Re: [Pyobjc-dev] py2app: unable to load nib-file

[Johan R. <joh...@gm...>]

I'll try that.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Can I modify my setup.py to automaticly convert my xib's to nibs,
using ibtool?
I suppose I need to hook up in the build phase.

I have a  feeling that XIB's work better with my version control
software (bazaar).



On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Ronald Oussoren <ron...@ma...> wrote:
>
> On 14 Apr, 2009, at 9:46, Johan Rydberg wrote:
>
>> Looking in the dist/Foo.app/Resources, English.lproj is there and it
>> contains the MainMenu.xib file.
>> How does the code know to look into the English.lproj directory?
>>
>> When I get back from work I'll try to assemble a small tarball with a
>> non-working example.
>
> Could you try if converting the ".xib" file to a ".nib" file works (IIRC you
> can use Save As... in Interface Builder for that, otherwise it is a property
> in the NIB settings)?
>
> The ".xib" files cannot be loaded directly by Cocoa but need to be compiled
> before they can be used. Xcode automaticly does this for you, released
> versions of py2app do no yet do that.  The version of py2app in subversion
> fixes this issue for regular builds, but not for alias builds (the -A flag).
>
> Ronald
>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Ronald Oussoren <ron...@ma...>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 14 Apr, 2009, at 8:54, Johan Rydberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Odd, because I've seen people just add English.lproj to data_files.
>>>> For example, look at
>>>> /Developer/Examples/Python/PyObjC/Cocoa/AppKit/Todo/setup.py.
>>>
>>> Adding English.lproj to data_files should just work, if it doesn't you
>>> have
>>> found a bug in py2app.
>>>
>>> Ronald
>>>
>>>
>
>