[Pythonmac-SIG] uniformative Error when launching app

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 21 Sep, 2012, at 21:36, Geoffrey Irving <irving at naml.us> wrote:

> I am trying to package up a mixed Python/C++ application using py2app.
> My setup.py is
> 
>    from setuptools import setup
>    setup(app=['voxpopuli.py'],data_files=[],options=
>      {'py2app'{'argv_emulation':True}},setup_requires=['py2app'])
> 
> and I invoke py2app via
> 
>    python setup.py py2app --no-strip --iconfile
> /Users/irving/otherlab/other/bin/OLicon.icns --resources
> /opt/local/lib/Resources/qt_menu.nib
> 
> This completes without warnings or errors, but when I try to run the
> resuling app a window pops up that simply says "voxpopuli Error". It
> has an "Open Console" button, but the only console messages are
> 
>    9/21/12 11:43:14.691 AM voxpopuli[52765]: voxpopuli Error
>    9/21/12 11:43:15.926 AM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[158]:
> ([0x0-0x177d77c].org.pythonmac.unspecified.voxpopuli[52765]) Exited
> with code: 255
> 
> Are there standard ways to get more information out of py2app to help
> diagnosing this error?

You can run the application from the commandline as "voxpopuli.app/Contents/MacOS/voxpopuli" and that should print the script output to the terminal window. 

Ronald

> 
> Thanks,
> Geoffrey
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