Merge pull request #10 from henrypinkard/main

Fix config path issue

README.md

@@ -61,5 +61,8 @@ core = Core()
 terminate_core_instances() 
 ```
 
+## Install issues on M1 Macs
+
+https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/issues/165#issuecomment-860233092
 
 

src/mmpycorex/_version.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (0, 3, 6)
+version_info = (0, 3, 8)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))

src/mmpycorex/launcher.py

@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ def create_core_instance(
     if mm_app_path == 'auto':
         mm_app_path = get_default_install_location()
 
+    # if config file is not an absolute path, assume it is relative to the mm_app_path
+    if not os.path.isabs(config_file):
+        config_file = os.path.join(mm_app_path, config_file)
+
     if python_backend:
         mmc = _create_pymmcore_instance()
         mmc.set_device_adapter_search_paths([mm_app_path])