Check if platform is Linux or Darwin

[adamtec]

I know MacOS is not a primary focus but if you could change this if statement to check for both Linux or Darwin this would prevent littering MacOS filesystem with c:/.

Change this:

if thisOS == 'Linux':

to something like:

if thisOS in ('Linux', 'Darwin'):

at following location:

https://github.com/TeledyneLeCroy/SignalIntegrity/blob/652c4d254daa26a7cbede8e4dccdc44bbc92585a/SignalIntegrity/App/Preferences.py#L33

[PetePupalaikis]

Are you saying this is a valid change to make globally? meaning I can replace all such queries with this syntax? Have you made this type of change and tried it? I have never in my life touched a Mac and would have no idea how I would test this. However, if you would agree to run the unit tests on this after making such a change, we can try it.

Pete

[adamtec]

Sorry for late reply. I'd say yes that typically can treat Mac and Linux similarly with respect to file paths, etc. There is another open issue that regarding tkinter state argument that prevented this app from being used on MacOS. If you want I can make a fresh pull from your InNextRelease, make minimal changes to work on MacOS, and provide a pull request.

[PetePupalaikis]

Hi there:

Yes, if you make minimal changes and issue a pull request, I will merge it, provided that you run all of the unit tests on you MacOS machine first. The way I would recommend doing this is by examining the files CoverageTest.bat (for windows), CoverageTest.sh (Python 2.7 in Linux) and CoverageTest3.sh (Python 3.X in Linux) and adapting an appropriate MacOS version. These tests are very comprehensive and take 10-15 minutes to complete (showing also code coverage). Alternatively, I run the python script TestAll.py from within my Eclipse IDE. I ask that you do this because I'd have no way of running these tests without creating a MacOS vm, which I don't want to do.

After you run the unit tests and submit, I will rerun on Linux and windows with your changes to confirm they don't break things.

Thanks for contributing!

Pete