[nvda-addons] Re: NVDA and distutils?

  • From: Sean Terry <chipper0182@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <nvda-addons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 14:45:01 -0600

Hi, what kind of ad on are you intending to create?

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> On Jan 7, 2015, at 6:40 AM, Oriol Gómez <ogomez.s92@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Oh, ok. I tried to do that and it gave an error but it could be
> because NVDA does not include the python platform module, which was
> giving me some confusion.
> 
> Thanks, I'll jsut remove the platform checks and force it to windows.
> 
>> On 1/7/15, James Scholes <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Oriol Gómez wrote:
>>> I'm trying to code an addon which requires an external library.
>>> Is there a way for me to use setup.py in an NVDA addon, or do I need
>>> to make changes to the code and install it another way?
>> 
>> Just copy the library into your add-on's code directory and then do
>> something like:
>> 
>> import sys
>> sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
>> import some_lib
>> 
>> There is no need to use setup.py at all.
>> --
>> James Scholes
>> http://twitter.com/JamesScholes
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