On 11/2/07, Darran Edmundson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now that we have a proof-of-concept Objective-C framework, I'm trying to
> port a simple test application to python. Keep in mind that I didn't
> write either of these. I'm a complete neophyte in terms of Mac
> development and ObjectiveC; all I have going for me is a lot of python
> experience on Windows. Issues I'm having:
>
> - In a terminal, 'python' still gives me Apple's native 2.3 rather than
> MacPython 2.4. Do I uninstall Apple's version or simply ensure that
> the MacPython version comes earlier in the system path?
Just make sure python2.5 comes earlier in your path. Never uninstall
Apple's version--your computer uses it for system operations.
> - The pyObjC online docs discuss XCode templates and a distutils
> approach. Is the latter deprecated, or still a reasonable approach?
I would use the distutils (actually, I think it is setuptools now)
approach. The XCode templates have been fixed in Leopard (or so I
have heard), but I don't think they were very helpful in Tiger.
You can easy_install setuptools and py2app. Below is a bare-bones
setup.py that you can customize by replacing variables with the word
"YOUR" in them. Sorry about the over-abundance of ALL CAPS. I have
this set up so I can re-use it quickly, so there are a bunch of
semi-constants I use in all caps, then I added more for your
customization. Let me know if it is confusing.
'''
Minimal setup.py example, run with:
% python setup.py py2app
'''
from distutils.core import setup
import py2app
NAME = 'YOUR_APP_NAME'
SCRIPT = 'YOUR_PYTHON_SCRIPT.py'
VERSION = 'YOUR_VERSION'
ICON = ''
ID = 'A_UNIQUE_STRING
COPYRIGHT = 'Copyright 2007 YOUR_NAME'
DATA_FILES = ['English.lproj'] # This is needed if you use nib files
to define your UI
plist = dict(
CFBundleIconFile = ICON,
CFBundleName = NAME,
CFBundleShortVersionString = ' '.join([NAME, VERSION]),
CFBundleGetInfoString = NAME,
CFBundleExecutable = NAME,
CFBundleIdentifier = 'org.YOUR_DOMAIN.examples.%s' % ID,
NSHumanReadableCopyright = COPYRIGHT
)
app_data = dict(script=SCRIPT, plist=plist)
py2app_opt = dict(frameworks=['YOUR_FRAMEWORK_HERE.framework'],)
options = dict(py2app=py2app_opt,)
setup(
data_files = DATA_FILES,
app = [app_data],
options = options,
)
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