Re: How to setup image converters on Mac?

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Mittwoch, den 13.09.2017, 11:22 +0200 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
> Am Mittwoch, den 13.09.2017, 09:59 +0200 schrieb Stephan Witt:
> > I fear the detection of Inkscape on Mac is not correct. The python
> > scripts assume the binary is inkscape if not on windows.
> 
> Then we should fix the checkInkscape() routine in configure.py. What
> do
> you need specifically? Full path? How is it determined on the Mac?
> Does
> "type -a -p inkscape-bin" work?

Given the above is true, then the attached patch should work. Can you
check that, please?

Jürgen
diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index ec033192bd..6a3af0cbe3 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -493,7 +493,13 @@ def checkDTLtools():
     return dtl_tools
 
 def checkInkscape():
-    ''' Check whether Inkscape is available and return the full path (Windows only) '''
+    ''' Check whether Inkscape is available and return the full path for Windows and Mac '''
+    if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        inkscape_loc = cmdOutput('type -p inkscape')
+        if not inkscape_loc:
+            inkscape_loc = cmdOutput('type -p inkscape-bin')
+        if inkscape_loc:
+            return inkscape_loc
     if os.name != 'nt':
         return 'inkscape'
     if sys.version_info[0] < 3:

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