HowTo:Run EventGhost from source
From EventGhost
Even if you want to make some changes on EventGhost's core code, you normally don't need to run it from source. The EventGhost installer includes all sources and compiles them at runtime if you make some changes to them. The EventGhost.exe that you normally start is nothing more than a simple loader to the first Python file that needs to be executed (eg/Main.py). So if you only want to explore the source and try some experiments, you won't need more than the normal installer. And for writing plugins you also won't get much benefit if you run from source.
But if you actually want to run EventGhost from source you need the following packages installed:
- Python 2.5
- wxPython 2.8.x.x (win32-unicode build)
- Python Imaging Library (PIL) 1.1.6
- Mark Hammond's Win32All extension (pywin32)
The actual versions that were used to build the installer you will find in the About dialog of EventGhost under the 'System Info' tab.
EventGhost's source code can be downloaded through the SourceForge download page.
Actually from the source archive you only need EventGhost.pyw and can drop it into the folder where EventGhost.exe from the normal installer lives. Then you can always use the latest beta installers to get updated to the latest source.
