Creates .pyc files - but has no documentation to explain what they are or how to use them

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Checklist

• I use the latest release of atbswp
• The issue is not existing yet

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Miscellaneous information

Operating System

Ubuntu LTS

Desktop Environment/Window Manager

default

Python version

default

Description

Records and plays back perfectly, and has an undocumented option "Compile to exe" - which writes-out a binary file with .pyc on the end of the name, however, this doesn't execute and there's no explanation for how we use it.

[cnd@uvm ~]$ chmod ugo+x clicky.pyc
[cnd@uvm ]$ ./clicky.pyc
./clicky.pyc: line 1: $'B\r\r': command not found
./clicky.pyc: line 2: $'\331pa\203\a\343\005@s\026\003dd\001lZdd\001l\001Z\001d\002e_\002e\001\240\003d\003\241\001\001e\240\004d\004d\005\241\002\001e\240\004d\006d\a\241\002\001e\240\004d\bd': command not found
./clicky.pyc: line 3: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``'
./clicky.pyc: line 7: syntax error: unexpected end of file

It also does not auto-play if I try this:-

[cnd@uvm ~]$ ./atbswpv0.3.0-linux clicky.pyc

Please...

a) Document what "Compile to exe" actually is/does
b) Make it work so that I can save something and then run a command to play it back :-)

( I assume (b) exists, but it's not documented on the project homepage... )

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Also tried this:-

 [cnd@uvm ~]$ python3 clicky.pyc 
 RuntimeError: Bad magic number in .pyc file

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I noticed this find nothing:-

grep -r sys.arg .

so it looks like this tool does not have any way to read commandline arguments?

I guess this is now a feature-request:-

Please allow us to run this code as follows:-

  ./atbswpv0.3.0-linux  saved_capture_file

and for the code to open, automatically play that capture, and then end and exit.

Think about this: right now, there's no way to automate the mouse, without using the mouse...

This simple extra addition allows us to script mouse things from the command line.

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a) Document what "Compile to exe" actually is/does
b) Make it work so that I can save something and then run a command to play it back :-)

( I assume (b) exists, but it's not documented on the project homepage... )

The .pyc is a python bytecode file, you can read more about that here. I am not against a PR to explain a bit what it is to people that might be confused. I just don't find it that much relevant to add to the project page as it's not something specific to atbswp, but to the whole Python ecosystem. I will probably never do that myself.

Also tried this:-

 [cnd@uvm ~]$ python3 clicky.pyc 
 RuntimeError: Bad magic number in .pyc file

This is actually interesting to me, can you try to decompile the file and post the content here?

uncompyle6 -o . your_filename.pyc

You might need to install uncompyle6 first

I noticed this find nothing:-

grep -r sys.arg .

so it looks like this tool does not have any way to read commandline arguments?

I guess this is now a feature-request:-

Please allow us to run this code as follows:-

  ./atbswpv0.3.0-linux  saved_capture_file

and for the code to open, automatically play that capture, and then end and exit.

Think about this: right now, there's no way to automate the mouse, without using the mouse...

This simple extra addition allows us to script mouse things from the command line.

Yes, it's a GUI-only program (for now). Playing a capture from atbswp seems like an useful addition for people that don't have Python installed on their OS. Feel free to open a new issue with that specific inquiry and I will certainly have a look when I have more time.