remove ~/Applications for RMCProfile MacOS exe, does not work

Author: briantoby

GSASII/GSASIIpwd.py

@@ -3439,10 +3439,9 @@ def findrmcprofile():
             the location where the GSAS-II Python files are found, 
             the location where GSAS-II binaries are found, the current 
             working directory and the location where the Python 
-            interpreter is found. On MacOS the commonly-used install 
-            locations of /Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe/
-            and ~/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe/
-            are also checked. 
+            interpreter is found. 
+            On MacOS the only place where RMCProfile can be installed
+            is /Applications/ so only that is checked.
 
     :returns: the full path to a python executable that is assumed to
       have fullrmc installed or None, if it was not found.
@@ -3461,8 +3460,10 @@ def findrmcprofile():
         lookfor = "rmcprofile.exe"
     elif sys.platform == "darwin":
         lookfor = "rmcprofile"
-        pathlist.insert(0,"/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe")
-        pathlist.insert(0,os.path.expanduser("~/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe"))
+        # MacOS: there is only one place where RMCProfile will run
+        pathlist = ["/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe"]
+        #pathlist.insert(0,"/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe")
+        #pathlist.insert(0,os.path.expanduser("~/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe"))
     else:
         lookfor = "rmcprofile"
     for p in pathlist:

GSASII/config_example.py

@@ -282,16 +282,11 @@
 rmcprofile_exec = None
 '''Defines the full path to a compiled executable for RMCProfile (downloaded
 from https://rmcprofile.ornl.gov/download) If None (the default), GSAS-II 
-will see if RMCProfile is found in the path (or for MacOS in the standard 
-install location of "/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe/rmcprofile"
-If that does not work, GSAS-II will search for an executable named rmcprofile 
-(or rmcprofile.exe on Windows) in the OS search path, as well as,
-the location where the GSAS-II Python files are found, 
-the location where GSAS-II binaries are found, the current 
-working directory and the location where the Python 
-interpreter is found. On MacOS, the commonly-used install 
-locations of /Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe/ and
-~/Applications/RMCProfile.app/Contents/MacOS/exe/ are also checked.
+will see if RMCProfile is found in the path, as well as,
+where python, the GSAS-II Python files & binaries are located and the current 
+working directory. For MacOS, RMCProfile will run only from 
+/Applications/ so that is the only location checked if rmcprofile_exec is not
+specified. 
 '''
 
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