Bill Janssen <jans...@parc.com> wrote: > Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com> wrote: > > > The example that's in the repository is fully up-to-date, although it > > doesn't use Interface Builder. > > Good to know. I'd downloaded a version of the example from somewhere, > which seems a bit antique compared to what's in > http://svn.red-bean.com/pyobjc/trunk/ (I presume that's the > repository?). But the repo code still has things like marking actions > with "@objc.IBAction", which I haven't found necessary in my code. Is > that still necessary? > > > The easiest way to develop preference panes for now is to have a dummy > > xcode project to get the nibfile integration in interface builder > > (that is, when you add python files to an xcode project IB automaticly > > knows about those files). Then use py2app to actually build the > > preference pane. > > OK, that seems straightforward. Do I have to run "File>>Reload All > Class Files" to get IB to know about the specifics of the class? > > And, how do I build an appropriate setup.py file to run py2app on? > Where is that documented? > > > Py2app in subversion already can compile .xib files when building a > > bundle, unless you use the '-A' flag. In that case you're better of to > > instruct Interface builder to save your IB documents as '.nib' files. > > My problem is connecting things up in IB in the first place, which is > why I was talking about a step-by-step example. Suppose I use XCode to > build a stub PrefPane project called "test". I remove the testPref.h > and testPref.m files it provides, and add my own testPref.py file, using > the "Python class which inherits from NSObject template". I make sure > that testPref.py is in the "Classes" part of the Xcode project. I edit > testPref.py to have the class "testPref" inherit from NSPreferencePane > instead of NSObject. I then double-click on testPref.xib to bring up > IB. > > That's where I get lost. What specific actions do I need to do to > connect the preference pane to that new class file? > > Here's what I think is right: > > 1. In IB, use "File >> Reload All Class Files". > 2. Select "File's Owner", and set its Class type to "testPref". > 3. Build the UI of the PP and connect it up to outlets and actions > on the "File's Owner" class. > 4. Save everything in IB. > 5. Run py2app to build the pane. > > > BTW, AFAIK there are no Xcode templates for building plugin bundles in > > Python and I have no intention to create those because I don't like > > Xcode for Python development. > > Yeah, I use Emacs myself, but it's handy to generate that stub project > you recommend. > > Bill > > > Ronald > > > > On 17 Apr, 2009, at 19:56, Bill Janssen wrote: > > > > > Hi, all. I'm trying to build a PreferencePane with Python and > > > Interface > > > Builder, and the examples I can find on the Web seem somewhat > > > out-of-date. In particular, the EnvironmentPane example seems to > > > use a > > > "magic NIB", which I can't figure out how to construct from scratch, > > > and > > > which I can't seem to convert to XIB format. If someone could outline > > > the steps of what needs to happen to build a new PreferencePane XIB > > > file > > > from scratch, using IB, I'd be grateful. > > > > > > Or if you've got a pointer to an up-to-date Xcode 3 example, that > > > would > > > be useful, too. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Bill
Yeah, I still can't get this to work. When I try to load the prefPane, I get the following error message on the console: *** -[NSCFArray insertObject:atIndex:]: attempt to insert nil I think I'm missing something in the NIB. Bill _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
