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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions constants.py
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Expand Up @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def _merge_vars(base_vars: JsonType, vars: JsonType) -> None:
raise RuntimeError(f"Unspecified variable: '{k}'")


# Base Paths
# Self path
if IS_APPIMAGE:
SELF_PATH = Path(os.environ["APPIMAGE"]).resolve()
else:
Expand All @@ -91,15 +91,20 @@ def _merge_vars(base_vars: JsonType, vars: JsonType) -> None:
SELF_PATH = Path(sys.argv[0]).resolve()
if SELF_PATH.stem == "pyinstaller" or SELF_PATH.name == "gui.py":
SELF_PATH = Path(__file__).with_name("main.py").resolve()
# Working / config directory path
WORKING_DIR = SELF_PATH.parent
if IS_APPIMAGE:
_config_folder: Path = SELF_PATH.with_name(f"{SELF_PATH.name}.config")
if _config_folder.is_dir(): # exists and is a directory
WORKING_DIR = _config_folder
# Development paths
VENV_PATH = Path(WORKING_DIR, "env")
VENV_PATH = Path(SELF_PATH.parent, "env")
SITE_PACKAGES_PATH = Path(VENV_PATH, SYS_SITE_PACKAGES)
SCRIPTS_PATH = Path(VENV_PATH, SYS_SCRIPTS)
# Translations path
# NOTE: These don't have to be available to the end-user, so the path points to the internal dir
LANG_PATH = _resource_path("lang")
# Other Paths
# Other paths
LOG_PATH = Path(WORKING_DIR, "log.txt")
DUMP_PATH = Path(WORKING_DIR, "dump.dat")
LOCK_PATH = Path(WORKING_DIR, "lock.file")
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