[Geany-Users] Geany on OS X: cannot run Python code

[Matthew Brush]

On 2020-04-20 12:43 p.m., Roger Moss wrote:
> Hi everyone
> 
> I've just installed Geany 1.36 on my Mac (with OS X 10.13.6 High Sierra, 
> XCode 10.1+command line tools, Python 3.8.2).
> 
> I cannot get print('hello world') to run.  When I click the two gears 
> icon the status window shows a message:
> 
>     "Cannot execute build command "xterm -e "/bin/sh
>     /var/folders/_x/j4bl...very long
>     string.../T/geany_run_script_5H9910.sh"  No such file or directory.
>     Check the terminal setting in Preferences".
> 
> The directory exists but there is no geany_run_script in it.
> 
> Also (don't know if this is related) the terminal window has a message: 
> "WARNING: GnuTLS not enabled: data will be written to disk unencrypted".
> 
> Any tips?  Does it usually just work?
> 

You probably don't have Xterm on Macos, do you?

You could change the terminal under `Edit->Preferences->Tools->Terminal` 
or you can use the builtin terminal by ticking 
`Edit->Preferences->Terminal->Execute program in the VTE` as well as 
`Don't use run script`.

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Matthew Brush