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translate applescript to appscript
by Adam Morris Aug. 12, 2011

Aug. 12, 2011

I have an AppleScript snippet that I need translating to python appscript; too low-level for ASTranslate to handle: tell application "Finder" "/Users/brainysmurf/Desktop" as POSIX file as alias end tell I'm writing a wrapper class for the Finder and want to be able to pass /path/to/doc to its methods and so I need a way to convert from paths to file objects that the Finder can do things with. Reading the docs I tried: appscript.app("Finder").AS_newreference(appscript.app.elements('psxf').byname('/Users/brainysmurf/Desktop')) But I get an error saying that elements is not an attribute. I get the same deal with appscript.app('Finder'). Using appscript 1.0.0 Help? -Adam

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python characters on a mac?
by Joseph Grcar June 29, 2011

June 29, 2011

Hello, I was directed to send the following query to this email address. I am using Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Dec 16 2010, 14:12:43) on mac OS 1.5. How does one set up the character manipulation in python to avoid mangling foreign-language characters (i.e., French accents, German umlauts, etc.)? For example, I have a text file example.txt. The unix command cat displays the contents as the single line: São Paulo However, if I read this file in a python script and then write it back out character by character using the python script #!/usr/bin/python input=open("example.txt","r") output=open("out.txt","w") for line in input: for i in range (len (line)): output.write ("%s\n" % line[i]) then the characters in the file are given as S ? ? o P a u l o Why does python does not make use of the character codes that are used by the Mac OS? Is there a way to tell python to recognize the OS character set? Many thanks, -- Joe Joseph Grcar 6059 Castlebrook Drive Castro Valley, CA 94552 USA email jfgrcar(a)comcast.net phone 1-510-581-1353

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[py2app] optimize and includes
by Jeffrey O'Neill June 28, 2011

June 28, 2011

I'm using the latest py2app. Since my app uses __import__ to load some modules, I list those modules in the include option. This works great when optimization is turned off, but when I turn optimization on (1 or 2), the modules listed in the includes option go missing. Is there a fix for this? _________________________________________________________ OpenSTV -- Software for ranked-choice and preferential voting systems http://www.OpenSTV.org

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Py2app zlib import error
by Brian Zambrano June 28, 2011

June 28, 2011

I have a PyQt app which I've been compiling successfully for over a year on OS X 10.5. I've recently upgraded to a new system running 10.6, and my py2app builds are failing to boot after compilation. After some poking around, it looks like there are many other folks with the same issues, but I haven't found a solution yet. The error is: 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/RoastLogger.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 4, in <module> _chdir_resource() File "/Applications/RoastLogger.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 2, in _chdir_resource import os zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available ...which is identical to the first issue in this thread: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2010-September/022629.html zlib is present also: find . -name 'zlib*' ./Resources/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/zlib.so I'm using 2.6.6 MacPython, Py2app 0.6.4, altgraph/modulegraph 0.9 and macholib==1.4.1. Are issues being accepted on the bitbucket page? I'd be happy to contribute in any way. BZ

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ASTranslate (appscript) has a runtime error (variable not defined) on what I think is valid appscript
by John Owens June 26, 2011

June 26, 2011

Would love a little help solving this! I guess this is a bug report, but I don't know how else to contact the ASTranslate developers. I'd like to hear how to translate this AppleScript to appscript properly. Details at the following link, also copied below: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6475872/astranslate-appscript-has-a-runt… Here's the AppleScript (first snippet): http://dinhviethoa.tumblr.com/post/5967294192/applescript-with-sparrow tell application "Sparrow" activate set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:"meeting at 4:00", content:"We'll be 4 to discuss about the future of our life."} tell theMessage make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {name:"John Doe", address:"john(a)gmail.com"} make new to recipient at end of cc recipients with properties {name:"Sonia Jones", address:"sonia(a)gmail.com"} sendmessage end tell end tell ASTranslate reveals: app(u'Sparrow').activate() app(u'Sparrow').make(new=k.outgoing_message, with_properties={k.content: u"We'll be 4 to discuss about the future of our life.", k.subject: u'meeting at 4:00'}) Runtime Error: The variable theMessage is not defined. (-2753) What I was trying (that crashed Sparrow hard): sparrow = app('Sparrow') sparrow.activate() sparrow.help() msg = sparrow.make(new=k.outgoing_message, with_properties={k.subject:"Foo", k.content:"Bar"}) msg.make(new=k.to_recipient, at=msg.to_recipients.end, with_properties={k.name:"foo(a)bar.com"}) msg.sendmessage() Any help appreciated, thanks. JDO

