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Thanks.

Thanks–no need to hurry. I appreciate your help.

Unfortunately, it’s still not working. Generated a bunch of errors regarding “CGFloat”–mainly that it’s not available but it should be.

Interestingly, when I run python2.5 from the command line I can successfully import the Foundation module. But when I run python2.6 (the default), it can’t.

I did get the templates to show up in Xcode using commands like this:

svn co http://svn.red-bean.com/pyobjc/trunk/pyobjc/pyobjc-xcode/Project%20Templates/Cocoa-Python%20Document-based%20Application/ /Developer/Library/Xcode/Project\ Templates/Application/Cocoa-Python\ NSDocument\ based\ Application

However, creating and running a project with these templates causes some errors in assembly code. So something’s still not right. Too bad Apple didn’t just include these templates in Xcode–probably take them about 10 minutes to make it work for everybody.

I did an update install of Snow Leopard. I have a mess I think (even before I upgraded)–I have both the Apple python (2.6.1) and the MacPython (2.6.4) which I studiously installed as per instructions at sourceforge (this was prior to my upgrade to Snow Leopard).

I can’t find that egg file.

I’m going to pack it in for now. The python GUI I use at work is the wxPython package which I use because I need it to work on Windows too. I was really just curious to see what this PyObjC stuff was all about.

I think it’ll have to wait until I have the time to clean off the MacPython and sort of start all over with just the Apple Python (or maybe just do a clean install). Either way it’s time consuming. Maybe I’ll get lucky and Apple will relent and put the Python stuff back into Xcode for me.

I do have one parting question if you happen to know: Exactly where is the PYTHONPATH variable set? There must be some file somewhere, but I can’t find it.

Thanks for your help. I learned some new stuff.

Okay, I think I’ll do that. Thanks!

This was a very helpful and clearly explained guide. I especially appreciated the Terminal commands, which worked with a cut and paste.

Thanks a bunch!

By the way, you have “easyinstall pyobjc” written above in a comment. I believe it’s “easy_install”.

Hi– When I try to use project-tool.py i get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./project-tool.py”, line 22, in
from Foundation import NSDictionary
File “/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_framework_Cocoa-2.2b1-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/Foundation/__init__.py”, line 10, in
from CoreFoundation import *
File “/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc_framework_Cocoa-2.2b1-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/CoreFoundation/__init__.py”, line 17, in
scan_classes=False)
File “/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC/objc/_bridgesupport.py”, line 147, in initFrameworkWrapper
_parseBridgeSupport(data, globals, frameworkName, inlineTab=inlineTab)
File “/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/PyObjC/objc/_bridgesupport.py”, line 58, in _parseBridgeSupport
objc.parseBridgeSupport(data, globals, frameworkName, *args, **kwds)
SyntaxError: Syntax error for struct CFSocketSignature

Not sure exactly what the problem is here. I have a couple versions of python on my mac. Specifically I have an enthought build, and the 2.6 version that snow leopard came with.

Additionally when I type: easy_install pyobjc, I get the following errors;
easy_install pyobjc
Searching for pyobjc
Best match: pyobjc 2.2b2
Processing pyobjc-2.2b2-py2.6.egg
Removing pyobjc 2.2b1 from easy-install.pth file
Adding pyobjc 2.2b2 to easy-install.pth file

Using /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/pyobjc-2.2b2-py2.6.egg
Processing dependencies for pyobjc
Searching for pyobjc-framework-Quartz==2.2b2
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pyobjc-framework-Quartz/
Reading http://pyobjc.sourceforge.net
Best match: pyobjc-framework-Quartz 2.2b2
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyobjc-framework-Quartz/pyobjc-framework-Quartz-2.2b2.tar.gz#md5=19fd563656931664acdce8296bd4844f
Processing pyobjc-framework-Quartz-2.2b2.tar.gz
Running pyobjc-framework-Quartz-2.2b2/setup.py -q bdist_egg –dist-dir /var/folders/Ff/FfPBJXLMEGqm9Ap+wgOPeU+++TI/-Tmp-/easy_install-ynYzQ2/pyobjc-framework-Quartz-2.2b2/egg-dist-tmp-9VHJPa
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py:266: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: ‘options’
warnings.warn(msg)
In file included from Modules/_CVPixelBuffer.m:5:
Modules/pyobjc-api.h:27:3: error: #error “Huh? 64-bit but no CFFloat available???”
In file included from //System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Headers/CGGeometry.h:8,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Headers/ATSTypes.h:32,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Headers/ATSLayoutTypes.h:36,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Headers/ATS.h:33,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Headers/ApplicationServices.h:26,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Headers/CVDisplayLink.h:24,
from //System/Library/Frameworks/CoreVideo.framework/Headers/CoreVideo.h:24,
from Modules/_CVPixelBuffer.m:9:
//System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/Headers/CGBase.h:105: error: conflicting types for ‘CGFloat’
Modules/pyobjc-api.h:30: error: previous declaration of ‘CGFloat’ was here
lipo: can’t open input file: /var/folders/Ff/FfPBJXLMEGqm9Ap+wgOPeU+++TI/-Tmp-//cc1xdVE8.out (No such file or directory)
error: Setup script exited with error: command ‘gcc-4.2′ failed with exit status 1

Thank you in advance for any thoughts or ideas that you have that might help me in using pyobjc templates in xcode

Thanks for sharing!

There was one thing I had to change from your recipe to have the file templates working: create another subdirectory called “Python” under “File Templates” to hold the python-related templates.

> cp -r * ~/Library/Application\ Support/Developer/Shared/Xcode/File\ Templates/Python

# Xcode 3.2.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2

Wow. You’re smart, hot, and you can use the heck out of a Mac. I’m in love.

No, seriously, this rocks. I had some trouble getting it to work at first but using your instructions, I was able to backtrack the issue and get them all installed. Thanks! You rule!

Thankyou one million times, I have been awake for 36 hours wrapping round on red bull and there’s no way I would have been able to do that without your blogpost. Now to wind down with some light python coding :-)

Thanks for a good guide. I noticed that you’re not allowed to have non-ascii characters in the .py files comments, which was the ‘default’ for me since my name contains an

Thanks a lot for pointing out and providing ready to paste scripts. Saves me a lot of time.

thanks for the tutorial but the Python subclasses in my xcode don’t have the same icons as yours. Actually they have the same icon of a empty file.
where should I change that?

same here, thanks a lot.

Finally everything is working, but i had to install everything as root, the problem now is that xcode show me the cocoa-python icons fine but just when i run it as root, not as a normal user.
Other thing is i can import the pyobjc just as root, not as a user.
There is a way to have the same sys.path that root? i think that my problem.

Awesome Tut! Thanks a lot!!!

Hi,

I installed pyobjc using easy_install but nothing changes on XCode.
When I click in new project I’m not able to see “User Templates” Just iOS and MacOSX Templates.

Any tip of that?
I try to follow the steps of the post, but nothing changes too.

Really need this working to use Xcode to code in Python.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks…it worked great :)