BlocklyPropClient.macos.spec Creation Details

The BlocklyPropClient.macos.spec is the build specification file for Mac OS. This file contains Python executable source generated automatically by the pyi-makespec command and also later amended to include features not expressible via the pyi-makespec command-line options.

At the time of this writing, here is the complete BlocklyPropClient.macos.spec file to use during Building and Packaging.

##To regenerate a specification file for Mac OS:

• Navigate to the project
  • $ cd ~/PythonProjects/BlocklyPropClient
• Activate the Virtual Python environment for BlocklyPropClient
  • $ source VPython/bin/activate
• Generate a new BlocklyPropClient.spec file
  • (VPython)$ pyi-makespec --windowed --icon BlocklyPropClient.icns --osx-bundle-identifier com.ParallaxInc.BlocklyPropClient --noupx BlocklyPropClient.py
• Update the BlocklyPropClient.spec file to include propeller-tools content
  • Below the "exe" block, add the following three lines

    #Propeller Tools
    propeller_libs_and_tools = Tree('propeller-tools', prefix='propeller-tools', excludes=['*.pdf', 'windows', 'linux'])
    propeller_libs_and_tools += [('about.txt', 'about.txt', 'About file')]

• Above the the "coll" block, indicate that it is modified

    #Collection (edited to include Propeller Tools)

• Below the "coll" block's "a.datas," line, insert the following line

    propeller_libs_and_tools,

• Remove the "pathex" from the "analysis" block and, if wanting to save it, place it in commented form at the bottom of the file as follows:

     #From Analysis
     #pathex=['/Users/<username>/PythonProjects/BlocklyPropClient'],

• Save the file and rename to BlocklyPropClient.macos.spec