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py2app: unknown required load command 0x800000022
by Donovan Parks June 22, 2011

June 22, 2011

Hello, I am porting a Python program I wrote on Windows to OS X. On Windows, I bundle the application using py2exe and have been using py2app on OS X. Using py2app I can obtain an app file that runs on OS X 10.6. However, when I copy the app file to other systems (OS X 10.5 or 10.6) I get the following errors: 22/06/11 10:35:01 AM [0x0-0x1c3cc3b].org.pythonmac.unspecified.STAMP[54569] dlopen(/Users/dparks/STAMP_APP_TEST/dist/STAMP.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python, 1): no suitable image found. Did find: 22/06/11 10:35:01 AM [0x0-0x1c3cc3b].org.pythonmac.unspecified.STAMP[54569] /Users/dparks/STAMP_APP_TEST/dist/STAMP.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python: unknown required load command 0x80000022 22/06/11 10:35:01 AM [0x0-0x1c3cc3b].org.pythonmac.unspecified.STAMP[54569] /Users/dparks/STAMP_APP_TEST/dist/STAMP.app/Contents/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python: unknown required load command 0x80000022 22/06/11 10:35:01 AM [0x0-0x1c3cc3b].org.pythonmac.unspecified.STAMP[54569] /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Python: no matching architecture in universal wrapper I'm using py2app 0.6.3 with python2.6, PyQt4, numpy, etc. obtained via macports. I have confirmed that a true standalone application is being built. It appears the 0x800000022 problem is fairly common when moving programs from 10.6 to 10.5. I'm surprised I'm having this problem on different 10.6 machines. I'd provide additional details, but am such a newb when it comes to OS X I'm not sure what is relevant. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Cheers, Donovan

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Getting an Error When Running App built with Py2app
by Christopher Barker June 14, 2011

June 14, 2011

Mike wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using the built in Python 2.6 that comes with OSX. Should I install > Python from python.org? If so, which version? That depends on your goals. If you are happy with your app only running on 10.6 and above, then the built-in one should work. If you want your app to run on OS-X versions 10.3.9 and above (or any version before 10.6) then you need to install a python.org version. You can use either 2.6 or 2.7, but if you use 2.7, use the "32 bit, 10.3" build -- the 32-64 bit 10.6 build will only run on 10.6 You may want to give that a try anyway, to see if it fixes your issue, but Ronald can't fix bugs or add tests if non one gives him broken examples -- so if you do want the build-in python, it would be great to keep trying an reporting what you find. One other note -- wx installs itself outside of the Python Framework -- this way both the Apple and Python.org installs can use it. It uses some "*.pth" trickery to accomplish that -- that may be what's confusing py2app. -Chris > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Barker" <Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov> > To: "Mike" <smartmike1(a)gmail.com>; <pythonmac-sig(a)python.org> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:12 AM > Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Getting an Error When Running App built > with Py2app > > >> On 6/7/11 7:38 PM, Mike wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I built my python program using Py2app, using the default setup.py >>> script. I'm running Mac OSX Snow Leopard 64 bit. >> >> which python are you using? Py2app is really expected to work right >> with Apple's built-in python (it can't include python itself) >> >>> ImportError: >>> '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/lib-dynload/wx/_core_.so' >>> >>> not found >> >> This looks like it's looking for wx in Apple's python. >> >> I'd install the python from python.org, and try again with that. It's >> probably what you ultimately want anyway. >> >> -Chris >> >> >> >> -- >> Christopher Barker, Ph.D. >> Oceanographer >> >> Emergency Response Division >> NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice >> 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax >> Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception >> >> Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov

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TZ and Plone.
by Tuladhar-douglas, Dr William B. June 13, 2011

