[Bitpim-devel] Mac OS X update

[Tim L. <tl...@ve...>]

Hey, the application seems to be partially working and talking to the 
phone.  It retrieved my phonebook!  I have no ringers or wallpapers 
installed.

After installing pyserial and verifying the phone was set to RS232, I 
was able to communicate using the device name /dev/tty.usbserial0.

Most of my problems have centered around learning the Python 
development environment.  Initially, I was using PythonIDE.  By 
double-clicking bp.py it would launch the IDE, and then I would click 
Run All.  On several occasions the application and/or IDE would 
unexpectedly quit or lock up requiring a Force Quit from Finder.  
PythonIDE looks quite powerful with a module browser and debugger, so 
when I have more time I'll have to reexamine what I was doing wrong.

I've had far better luck running the application with the following 
steps:

- open Terminal shell
- navigate to BitPim source directory
- use pychecker to verify the source files
- type:  /usr/local/bin/pythonw bp.py

The Log and Protocol Log windows are updated, but the output lines 
appear double-spaced.  Currently, the application hangs when I attempt 
to expand the file directory.  It says "Retrieving..." and the lower 
left corner says "BUSY".

Also, I may have uncovered a bug.  It could be Mac-specific or already 
reported.  Here are the steps:

- launch application
- click Log tab
- select View Filesystem menu

Note that the highlighted tab changes to Filesystem (which is newly 
inserted), but the window contents still display Log results.  By 
clicking to Log, and then back to Filesystem, the window contents are 
refreshed.

Any thoughts about the problem expanding the file directory?  I 
probably won't be able to resume until the weekend.

Tim