Package resources

Makefile

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ test:
 
 # build
 build:
+	# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24347450/how-do-you-add-additional-files-to-a-wheel
+	rm -rf build/* dist/* *.egg-info
 	uv build --wheel --out-dir dist
 	docker build -t kianby/stacosys .
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -26,3 +26,16 @@ dev = [
     "pytest>=8.3.4",
     "black>=24.10.0",
 ]
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+package-dir = { "" = "src" }  # Specify the root directory for packages
+packages = ["stacosys"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+# Include `.properties` and `.html` files in the specified directories
+"stacosys.i18n" = ["*.properties"]
+"stacosys.interface.templates" = ["*.html"]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

src/stacosys/i18n/messages.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import configparser
 import os
-
+import importlib.resources
 
 class Messages:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ class Messages:
 
     def load_messages(self, lang):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read(
+
-            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "messages_" + lang + ".properties")
+        # Access the resource file within the package
-        )
+        with importlib.resources.open_text(
+            __package__, f"messages_{lang}.properties"
+        ) as file:
+            config.read_file(file)
 
         for key, value in config.items("messages"):
             self.property_dict[key] = value