Issue 779151: bgenlocations.py only works for OS9 users and jack ;) (original) (raw)

--- I'm inlining snippets of code from plat-mac/ bgenlocations.py --- if sys.platform == 'mac': # For MacPython we know where it is def _pardir(p): return os.path.split(p)[0] BGENDIR=os.path.join(sys.prefix, "Tools", "bgen", "bgen") else: # for unix-Python we don't know, please set it yourself. BGENDIR="/Users/jack/src/python/Tools/bgen/bgen"

With unix python using Jack's 2.3rc2 installer, BGENDIR should be /Applications/MacPython-2.3/Extras/Tools/bgen

Where to put the python definitions files. Note that, on

unix-Python,

if you want to commit your changes to the CVS repository

this should refer to

your source directory, not your installed directory.

if sys.platform == 'mac': TOOLBOXDIR=os.path.join(sys.prefix, "Lib", "plat-mac", "Carbon") else: TOOLBOXDIR="/Users/jack/src/python/Lib/plat-mac/ Carbon"

TOOLBOXDIR should point somewhere reasonable. maybe os.path.expanduser('~/src/python/')... You should be able to override this without editing your python installation. For example, it could print a warning instead of raising an exception.. look somewhere in sys.path for an override file, etc.