[Pythonmac-SIG] Re-beginner's simple question

[Kenneth Miller]

Charles,

        That seems normal. Here's a bash script I use for compiling my  
application. I don't mess with the setup.py once it's generated, and  
this bash script seems to do the trick.

rm -r build
rm -r dist

py2applet --make-setup Decoder.py
python setup.py py2app --include DUtils,LabVIEWWrapper --packages  
PyDrill,mx,Ft,ZODB,persistent,transaction,zope --resources  
config.xml,file1.xml,file2.xml,file3.xml,logs > compile.log

cp -r /usr/local/Zope-3.3.1-Python2.5/lib/python/zope/interface / 
Teledrill/Applications/Python/Decoder/dist/Decoder.app/Contents/ 
Resources/lib/pytho
n2.5/zope/

The first two lines simply clean out the old build.
The third line creates the setup.py file.
The fourth line actually compiles the app. The include files are  
two .py files, local modules, that i need to include. The packages are  
python packages on the python path that I want to include for use. The  
resources are include files that my app needs, i've obscured their  
actual names, and the command dumps out to a log.
The last line is a really silly way to correct a bug in py2app. When i  
tell it to include zope, it doesn't include the "interface" sub- 
module, so I forcefully copy it into the app.

I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, but it's worked for me  
so far.

Good luck.

Also feel free to ask any time. I ask questions all of the time.

Regards,
Kenneth Miller

On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:59 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:

> Hm. I'm very puzzled. I tried
> 	python setup.py py2app -A
> and ended up with a tiny 192Kb "application." It runs fine on my  
> machine. But it surely doesn't have a Python built into it, at that  
> size. (The regular "python setup.py py2app" produces a monstrous  
> 40Mb file.)
>
> I don't mean to keep nagging you for help. Where's the best place to  
> find an explanation of the details of this?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Charles Hartman
>
> On Jan 19, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Kenneth Miller wrote:
>
>> No, it bundles a python binary along with your source in a .app  
>> package.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kenneth Miller
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Charles Hartman <charles.hartman at conncoll.edu 
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you very much. Doesn't that depend on whatever Python is  
>>> built-in on the end-user's machine? I'd have to do some testing  
>>> (which I may not have properly equipped machines to do) to see  
>>> what my app will work with . . .
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Charles Hartman
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 19, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Kenneth Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>> Check out py2applet, I use it all the time.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Kenneth Miller
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 19, 2008 1:40 PM, Charles Hartman < charles.hartman at conncoll.edu 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> I mean *really* simple: I've been away from Python programming  
>>>> for a
>>>> couple of years, and I've just gotten a query about an old open- 
>>>> source
>>>> program posted on my website. I may have a fix for the problem the
>>>> user encountered, at least when I run from inside the Wing IDE.
>>>>
>>>> My question is, what is the current best/simplest way to build a
>>>> freestanding application? I tried "python setup.py" with my old
>>>> setup.py file, but I get an error: setuptools not found. Maybe I  
>>>> just
>>>> need to fix my path? It's been a couple of systems (a couple of
>>>> computers, for that matter) since I did this, and though I've  
>>>> kept up
>>>> with current versions of Python (2.5), Wing, and wxPython (2.8.x),
>>>> I've probably neglected some basic housekeeping.
>>>>
>>>> Pointers to a simple how-to-build-an-app doc would be welcome.  
>>>> Thanks
>>>> for any help.
>>>>
>>>> Charles Hartman
>>>>
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