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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig > _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
