[AG-DEV] Shared Presentation / Debugging Python Executables on Mac

[Wenjun Wu]

Hi Adam,
   Did you see any error or exception messages in your log while running 
the shared presentation?
   Thanks,
Wenjun
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to work out why Shared Presentation isn't working on a MacBook
> running AG 3.1beta1. I've been trying to debug this but my "primitive
> Windows techniques" don't seem to work on OS X! In particular, I can see
> from the Venue Client log runs:
>
> /usr/bin/pythonw SharedPresentation.py -v <vurl> -a <aurl> -c <curl>
>
> (where I've abbreviated the URLs)
>
> However, I can't just run this from the command line, as it does not know
> where to find SharedApplication.py. I'm not sure if there's some black magic
> which means that Mac applications automatically add to their path the
> contents of the application package, or whether I just need to run some
> script or something that will set up the paths.
>
> If anyone can suggest to me the easiest way to emulate running programs
> using the lines from the log file, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Also, if anyone happens to have run up against similar issues with shared
> presentation, then I'd be interested to know if you've made any progress.
> Currently when I start shared presentation I see neither the shared
> presentation controller or the MS PowerPoint window.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
>
> Adam
>
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