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Question : Oolite's various converters are written in Python 2.7 I presume that they are used by the Griffs and Killer Wolfs of this world to convert ship model files to oolite's ".dat" format Will they need tweaking to work with Python 3.0? Reference: Oolite converters Apologies if this ...

So just for fun. :) Better yet if I can make it work on alpine x86!! That was far easier than expected. VM with 256M ram, 4g HD, and 1 CPU. Installed alpine x64. Didn't take long to figure out what was needed to build the bundle. Installed the resulting tarball. It appeared in the menu, and worked. ...

Suggestion: Skip thinking about an installer for now. I for one, am not thinking MUCH about an installer. In hacking around, trying to make the bits all work, and while making tools to test it rapidly, locally, on various boxes and different scenarios. I figured it wouldn't hurt to include those to...

Here's 2.05. OoliteDebugConsole2-05.zip No changes to the python script bar the version number. Made the Linux binary builder into a tarball under "builder" and added a readme. Added a version file so we don't need to faff with the builder. Added a rudimentary changelog. Probably need a li...

https://www.uploadlite.com/en/d/DebugConsole204devbundle I zipped it all up 'cos the upload service doesn't like tarballs. The linked zip (DC204-devbundle.zip) contains three archives: OoliteDebugConsole2-04.zip : My latest version. Changes: at least- Added console hint how to (dis/re)-connect a run...

Perhaps that could be a hint in the debug console at startup. You control the source at the moment, add what you'd like at line 4309 On it. Will upload a 2.04 in a couple of minutes. Will also upload a tarball of my binary builder which works nicely on a normal installation, and a tarball installab...

Was there a problem w/ the 256x256 icon? Nope.. I should have gone with that. Have edited above accordingly. Also tweaked the icon filename and location to something more sane/normal. In production, this ought to do as the Oolite installer does and set a full path. Are you planning to include this ...

With the desktop file for linux (XDG desktop file), there's no obvious way I can see to set a current/working directory, which may be a problem for DebugConsole and its log/config files. It does have a way to pass variables to whatever's being launched. It seems the working directory (at least for x...

Do not worry. The starter has a list of OXPs - after all it knows what is installed, required, conflicting etc. Does it have a list of OXPs from the last use of starter? Some of us manipulate other OXPs locally, or use the built-in manager from time-to-time. I confess I rarely use the starter to la...

This seems to work well for the Linux app switcher etc. in python 3 It doesn't have any effect with python 2.7, where the xbm fallback still shows. I used to the 'overkill' 256x256 icon, for the sheer joy of it. It also works with pyinstaller, as long as --add-binary "OoJSC256x256.png:." i...

I think I cracked the Linux icon on alt-tab etc.

It may even work with pyinstaller. I'll have a crack and report finding momentarily.

--icon works for Window & MacOS but not Linux Indeed there is no --icon option in pyinstaller on Linux. This article may be helpful there. See Kibi's answer. It describes 'normal' way to realise desktop icons for apps in most Linux DE. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75375906/can-pyinstalle...

D'oh! :oops: was the same file as before! Once more from the top: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7f5hi7jfj4zxxspzn8t3x/collect_shipdataMrFlibble.py?rlkey=muu5l5jknzpgm1tfmq9i8d50q&dl=0 Looking at the original OXZ, it's as if the directories have no timestamps. Current time is used. After puttin...

Whoops! Do I understand correctly that before starting Oolite, it is advisable to run a python script (especially if we don't know whether such a script has run since the last time OXPs were installed/uninstalled)? IF you've installed some fancy non-standard ships, IF you use telescope's 3D view an...

Directory timestamps not though. Fixed - that's what I get trusting someone else's code in the wee hours. My generated OZXs had blank timestamps on the directories. Different story with python 2.7.18. Only because you ran the 3 version first. Both had the error but you didn't have a file to delete ...