README, README.rst and packaging

[ltalirz]

Hi @victorlei , thanks for making smop!

I came across the github page first, which displays the README.rst and it took me quite a while to figure out how to actually run smop.

• The easy_install instructions don't mention that a smop executable is added to the path (which actually worked perfectly fine when I realized this).
• the "use without installation" instructions via python main.py ... don't work for me (even after installation via pip) due to import errors (see relative import path #123), both under python 2.7 and python3

I then realized that, besides README.rst, there is also another README with slightly different content (also written in RST as far as I can tell).
I'd be happy to prepare a PR that

• merges the two README files (+ INSTALL, NEWS.rst)
• makes sure to mention early on the various installation options (pip install smop, clone + python setup.py), including how to actually run smop
• adds the README to the page on PyPI (will happen at next release)

let me know

[RobBW]

You may be interested in this fork of smop: https://github.com/PatrickFURI/smop <https://github.com/PatrickFURI/smop> Its a bit fragile, but when it works it produces a nice result (based on 4 trials) Regards Rob [email protected]

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On 27/07/2019, at 11:04, Leopold Talirz ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, thanks for making smop! I came across the github page first, which displays the README.rst and it took me quite a while to figure out how to actually run smop. The easy_install instructions don't mention that a smop executable is added to the path (which actually worked perfectly fine when I realized this). the "use without installation" instructions via python main.py ... don't work for me (even after installation via pip) due to import errors (see #123 <#123>) I then realized that, besides README.rst, there is also another README with slightly different content (also written in RST as far as I can tell). I'd be happy to prepare a PR that merges the two README files makes sure to mention early on the various installation options (pip install smop, clone + python setup.py), including how to run smop adds the README to the page on PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/smop/> (will happen at next release) let me know — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#143?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABRNQJR4ZWT4DXPE7SAJJ2LQBN7GNA5CNFSM4IHHXB62YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4HB2A3HQ>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABRNQJTAXZV2FFVDDPHQ2DDQBN7GNANCNFSM4IHHXB6Q>.

[RichardoTiono]

Hello @ltalirz would you be able to share how to run or maybe install this correctly ? So far I also encounter same problem as you stated on use without installation. And installing through pip3 also result in deadend, I mean it says successfully installed yet when I use smop --version it cannot find it. I also tried @RobBW suggestion but it has lots of error when I try to convert

[ltalirz]

@RichardoTiono I believe the smop executable obtained via pip install smop worked fine for me to translate a simple matlab program.
Of course, I guess smop is not perfect, so in more complicated cases it may fail.