Hi, all!
I have a Python program that uses wxPython, and the goal is for it to be
multi-platform. It runs fine on Windows and Solaris, and even runs OK
when run directly from the command line on OS X. However, once I try to
make it a .app, everything goes south:
1) On Panther, no matter whether I used XCode (I got PyObjC) or py2app
directly, it built, but then launched and quit with a mysteriously
unhelpful bus error (it runs JUST FINE when launched via its own, non-.app
form).
2) I built it on Tiger and it now actually runs (go figure), BUT if I take
it over to any other system (Tiger, Panther or other), it fails. It seems
like it is not adding all of the libraries, so I keep manually doing so,
but now apparently no matter what, py2app (XCode uses this too) will NOT
include the libraries included with the system, so it still fails on any
system but my own?
Is there a magic trick to deploying Python apps on Mac OS X?
3) Even when it is working, I need to be able to install it and have it
run on launch with a --silent parameter (possibly for non-administrator
users). As a test, I added it manually to my admin account's login items,
but even if I edit the .plist file, it will NOT accept the parameter (it
seems to ignore the path after it hits the .app folder), whether the path
goes into Contents, or stops at the .app folder. If I am not doing an
authenticated install, then cron won't help, yes? no? How can I allow
simple users to choose and then have my program set this up for them if
they may not be admins, and then how to add parameters to the launch?
4) When it runs in silent mode, it stays in the Dock, but when I click to
it, there is no way to get it to kick-off its GUI mode, so it just sits
there, unless I quit and relaunch without the --silent flag. I really
hope I don't have to get crazy into a Mac interface just for this
(remember, multi-platform is the issue and justifying a Mac version was
enough, let alone all the extra work in keeping-up an entire Mac
interface just to kick-off some Python code), but I'm not sure if I'm
even heading in the right directions anymore...
Maybe I just need to add a simple menu option that will kick-off the GUI
on OS X somehow?
Any input, ideas, resources or anything else are very much appreciated!
Thanks,
-Matt
Matthew Kozak
Rutgers University-Camden
email@hidden
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