All very good ideas. I'm copying others working on the wxPython GUI who might have ideas on how to do this.
Michael On 8/12/07 2:51 PM, "Glynn Clements" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Barton wrote: > >>> We also need to ensure that the wxPython 2.8 package *does* get used >>> by GRASS even though it doesn't get used by anything else which uses >>> wxPython. >>> >>> Here, I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PYTHONPATH manually before running >>> wxgrass. I'm not sure how easy it would be for GRASS to automate that, >>> given that wxPython 2.8 is likely to be installed in such a way that >>> it would normally be "invisible" to packages which use wxPython. >> >> Good points. I remember some directions at the wxPython download site for >> installing wxPython in non-standard locales and installing multiple >> versions. Maybe we could use those suggestions to deal with this. > > It can certainly be done; the issue is the effort required to do it > reliably without user intervention. > > Off the top of my head: wxgrass will need to: > > 1. Catch any exceptions which arise from "import wx" (i.e. no wxPython > as part of the standard Python installation) or "import wx.aui" (i.e. > wxPython < 2.8). > > 2. Attempt to locate wxPython 2.8, by looking for directories where it > is likely to be found (i.e. wherever the provided binary packages put > it). > > 3. Re-invoke itself, after having updated LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or the > equivalent for other platforms) and PYTHONPATH accordingly. > > If the user has built wxPython 2.8 themselves, or is using a binary > package installed in a location unknown to #2, they will need to set > LD_LIBRARY_PATH (etc) and PYTHONPATH themselves; that will prevent any > exceptions at #1 (i.e. the package will appear to be part of the > standard wxPython installation so far as wxgrass is concerned). __________________________________________ Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology Director of Graduate Studies School of Human Evolution & Social Change Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Arizona State University phone: 480-965-6213 fax: 480-965-7671 www: http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://grass.itc.it/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
