🌐 Mailman 3 July 2004 - Pythonmac-SIG - python.org

Python library cannot be found
by Yves Schmid July 5, 2004

July 5, 2004

Hello! We just released an application for MacOSX called Modul8 that uses Python for all its internal scripting (and Python is really GREAT!). We directly linked the library to the application. Modu8 works only on MacOS 10.3, so we can assume that Python 2.3 is here. Unfortunately, we have a few users who receive the following message in the console when they launch Modul8: dyld: /Applications/Modul8Demo/Modul8.app/Contents/MacOS/Modul8 can't open library: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Python (No such file or directory, errno = 2) I talked with a user and he said that the python library was effectively at the right place in his system (see http://www.garagecube.com/forum in the support section to see the discussion with the users). I really don't understand what's going on here... Especially because it's happening only with a few users... I did not find a workaround at this time and I was wondering if anybody would have a clue ? Is there something special to do when linking the library to the application to be sure ? Thanks a lot! Yves Schmid * GarageCUBE

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IDE, IDLE, extras fail on 10.2.8
by Barry Schiffman July 5, 2004

July 5, 2004

I'd be grateful for some insight into a problem getting IDLE and the IDE to work. I'm new to the Mac OS, but have access to a dual G4 running 10.2.8. I installed Macpython2.3, and then the extras, so that I now have Apple's python along with Macpython2.3. None of the extras, IDLE, the IDE, the PackageManager works. From the finder, they all quit immediately after starting. In addition, in hopes of getting Tkinter, I tried to install Apple's Tk, but the installer tells me the version requires 10.3 and the owner of the machine doesn't want to upgrade to 10.3. Is it a matter of recompiling or is there an older version around? Anyway, about IDE, the error message in the Console log was this: Jul 3 16:24:31 DualG4 WindowServer[5402]: ERROR! execle(/Applications/MacPython-2.3/PythonIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/PythonIDE) returned, err=22 And when run with os.system in the interpreter, I get this: sh: /Applications/MacPython-2.3/PythonIDE.app/Contents/MacOS/PythonIDE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Resources/Python.app/: bad interpreter: No such file or directory 3225 Barry __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Saving preferences
by Gary Makin July 5, 2004

July 5, 2004

Hi, I've done a search on the web and in this list's archives but can't find the answer to this. Without hard coding the path, how can I get access to the equivalent of the CFPreference API? Thanks, Gary

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Finder Crash, after moving files....
by Benjamin Schollnick July 5, 2004

July 5, 2004

Folks, (This is a resend... I sent the original with the wrong email account...) I know I asked about this before... But... The following script will crash the finder, in a repeatable manner.... After, roughly, only .... <cough> <cough> four thousand and twenty five <cough> <cough> findertools.move's, the finder will crash.... This finder crash also seems to take down Safari if it is running.... (No other applications, just the Finder and Safari... Actually, technically the finder is running... But you have the spinning pizza wheel, and your only recourse is to relaunch the finder.... Also... I can't find the directory that findertools or EasyDialogs is now stored in.... I am running on 10.3.4, and this has happened for a long time... I never thought to see if it is reproducable or consistent.... - Benjamin Btw-> If anyone asks, this is usually run on my download directory... Well, actually a different script is run on my download directory to "clean it up", and make subdirectories, and move files. I just changed the way that script works, so I need to "remove" the old subdirectories and have it process them again... So I whipped this up... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #!python import sys import os from bas_common import * mac_mode = macintosh if mac_mode: import macostools import findertools # import macfs import EasyDialogs def move_file ( old_path, new_path, filename ): # print "old: ",old_path # print "new:",new_path # print "filename:",filename # print "old + file:", old_path + os.sep + filename if os.path.exists (new_path + os.sep + filename): Ask = EasyDialogs.AskYesNoCancel("Duplicate File Detected (%s), Overwrite?" % filename, default = 1, yes=None, no=None, cancel=None, id=262) if Ask == 1: if mac_mode: # Overwrite, by removing the old file # os.remove(new_path + os.sep + filename) elif Ask == 0: # # Do not overwrite, end routine, by returning # return 0 elif Ask == -1: # # Abort program, return error code # return -1 if mac_mode: findertools.move (old_path + os.sep + filename, new_path) return None if len(sys.argv) < 1: print "Aborted...." sys.exit(5) sources = EasyDialogs.AskFolder ( message="Please choose a folder to process") print sources sources = sources.strip() print sources found = os.listdir ( sources ) if found == None or found =="": print "No directory selected." sys.exit(5) number_of_entries = len(found) count = 0 for j in found: new_directory = sources + os.sep + j if os.path.isdir ( new_directory ): files = os.listdir ( new_directory ) if len(files) > 1: print "\n",new_directory for x in files: if x.upper() == ".DS_STORE": pass else: print " ",count," ", #print new_directory, " ", sources, " ", x move_file ( new_directory, sources, x)#, new_dir, filename ) count = count +1 print ".", -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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framework _only_ build fails on 10.1
by Pascal Oberndoerfer July 4, 2004

