Re: [Gramps-devel] Re : Strange error - coexistence with other python programs (on Windows)

[Doug B. <dou...@gm...>]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Martin Javorek <ma...@ja...> wrote:
> Yes, Calibre is playing with system variable PATH, so it looks like global Python issue.
> And my question was - should we warn other e-book Gramps Windows users before this issue? :-)
>
> Martin

Feel free to put a note in the wiki if you wish.

I've never heard of Calibre, but feel free to complain to them, rather
than warning every other package that they have an issue. But a note
in the wiki might give a hint if other packages are playing badly with
Gramps.

Thanks!

-Doug

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerome" <rom...@ya...>
> To: gra...@li...
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:26:15 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna
> Subject: [Gramps-devel] Re : Strange error - coexistence with other python programs (on Windows)
>
> Are you saying that Calibre is
> playing with system PATH variable ?
> So, it is a global python issue.
>
> I hope if Calibre sets a python variable, also removes it
> and sets the default at the end of the Calibre's session.
>
> I guess, it is a problem by using Calibre and Gramps
> together.
>
>
> Regards,
> Jérôme
>
>
>> --- En date de : Lun 23.8.10, Martin Javorek <ma...@ja...>
>> a écrit :
>>
>> > De: Martin Javorek <ma...@ja...>
>> > Objet: [Gramps-devel] Strange error - coexistence with
>> other python programs (on Windows)
>> > À: "gramps-devel" <gra...@li...>
>> > Date: Lundi 23 août 2010, 12h32
>> > Hi,
>> > I found strange behavior of Gramps and I was playing
>> with
>> > it more than week. But I solved it :-)
>> >
>> > Suddenly Gramps stop offering me any other graph
>> format
>> > than .gv. All PDF's, SVG's and anything else was out.
>> I have
>> > reinstalled whole Gramps, all prerequisities, but it
>> didn't
>> > help. Nothing bad or suspicious in log. After that, I
>> was
>> > thinking several days about that "strange" error and
>> as I
>> > believe that computers are deterministic, I have
>> checked
>> > other Python programs on my computer (OS = Windows
>> 7).
>> > Inkscape, no problem, it was there before Gramps and
>> > everything worked ok. Calibre... and it was the
>> problem!
>> >
>> > I bought recently an E-book reader and installed
>> famous
>> > software Calibre. As many other Python software, it
>> takes
>> > whole Python itself and install script add a path to
>> system
>> > PATH variable. This puts Gramps into non functional
>> state
>> > (I'm not a Python guru, but it looks like the Python
>> is
>> > confused about from where it should load what). After
>> > removing Calibre path from PATH variable, everything
>> works
>> > ok - all formats for Graphing are now available.
>> >
>> > The point: - is it common known issue or should it be
>> > somewhere (on wiki) written for other Windows users?
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> >
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