[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]

Re: [pygame] Re: Python path problem in vista?



Thanks a lot for the help, folks.

I've tried RB[0]'s suggestion and it seems to work well. =)

The new code is:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, 'lib')
import main
main.main()

I've already updated the file for next release.

-Thiago

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:47 PM, RB[0] <roebros@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It is an IDLE problem - I ran into the same thing on Ubuntu and XP, IDLE
> doesn't like the way they do it.
> A simple fix is to just put this line in:
> sys.path.insert(0, "lib")
> Instead of all that try/except nonsense. The above line works just as well,
> and I have never had a problem with it failing anywhere.
> I have actually used that stuff in my teams entry for pyweek ever sense the
> skellington was released :)
>
> HTH :)
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Brian Fisher <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> I can reproduce the problem (on vista), but it looks like an idle problem,
>> not really a vista problem
>>
>> when running the script, "__file__" is "C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw"
>>
>> so "libdir" becomes "C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\lib"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anyone in the list also reply if they do NOT get problems running
>>> programs with skellington-compliant structure on Vista? So far I've
>>> got only one person informing of problems executing the program and
>>> I'd like to hear if that's widespread or not.
>>>
>>> -Thiago
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Thiago Chaves <shundread@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > recently I was informed that my most recent project is not running
>>> > properly in Vista. I'm using the skellington structure suggested by
>>> > Pyweek administration and I'm wondering if that's somehow related.
>>> >
>>> > File structure for the project (as far as it is relevant to this post):
>>> > ssof/run_game.py
>>> > ssof/lib/main.py
>>> >
>>> > run_game.py's contents:
>>> >
>>> > ____________________
>>> > #! /usr/bin/env python
>>> >
>>> > import sys
>>> > import os
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > try:
>>> >    __file__
>>> > except NameError:
>>> >    pass
>>> > else:
>>> >    libdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
>>> > 'lib'))
>>> >    sys.path.insert(0, libdir)
>>> >
>>> > import main
>>> > main.main()
>>> > _______________
>>> >
>>> > User feedback:
>>> >
>>> > Alright then,
>>> > Open fully-updated Windows Vista. Open IDLE. Python version number is
>>> > 2.5.2. Open run_game.py. Hit F5 (runs the script).
>>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> > File "C:\Users\Andy
>>> > Hanson\Desktop\ssof-2009-01-31-fixed\ssof_alpha4\run_game.py", line
>>> > 15, in <module>
>>> > import main
>>> > ImportError: No module named main
>>> >
>>> > This is certainly a very simple problem!
>>> >
>>> > ________________
>>> >
>>> > Any thoughts? What am I doing wrong here?
>>> >
>>> > (I'm attaching run_game.py just in case the formatting gets messed up)
>>> >
>>> > -Thiago
>>> >
>>
>
>