grabbing' off. And there doesn't seem to be a way to 'give up' keyboard focus. (there's only the key.get_focused method) Are there other places/docs I should be looking? I'm hoping that I might find a cocoa call that will give the sub-window full control over events. I'm very close to shipping my adventure game, and this may be the last obstacle... yada,yada FLW! Assistance would be greatly appreciated. Keith Nemitz Mousechief Co.

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Re: NSObject.self(): Never mind
by Dethe Elza Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

Well, I figured out the problem with loadGSMarkupFile_externalNameTable_withZone_. There is a class method with that signature, that I *thought* I was calling, and an instance method with that signature which I was *actually* calling, thus it wanted an NSBundle for the self parameter. Doh! Problem solve, now I'm getting a simple failure %-) --Dethe You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help. --Calvin

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Problems with file names
by Pierre Thibault Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

Hello, I have a little problem with the Python script I wrote. I am unable to treat some file names containing accentued characters or special characters like '. I use the os.walk() generator to traverse my hierarchy of files. I then use commands.getstatusoutput('md5 ' + "'" + fileName + "'") to execute the md5 command on the files I want. This is working well for most of my files but not for file names containing accentued characters or special characters like ' as I said before. Is there a way to reformat fineName to avoid these errors? Is there a special Unix command that I don't know to do that? Any help or idea on how to solve this problem would be appreciated. Regards. --------------------- Pierre

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Newbie PyObjC question
by Tom Elliott Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

I would like to know how to determine which of several radio buttons has been selected by the user, preferably in a simple variable like an int. I can set the buttons as an action for my Controller, and be told when the user pushes a button, but there's no info about which button was pushed. In the case of a slider, one can set the slider to be an outlet for the Controller and get the value by: value = self.mySlider.doubleValue() What is the corresponding call for a set of buttons? I can't figure out anything from the Apple APIs. Thanks a lot for any help. Tom Elliott

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py2app and /usr/lib libraries
by newsletter＠theflow.de Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

Hi, I had a lot of fun playing with py2app and PyObjC this weekend but for distributing my application I encountered the following difficulty: My application uses libxslt und libtidy and they depend on libraries in /usr/lib. What is the correct way to ship these in one application package? I tried it with an libxslt.framework insinde the package Frameworks directory, but I don't know if and how the libxslt python module must be recompiled to find the library at this location or what other changes need to be made. Another way may be to provide an pkg-based installer, but I have no experiences with this. thanks, Florian

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Installed MacPython 10.3 Addons - Can't find Modules, even standard ones.
by Louis Pecora Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

Nicholas Riley wrote: >On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 07:25:33AM -0500, Louis Pecora wrote: > > >>I upgraded to Panther a month ago and just upgraded to MacPython 10.3 >>Addons (as per Jack Jansen's page - thanks, Jack). >> >>But now my programs can't even find standard modules. from Numeric >>import * brings up the error window: Can't find module Numeric. Even >>trig functions sine and cosine generate the same type of error. I've >>looked over the FAQ and can't see any answers (maybe I missed >>something). I'm guessing this is a Path problem, but I'm stumped. I >>have PYTHONPATH set to some of my modules (which seems to work), but not >>sure what to do about standard stuff. >> >> > >Numeric is not a standard module; you'll need to install it. > OK. I thought it came with MacPython in the past. But aren't the trig functions part of the standard module? Thanks. -- Cheers, Lou Pecora Code 6362 Naval Research Lab Washington, DC 20375 USA Ph: +202-767-6002 email: pecora(a)anvil.nrl.navy.mil

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Installed MacPython 10.3 Addons - Can't find Modules, even standard ones.
by Louis Pecora Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

I upgraded to Panther a month ago and just upgraded to MacPython 10.3 Addons (as per Jack Jansen's page - thanks, Jack). But now my programs can't even find standard modules. from Numeric import * brings up the error window: Can't find module Numeric. Even trig functions sine and cosine generate the same type of error. I've looked over the FAQ and can't see any answers (maybe I missed something). I'm guessing this is a Path problem, but I'm stumped. I have PYTHONPATH set to some of my modules (which seems to work), but not sure what to do about standard stuff. Any clues appreciated. Thanks. -- Cheers, Lou Pecora Code 6362 Naval Research Lab Washington, DC 20375 USA Ph: +202-767-6002 email: pecora(a)anvil.nrl.navy.mil

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Carbon GetKeys() and NSObject.self()
by Dethe Elza Nov. 7, 2004

Nov. 7, 2004

Hi folks, Is there a way to access the Carbon GetKeys(keymap) method from within Python, or is that a job which calls for Pyrex? Also, I'm getting a weird error when calling % NSBundle.loadGSMarkupFile_externalNameTable_withZone_(self.filename, {'NSOwner': self}, None) TypeError: Expecting instance of NSBundle as self, got one of objc.pyobjc_unicode (loadGSMarkupFile_externalNameTable_withZone_ is the Renaissance equivalent of loadNibFile_externalNameTable_withZone_) The "self" in this case is a Python object, inheriting from NSObject which is the application delegate. Am I supposed to pass the bundle rather than the delegate object itself? Should I be calling the NSObject.self() method instead of using my self object, and if so, how? I tried using self.self() and got the same error. --Dethe "...coding isn't the poor handmaiden of design or analysis. Coding is where your fuzzy, comfortable ideas awaken in the harsh dawn of reality. It is where you learn what your computer can do. If you stop coding, you stop learning." Kent Beck, Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

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