[win] Scribes presumes paths to be unix -like

[Sir.Rainbow]

Scribes makes the assumption to run on Linux, which is all good and well so long you are on Linux..
But on Windows everything fails..

Here the error:

PS E:\marco\src\scribes> python scribes.py
dbus daemon already exists
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scribes.py", line 11, in <module>
    main(argv[1:])
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\Main.py", line 7, in main
    __open(argv)
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\Main.py", line 20, in __open
    Manager().open_files(uris)
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\InstanceManager.py", line 8, in __init__
    Manager()
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\SaveProcessInitializer\Manager.py", line 15, in __init__
    Initializer(self)
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\SaveProcessInitializer\Initializer.py", line 6, in __init__
    self.__start()
  File "E:\marco\src\scribes\SCRIBES\SaveProcessInitializer\Initializer.py", line 18, in __start
    spawn_async([python, module, python_path], working_directory=folder)
gobject.GError: Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)

I think the problem is pretty general, we have to substitute things like:

folder_ = home_folder + "/Desktop"

to
import os
folder_ = os.path.join(home_folder, "Desktop")

or :
from os.path import join
folder_ = join(home_folder, "Desktop")

[Mystilleef (mystilleef)]

Fixed in build 507

[Sir.Rainbow (sir-rainbow)]

I still have the same error, because of python_path (still unix slashes, on windows Python path is usually C:\PythonXX , with XX Version number (here for ex 25)) and of some unix paths in \SCRIBES\SaveProcessInitializer\Initializer.py, which i fixed... I'll upload a patch within a moment...

[Sir.Rainbow (sir-rainbow)]

The fix for python_path is suboptimal, it should use some sort of platform-independent way to get that folder.. (I don't kown if python provides it), and I don't know if it map to the main folder of python on Windows, what's in that folder? With this fix the bug goes away.

[Mystilleef (mystilleef)]

I'm reopening this. I'll look at the patch soon.

[Mystilleef (mystilleef)]

I think I've addressed most of this. If not please let me know. How's this port coming along.

[Sir.Rainbow (sir-rainbow)]

The port is not coming along at all, because i've not had any time to work on it (i'm studiyng math at a university and don't really have much free time), and I don't know how much still needs to be done. I think the path problem is now resolved, what comes next is
Bug #481480, the one on bindtextdomain ... The next thing I'll do is to make a step-by-step instruction on how to come to the point where you get that msg, so that somebody could takeover the work. So don't expect too much from me, but I hope to still do something for Scribes, maybe in the summer.

[Mystilleef (mystilleef)]

I understand. Thanks for initiating the project. Look forward to your contributions in the future when you're less busy.