Resources handling

[avalentino]

Currently image resources are handled using the Qt resources system.
Handling of other resources is poor and inconsistent.

Improve the resources handling system so that:

• it is more general and consistent
• don't use Qt resources system (in order to reduce the source package size)
• supports packaging with both setuptools and pyinstaller
• supports standard python packaging and deb/rpm one

[avalentino]

Imported from trac issue 6. Created by a_valentino on 2009-08-21T09:45:14, last modified: 2009-08-22T11:47:18

[avalentino]

Trac comment by a_valentino on 2009-08-21 13:00:53:

Initial version committed in r477.

It consists in:

• a new {{{appsite.py}}} file that stores standard applications paths (e.g. {{{DATADIR}}}, {{{DOCDIR}}}, {{{LICENSEFILE}}}, {{{SYSPLUGINSDIR}}}, {{{USERCFGDIR}}})
• a new {{{utils.getresource}}} function that builds the resource path taking into account the package (if any) and handling imports from compressed eggs and packaged environments (generated using [http://www.pyinstaller.org pyinstaller]).

[avalentino]

Trac comment by a_valentino on 2009-08-22 11:44:20:

Replying to [comment:2 a_valentino]:

Initial version committed in r477.

It consists in:

• a new {{{appsite.py}}} file that stores standard applications paths (e.g. {{{DATADIR}}}, {{{DOCDIR}}}, {{{LICENSEFILE}}}, {{{SYSPLUGINSDIR}}}, {{{USERCFGDIR}}})
• a new {{{utils.getresource}}} function that builds the resource path taking into account the package (if any) and handling imports from compressed eggs and packaged environments (generated using [http://www.pyinstaller.org pyinstaller]).

Three new utility functions added in r482-r484:

• getuifile
• geticonfile
• geticon

[avalentino]

Trac comment by a_valentino on 2009-08-22 11:47:18:

Fixed in r490.