June 13, 2011

Folks, I've lurked here picking up tips for some years and now need to seek the collective wisdom of the list (which may well be, ‘go ask somewhere else’, but that would also be okay.) Most conversations on this list are about PyObjC and Py2App, but I've run up against a genuinely obscure bug in Plone that appears to derive from underlying Python behaviour on Unix machines, and wouldn't mind some pointers on how to fix it at least for OSX. I'm trying to install Plone 4.05 on my Mac (OSX 10.6.7), using the universal installer which uses buildout. (It works fine on the London server that holds the public Plone site...) After much frustration I finally found another person with the same obscure problem, also in Kathmandu. See here:http://bibekpaudel.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/solved-plone-installation-… , here: http://www.khattam.info/solved-module-datetime-datetime-line-1145-in-tozone… , and here: http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/9857 for the bug report. Apparently the fix has been deferred repeatedly. Essentially, because I'm in Kathmandu, Nepal right now (and will be for the next few years on a research project), timezone support doesn't work right so eventually, Plone becomes confused when it tries to make a new site. The root of the problem seems to be way back down at the Unix-level implementation of timezone support. Nepal is often a difficult case as its TZ is set at GMT+4:45 or GMT+5:45 depending on the time of year. So if I wanted to pursue a fix for this one, how might I begin? -WBTD. - - -- --- ----- -------- ------------- Will Tuladhar-Douglas Anthropology of Environment and Religions http://tending.to/garden The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.

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debugging bus error on launch [py2app]
by Jeffrey O'Neill June 10, 2011

