RIMSEvalGUI

This is the repository for the GUI around the rimseval software. Documentation here is only minimal! For more detailed rimseval documentation, see here.

Run the program within your python environment

Supported python versions are 3.8 and 3.9. Running the program should work under Anaconda, as long as you ensure that you use python 3.8 or python 3.9.

It is highly recommended to setup a virtual environment since the requirements are highly specific. Please follow your python instructions on how to create one.

To install the requirements for the package in your virtual environment, you can use pip and the given requirements.txt file as following:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then you can simply run the RIMSEvalGUI.py file in the main directory, e.g., from a terminal by typing:

python RIMSEvalGUI.py

Run from executable

Download the latest release for your OS from GitHub. Install and run.

Packaging

To package the program, we use fbs and you need an fbs pro license in order to package it. Start a new virtual environment, enter the code folder, and install the requirements and fbs via:

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install $FBS_DOWNLOAD_LINK

Here, $FBS_DOWNLOAD_LINK stands for the download link that you received when purchasing fbs pro. After all installations are complete and fbs run works, you can freeze and create an installer of the package via:

fbs freeze
fbs installer

Note: If you are on Windows, further installations are necessary. If freezing fails, the error message will provide you a link on where to download the Windows developer SDK. If creating the installer fails, you are likely missing NSIS. Install it and add its main folder to the system's PATH environment.

Packaging and Release with GitHub Actions

Packaging and release of a new installer is also enabled via GitHub Actions, see here. Ensure that the release_text.md file is filled with the text that you want to attach to the release. When done, push your changes to GitHub. Then create a tag to push as well. The tag should be the version you want to release, prepended by v, e.g., v2.0.0. Then push the tag to GitHub. The release workflow will trigger when the tag is pushed. It will package the software using fbs pro, and create a new release with the installers as assets.

Version numbering

The actual GUI version is generally not very meaningful and the program itself will in fact display the version number of the rimseval package. The GUI version number itself is comprised of three numbers x.y.z. The major and minor version x and y will follow along with the rimseval package, i.e., will indicate for which rimseval package the GUI works. The patch number z will indicate bug fixes in the GUI. The GUI should work for dev versions of rimseval, however, the GUI itself will not have dev versions. This is required in order to compliant with fbs.

Attribution

Icons

All icons are (C) 2013 Yusuke Kamiyamane. These icons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/