From 04e6a51e99b34a586e9d4c0788eeeca4e55de739 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Wehling-Benatelli <sebastian.wehling@rub.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:39:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] edit on makePyLoT.py: a symlink is created an darwin systems
 in order to get the right application name on Mac OS X's menubar

---
 makePyLoT.py          | 13 ++++++++++---
 pylot/RELEASE-VERSION |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/makePyLoT.py b/makePyLoT.py
index b1b390dc..1328b6f2 100644
--- a/makePyLoT.py
+++ b/makePyLoT.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/python2.7
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 '''
 makePyLoT -- build and install PyLoT
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ It defines
 updated: Updated
 '''
 
-import sys
+import glob
 import os
+import sys
 
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from argparse import RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
@@ -119,7 +120,13 @@ def buildPyLoT():
     if sys.platform.startswith('win' or 'microsoft'):
         raise CLIError("building on Windows system not tested yet; implementation pending")
     elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
-        pass
+        # create a symbolic link to the desired python interpreter in order to
+        # display the right application name
+        for path in os.getenv('PATH').split(':'):
+            found = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, 'python'))
+            if found:
+                os.symlink(found, 'PyLoT')
+                break
     
 
 def installPyLoT():
diff --git a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
index c7992fb6..8c5cb386 100644
--- a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
+++ b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.0-g4b7b
+c7f0-dirty