void python_init(char *argv0)
{
+ // start the python engine
Py_SetProgramName(argv0);
Py_Initialize();
+ // initialize the C python modules
init_otk();
init_openbox();
+ // include the openbox directories for python scripts in the sys path
PyRun_SimpleString("import sys");
PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path.append('" SCRIPTDIR "')");
PyRun_SimpleString(const_cast<char*>(((std::string)"sys.path.append('" +
otk::expandTilde("~/.openbox/python") +
"')").c_str()));
-// PyRun_SimpleString("from _otk import *; from _openbox import *;");
+ // import the otk and openbox modules into the main namespace
PyRun_SimpleString("from otk import *; from openbox import *;");
+ // set up convenience global variables
PyRun_SimpleString("openbox = Openbox_instance()");
PyRun_SimpleString("display = OBDisplay_display()");
- /* XXX
- sys.path.append('stuff')
- install the .py wrappers, and include their path with this, then import em
- and ~/.openbox/python/ !!
- */
-
// set up access to the python global variables
PyObject *obmodule = PyImport_AddModule("__main__");
obdict = PyModule_GetDict(obmodule);