Jack Jansen: added 'get_command_list()' method, and Mac-specific code to
use it to generate a dialog for users to specify the command-line (because
providing a command-line with MacPython is so awkward).
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
index abbc160..fe728c3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@
# operations, we just check the 'have_run' dictionary and carry on.
# It's only safe to query 'have_run' for a command class that has
# been instantiated -- a false value will be inserted when the
+ if sys.platform == 'mac':
+ import EasyDialogs
+ cmdlist = self.get_command_list()
+ self.script_args = EasyDialogs.GetArgv(
+ self.global_options + self.display_options, cmdlist)
+
# command object is created, and replaced with a true value when
# the command is successfully run. Thus it's probably best to use
# '.get()' rather than a straight lookup.
@@ -657,6 +663,38 @@
# print_commands ()
+ def get_command_list (self):
+ """Get a list of (command, description) tuples.
+ The list is divided into "standard commands" (listed in
+ distutils.command.__all__) and "extra commands" (mentioned in
+ self.cmdclass, but not a standard command). The descriptions come
+ from the command class attribute 'description'.
+ """
+ # Currently this is only used on Mac OS, for the Mac-only GUI
+ # Distutils interface (by Jack Jansen)
+
+ import distutils.command
+ std_commands = distutils.command.__all__
+ is_std = {}
+ for cmd in std_commands:
+ is_std[cmd] = 1
+
+ extra_commands = []
+ for cmd in self.cmdclass.keys():
+ if not is_std.get(cmd):
+ extra_commands.append(cmd)
+
+ rv = []
+ for cmd in (std_commands + extra_commands):
+ klass = self.cmdclass.get(cmd)
+ if not klass:
+ klass = self.get_command_class(cmd)
+ try:
+ description = klass.description
+ except AttributeError:
+ description = "(no description available)"
+ rv.append((cmd, description))
+ return rv
# -- Command class/object methods ----------------------------------