Compile files in /linuxcnc/lib/

Hello,

I use RIP installation.
If I debug files in the /linuxcnc/src folder, I just need to be in the /linuxcnc/src folder and type $ make. Then only what I edited is compiled.

If I debug files in the /linuxcnc/lib folder, I am in the /linuxcnc/src folder and type $ make, nothing happens.
I have to type $ make -B, but it takes a long time.

How should I debug the file:
/linuxcnc/lib/python/gladevcp/builtin-panels/gtk_little_probe/gtk_little_probe.py
?

You probably don't need to compile the gtk_little_probe.py file.

Python is an interpreted language, so often you just need to make the edits and run the code.

So, the reason that "make" is not doing anything is that the file in question is not mentioned in the makefile, as it is simply interpreted as and when needed.

(There is a complication that Python code is compiled to bytecode (.pyc) and sometimes that might be run instead.)

To be sure that your edited file is running, maybe put a "print("this is version 2.2.2") near the top of the file?

You probably don't need to compile the gtk_little_probe.py file.
Python is an interpreted language, so often you just need to make the edits and run the code.

It is true, but not in LCNC.


If I modify this file:
/home/zdenek/linuxcnc/linuxcnc-zz912/src/emc/usr_intf/gmoccapy/gmoccapy.py

It returns:
The most important sentence is:
Copying python script gmoccapy

Id dont know why and where, but it works.   
gmoccapy.py is in /src/ folder and it works.

I placed the wrong file here, I meant:
/linuxcnc/lib/python/gladevcp/builtin-panels/gtk_verser_probe/gtk_verser_probe.py
You can try modify it, but noting happens.
MAKE doesnt see it.


 

Hi Andy,

Sorry for the confusion.

Python files in /linuxcnc/lib/ may not be processed by the "make" command.

Python files in /linuxcnc/src/ may be processed by the "make" command.

I've tested it now.
You were right.