Fails to run

[gostone]

Hi. This may be my fault, I don't use Python very much. I've installed novelWriter on my MacBook according to the instructions, using pip install novelWriter. This completes successfully. When I try to start the program with python novelWriter.py it fails with the message:

.pyenv/versions/3.8.6/bin/python3: can't open file 'novelWriter.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

The installation log output to the screen looks like this:

Installing collected packages: PyQt5-sip, pyqt5, lxml, pyenchant, novelWriter
Successfully installed PyQt5-sip-12.8.1 lxml-4.6.2 novelWriter-1.0.2 pyenchant-3.2.0 pyqt5-5.15.2

Any help greatly appreciated!

[vkbo]

The python novelWriter.py command is for when you run directly from the source code. When you install with pip, it should make an executable file named novelWriter or novelwriter on your system. Did you try to just type one of those in the terminal?

You should also install the pyobjc package on macOS. It improves the integration with the OS a bit.

[gostone]

yes that works thanks. This looks like it's got great promise, but the menus aren't working for me! I click on them and nothing happens.

[vkbo]

Did you create a project first? If there is no project open, most menu entries are disabled.

When you first open the app, a dialog should pop up asking you to open a project, or if none exist, create a new one.

[gostone]

It has sorted itself out somehow. Working now. Thanks for your help

[vkbo]

Great! Please mark this as resolved then. There is a checkmark button at the top of my first comment.

[gostone]

done