Add Windows-friendly binaries of amitools please?

[wibble1x]

Hello there, sorry to bother you, but I'm a Windows user (currently 8.1) who's really interested in trying these tools out as I've been struggling to find a decent ADF/HDF editor for Windows and am looking to see whether the command-line approach is the answer after feeling let down by the few GUI-based options available.

Only problem is that I am unable to compile the tools no matter how often I try. I don't have Python 3.x installed at the moment but am using a portable version of it called WinPython (https://winpython.github.io/) in the hope I can compile things without having to worry about having Python-related files and registry entries all over the damn shop. Despite following the instructions to the hilt, I always seem to come across some compile error that stops me in my tracks, whether I'm attempting to compile the 'stable' version or the 'development' version. It would stop when attempting to build the wheels, to give an example. One error in particular mentioned Visual C++/Visual Studio for some reason and I dread to think I'm supposed to install that first as I'd rather not compile anything with VS due to bloat and increased dll dependence when I'd rather keep things simple.

I know it is possible to use PyInstaller (https://www.pyinstaller.org/) to convert Python scripts to standalone executables that house a full Python setup inside of them (a good example of this is the provided binary for binmerge (https://github.com/putnam/binmerge/releases), but given that I'm not able to compile amitools myself I feel maybe I should ask for external help, whether by the original author or by anyone else more technically skilled than I am.

Thank you! :)

[cnvogelg]

I recently changed the way amitools is structured: By installing with pip install amitools you get a pure Python version installed. All tools except vamos will run then.

With this setup it shoud be easier for you to get the tools setup...

[cnvogelg]

Just give it a try on master branch and report back...