Setting up a new Application
The directory layout of the application is described here: XulRunner Directory Layout. Following the steps below will maintain this layout structure so that the app can later be easily packaged and deployed. The Mac OS X layout is a little different, so ensure you follow the correctly marked platform sections in this guide.
Windows and Linux
- Download and extract this
pyxulrunner-template.zip
for a starting template for your application. Mac OS X users
should create and unpack the template into a Resources directory,
as described in the link above. This will create a XULRunner
application structure under the pyxpcom_gui_app directory.
$ unzip pyxulrunner-template.zip - Download the latest XulRunner 1.9 runtime build and extract it into your pyxpcom_gui_app directory:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/latest-trunk/
$ cd pyxpcom_gui_app $ unzip xulrunner-1.9.0.3pre.en-US.win32.zip - Download the PythonExt extension (Mozilla 1.9 build):
http://pyxpcomext.mozdev.org/downloads.html
and extract the files over the top of XulRunner directory:
$ cd xulrunner $ unzip pythonext-2.5.2.20080611-WINNT_x86-msvc.xpi
Mac OS X
- Create the application layout
$ mkdir -p pyxpcom_gui.app/Contents $ mkdir pyxpcom_gui.app/Contents/Frameworks $ mkdir pyxpcom_gui.app/Contents/MacOS - Download and extract this
pyxulrunner-template.zip
for a starting template for your application. Mac OS X users
this will become your Resources directory, as
described in the link above.
$ cd pyxpcom_gui.app/Contents $ unzip pyxulrunner-template.zip $ move pyxpcom_gui_app Resources - Download the latest XulRunner 1.9 runtime build and
install it onto your machine. By default, it will install into
the /Library/Frameworks directory.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/latest-trunk/
After installing, copy the XULRunner files into your pyxpcom_gui.app directory:$ cd pyxpcom_gui.app/Contents $ cp -r /Library/Frameworks/XUL.framework/Versions/Current Frameworks/XUL.framework - Download the PythonExt extension (Mozilla 1.9 build):
http://pyxpcomext.mozdev.org/downloads.html
and extract the files over the top of XulRunner directory:
$ cd Frameworks/XUL.framework $ unzip pythonext-2.5.2.20080611-Darwin_universal.xpi
We now have our sample application, as well as XulRunner (with Python integrated) which will run the application.