Support multi-argument Pythons (like env python)

[szhu]

The changes in this commit add support for things like #!/usr/bin/env python3 and make errors easier to find. Here are the details:

1. Support multi-argument Python interpreters

   Many people specify a Python interpreter with a line like this: /usr/bin/env python3. However, SublimePythonIDE allows only to specify the path to a Python interpreter. This would be less portable: Python 3 might be at /usr/bin/python3 on one system and /usr/local/bin/python3 on another. This commit makes it possible.

   How: This commit changes the python interpreter path (the thing named python in proxy_for() and self.python in Proxy) to be a list of strings instead of a single string. This allows for multi-argument Pythons to be specified by any of the Python path providers, including get_setting("python_interpreter") (aka, the python_interpreter setting can now be a list).

   This change is backwards-compatible: Python providers that emit a string will have it converted into the correct format ("/usr/bin/python" -> ["/usr/bin/python"]). A new function, normalize_path, makes normalizing easier.

2. Auto-detect Python interpreter from shebang line

   Perhaps the most common place to add such a Python interpreter specification is in the shebang (#!) line. This commit will choose the Python interpreter based on this.

   python interpreter autoselect based on #!/ on first line #61 tried to do this earlier, but without support for multi-argument Pythons, it was forced to resolve the path to the actual Python. As such, it only worked for absolute paths to Python and env and for env it had to simulate env's behavior (it "simulated" this by assuming Python is always in the same directory as env).

   This change is backwards-compatible: If the first line of the current file does not start with #!, the other Python path providers are tried.

3. More informative error messages

   This commit makes the "Could not detect python" message more informative by indicating which paths were tried. Here's an example:
   

[szhu]

For people who want to try this out:

cd ~/'Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/'
rm -rf 'SublimePythonIDE'
git clone 'https://github.com/szhu/SublimePythonIDE.git'

[JulianEberius]

Thanks a lot for this contribution. Looks fine on first sight. I'll try to find some free time look over it and merge as soon as I can.

Thanks again
Julian

[szhu]

@JulianEberius, any updates on this? (I've been using it for a while and nothing's broken yet.)

[JulianEberius]

No leisure time at the moment. Will get better after this week, so timeframe would be between next week and the end of the year. Sorry, no better estimate available :-)

[JulianEberius]

Hi,

I've merged a minimally changed version. If you can find some time, it would be great if you could test the current master. In addition to your contribution, it contains some bug fixes and updated bundled libraries.

Before I release a new (tagged) version for Package Control, it definitely needs some more testing, as well as documentation.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your contribution
Julian

[szhu]

Thanks Julian! 0e8faa6 breaks some functionality see 0e8faa6#commitcomment-15001630 for more details. I tried rewriting that error message code while still doing "check for python iteratively only as necessary", but it turned out to be too big of a task. Let me know what your thoughts are on this.

[JulianEberius]

And that's why they say that premature micro-optimization is the root of all evil... I'll have a look at it later. Thanks for paying attention :-)

[JulianEberius]

Rewrote the iterative Python detection and improved the error messaging and documentation. Care to take another look at the master branch?

[szhu]

Thanks for that, it's perfect! Now everything works :) I've submitted some aesthetic improvements as #80.