June 10, 2011

I've used py2app for many years and have really appreciated how it makes it so easy to distribute my app. I'm now running into problems and would appreciate suggestions for how to debug. My setup: -- Snow Leopard -- 32-bit Python 2.7 from python.org -- py2app 6.3 -- only external package is wxPython 2.8.12.0 (32-bit, Carbon, unicode) The changes from my last successful use of py2app six months ago are (1) moving from python 2.6 to python 2.7; (2) upgrading to latest py2app (don't know what I had before but I think it was at least a couple years old); and (3) changes to my python code that should not be significant. When I do python setup.mac.py py2app everything seems to operate fine. Stuff gets copied to build dir, creates app bundle, stripping, etc... (Tried this both with and without -A). When I run out of the dist dir: $ ./dist/OpenSTV.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenSTV I get Bus error with a dump. I don't know where to begin debugging this and would greatly appreciate pointers. My setup.mac.py is copied below and also the dump that OS X provides. Note that my setup is a little complicated because I use __import__ and have to explicitly list the stuff that is being imported that way. Jeff ==== setup.mac.py ==== import sys import os import glob import shutil import pkgutil from setuptools import setup from openstv.version import v as OpenSTV_version # Remove the build and dist folders shutil.rmtree("build", ignore_errors=True) shutil.rmtree("dist", ignore_errors=True) # generic arguments for setup() name = "OpenSTV" description = "Implements the single transferable vote, instant runoff "\ "voting, and several other voting systems." author = "Jeff O'Neill" author_email = "jeff.oneill(a)example.org" url = "http://www.openstv.org" license = "OpenSTV EULA" packages = ["openstv", "openstv.MethodPlugins", "openstv.LoaderPlugins", "openstv.ReportPlugins"] data_files = [ ("", ["openstv/Help.html", "openstv/License.html"]), ("Icons", ["openstv/Icons/pie.ico", "openstv/Icons/blt.ico", "openstv/Icons/splash.png"]) ] # Get list of plugins because they won't be automatically included includes = [] pluginPackageNames = ["openstv.MethodPlugins", "openstv.LoaderPlugins", "openstv.ReportPlugins"] for x in pluginPackageNames: package = __import__(x, fromlist="dummy") ppath = package.__path__ pname = package.__name__ + "." for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(ppath, pname): includes.append(modname) if sys.platform == "darwin": # # Usage: ./setup.py # # py2app options plist = { "CFBundleDocumentTypes": [{"CFBundleTypeName": "OpenSTV ballot file", "CFBundleTypeIconFile": "blt.icns", "CFBundleTypeExtensions": ["blt", "txt"], "CFBundleTypeRole": "Viewer"}] } py2app_options = dict( includes = includes, plist = plist, iconfile = 'openstv/Icons/pie.icns', no_strip = 0, ) setup(name = name, script_name = 'setup.py', script_args = ['py2app'], version = OpenSTV_version, description = description, author = author, author_email = author_email, url = url, license = license, packages = packages, data_files = data_files, options = dict(py2app = py2app_options), scripts = ['openstv/OpenSTV.py'], app = ['openstv/OpenSTV.py'], setup_requires = ["py2app"], ) os.system("hdiutil create -ov -imagekey zlib-level=9 -srcfolder dist/OpenSTV.app dist/OpenSTV.dmg") ==== Dump ==== Process: OpenSTV [1299] Path: /Users/joneill/OpenSTV/OpenSTV/dist/OpenSTV.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenSTV Identifier: OpenSTV Version: ??? 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Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: bash [466] Date/Time: 2011-06-05 21:15:26.454 -0400 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.7 (10J869) Report Version: 6 Interval Since Last Report: 1290371 sec Crashes Since Last Report: 17 Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 16 Anonymous UUID: 4449D1E2-549A-4752-9ACA-F453FB09A892 Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS) Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Application Specific Information: objc_msgSend() selector name: copy Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x953caedb objc_msgSend + 27 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9387f8ee cacheBundleInfo + 190 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9387f82d _CFAppVersionCheckLessThan + 157 3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x93879704 __CFInitialize + 2004 4 dyld 0x8fe0ee40 ImageLoaderMachO::doImageInit(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 154 5 dyld 0x8fe0ee74 ImageLoaderMachO::doInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 30 6 dyld 0x8fe0d31e ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int) + 246 7 dyld 0x8fe0d3d1 ImageLoader::runInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 61 8 dyld 0x8fe0200b dyld::runInitializers(ImageLoader*) + 34 9 dyld 0x8fe0b299 dlopen + 558 10 libSystem.B.dylib 0x94128848 dlopen + 66 11 ...thonmac.unspecified.OpenSTV 0x00005a9f main + 63 12 ...thonmac.unspecified.OpenSTV 0x000017e2 start + 258 13 ...thonmac.unspecified.OpenSTV 0x00001709 start + 41 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x00103bc0 ebx: 0x93880964 ecx: 0x918f3858 edx: 0x001012f0 edi: 0x00000000 esi: 0x00103bc0 ebp: 0xbfffefe8 esp: 0xbfffef94 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x953caedb cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0x00000000 Binary Images: 0x1000 - 0x6ff7 +org.pythonmac.unspecified.OpenSTV ( 1, 9, 0 ) (( 1, 9, 0 )) <62637566-0890-030C-A884-540872ADC1F3> /Users/joneill/OpenSTV/OpenSTV/dist/OpenSTV.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenSTV 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <A4F6ADCC-6448-37B4-ED6C-ABB2CD06F448> /usr/lib/dyld 0x9236a000 - 0x92378fe7 libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <3CE8AA79-F077-F1B0-A039-9103A4A02E92> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib 0x93877000 - 0x939f2fe7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.4 (550.42) <C78D5079-663E-9734-7AFA-6CE79A0539F1> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation 0x93e1b000 - 0x93e61ff7 libauto.dylib ??? (???) <29422A70-87CF-10E2-CE59-FEE1234CFAAE> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib 0x94121000 - 0x942c8ff7 libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.10 (compatibility 1.0.0) <ADF8138B-2384-2FC0-CCBF-C4721B53568A> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x94fe6000 - 0x94fe9fe7 libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib 0x953c5000 - 0x95472fe7 libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <DF8E4CFA-3719-3415-0BF1-E8C5E561C3B1> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib 0x97cc9000 - 0x97d33fe7 libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib 0x990fa000 - 0x9927cfe7 libicucore.A.dylib 40.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <D375C1CF-C88D-C5F6-3C49-CD429023FBAC> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <ADF8138B-2384-2FC0-CCBF-C4721B53568A> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib _________________________________________________________ OpenSTV -- Software for ranked-choice and preferential voting systems http://www.OpenSTV.org

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Getting an Error When Running App built with Py2app
by Christopher Barker June 8, 2011

June 8, 2011

Chris, I think your note didn't get posted to the list (you have to "reply all"), so here it is: Chris Weisiger wrote: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:12 PM, Chris Barker <Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov > which python are you using? Py2app is really expected to work right > with Apple's built-in python (it can't include python itself) > > That should be "is really *NOT* expected to work right...". :) oops, yes, that is what I meant! -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker(a)noaa.gov

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