July 4, 2004

I doubt this is of great interest anymore but still: maybe I just missed something? I tried to build the framework _only_ on 10.1 yesterday. No frameworkinstallapps or frameworkinstallextras. During make I get this problem: cc -Wl,-F. -bundle -framework Python build/temp.darwin-5.5-Power_Macintosh-2.3/macosmodule.o -L/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.darwin-5.5-Power_Macintosh-2.3/MacOS.so -framework Carbon /usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols: _CGMainDisplayID This is related to macosmodule.c I guess. Obviously this leads to unexpected skips during make test: 3 skips unexpected on darwin: test_macostools test_aepack test_scriptpackages and make frameworkinstallframework fails too of course: ./python.exe ./Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py -v /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/plat-mac /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Mac/Tools Traceback (most recent call last): File "./Mac/scripts/cachersrc.py", line 7, in ? import macresource File "/Users/pob/Desktop/Python-2.3.3/Lib/plat-mac/macresource.py", line 6, in ? import MacOS ImportError: No module named MacOS make[1]: *** [installmacsubtree] Fehler 1 make: *** [frameworkinstallmaclib] Fehler 2 These were the steps taken: - download waste-21b1.sit to Desktop - download Python-2.3.3.tgz to Desktop - unpack both to Desktop - rename 'WASTE 2.1b1 Distribution' to waste - open Terminal - cd to ~/Desktop/Python-2.3.3 - ln -s ../waste waste - ./configure --enable-framework - edit ~/Desktop/Python-2.3.3/Mac/OSX/make for 10.1/10.2 on lines 13-16 (PBXBUILD=pbxbuild) (Don't know if this is necessary when not installing extras/apps) - make - make test - make frameworkinstallframework Thanks, Pascal

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Matlab-like IDE
by Jon Peirce July 3, 2004

July 3, 2004

WingIDE does have the functionality - they call it the debug probe. For Mac you have to use the 1.1 version but they say version 2 (which is currently in beta on windows) will be supported for mac too. WingIDE is free if you're actively developing open source projects and is a nice package (full code completion too, at least in the main editor window). -- Jon Peirce This message has been scanned but we cannot guarantee that it and any attachments are free from viruses or other damaging content: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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Scripting iCal and using OSA?
by Israel C. Evans July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

Hey there folks. I've been following the small tutorialish thing on this page http://stompstompstomp.com/weblog/technical/2004-02-05 and I'm not having much luck. I've got python 2.3 on macosx 10.2.8 and I've used the gensuitemodule to create an iCal module-folder-with-a-bunch-of-other-modules-inside-type-doodad. Following the directions on the aforementioned page I was able to feed the output of the two functions to a test log file which always came up changed, but still blank as , um, something that was very blank. So I started to play and around and try hunting for things, but what I found didn't seem to echo what was in the iCal dictionary opened from within the apple script editor which seems to have a wonderful amount of access to just about any program that even slightly thinks about applescript. -> app = iCal.iCal() log = file('/Users/iz/proj/pythonica/osa/osatest_log.txt','w') log.write(str('\n'.join(app.__dict__))+'\n') log.write(str('\n'+'\n'.join(app.calendar.__dict__))+'\n') log.write(str(app.calendar[0])) log.flush() log.close() <- This got me a text file that looks something like this: -> target_signature send_priority send_flags target send_timeout compclass fr <- After having read the osa docs in the python documentation, I don't feel a whole lot more enlightened. I'm obviously very confused about how to use this stuff. If any of you can find it in your heart to offer kind advice or point me towards any handily available founts of knowledge, I would be most grateful. ~Israel~ ~Israel~

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