ProperTree Plist Editor

# What is it? ProperTree is a cross-platform GUI plist editor written using Python *(compatible with both 2.x and 3.x)* and Tkinter. ## Features - [x] Cross-platform - should work anywhere python and tkinter do - [x] Document-based to support multiple windows - [x] Node drag and drop to reorder - [x] Copy and paste - [x] Find/Replace - allows searching keys or values - [x] Ordered - or unordered - dictionary support - [x] Full undo-redo stack - [x] Backported support for binary property lists and unicode in python 2 - [x] Expanded integer casting to allow for hex integers (eg. `0xFFFF`) in xml `<integer>` tags - [x] Context-aware right-click menu that includes template info to OpenCore or Clover config.plist files - [x] OC (Clean) Snapshot to walk the contents of ACPI, Drivers, Kexts, and Tools for OpenCore config.plist files - [x] Value converter that supports Base64, Hex, Ascii, and Decimal *** ## Getting ProperTree ### Downloading The Repo As A ZIP File On any system you can choose the green `Code` button, followed by the `Download ZIP` button (or click [here](https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree/archive/refs/heads/master.zip)) to download the entire repo as a zip file (note, this does not allow you to update via `git pull` - any updates would require you to download the repo again in the same fashion). ### Cloning The Repo Via Git #### On *nix systems: ``` git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree python ./ProperTree/ProperTree.py - or - python3 ./ProperTree/ProperTree.py ``` \* On macOS, you can simply double-click the `ProperTree.command` after cloning to launch. #### On Windows: ``` git clone https://github.com/corpnewt/ProperTree ./ProperTree/ProperTree.bat ``` *** ## FAQ * **ProperTree opens a black window on macOS Monterey (12.x)** It appears the default tk implementation that ships with macOS Monterey doesn't display correctly. A workaround is to download and install the latest build of python 3 from python.org (found [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/)) which has a compatible tk bundled, then use the `buildapp-select.command` located in ProperTree's `Scripts` directory to build an application bundle targeting the installed python's path. You can then leverage the `ProperTree.app` bundle it creates. * **ProperTree cannot open or save plist files on macOS Monterey (12.x)** This appears to be an issue with the built-in tk, and the earlier "universal" installers from python.org. With at least python 3.10.2, this issue has been resolved in the universal builds. You can get the latest python 3 installer [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/). After installing, use the `buildapp-select.command` located in ProperTree's `Scripts` directory to build an application bundle targeting the installed python's path. You can then leverage the `ProperTree.app` bundle it creates. * **How can I have ProperTree open when I double-click a .plist file?** On macOS you can run `buildapp-select.command` located in ProperTree's `Scripts` directory to build an application bundle which can be associated with .plist files. On Windows, you can run `AssociatePlistFiles.bat` located in ProperTree's `Scripts` directory to associate .plist files with `ProperTree.bat`, and also to add an `Open with ProperTree` option to the contextual menu when right-clicking .plist files. This approach is location-dependent, and moving your copy of ProperTree will require you re-run `AssociatePlistFiles.bat`. * **When I try to run ProperTree, I get `[ModuleNotFoundError: No module name 'tkinter']`** That is because the graphical interface library that ProperTree depends on isn't present or cannot be detected, you need to install `tkinter` from your package manager. To install it on Ubuntu (and Ubuntu-based distros), you can run `sudo apt-get install python3-tk -y` * **ProperTree doesn't run because it doesn't have permissions, what gives?** This shouldn't happen and it is recommended that you download only from the official ProperTree repository, but if you are confident about your source, then running `chmod +x ProperTree.command` should sort it out * **I use an international keyboard layout on macOS and some keys crash ProperTree with `NSRangeException', reason: '-[__NSCFConstantString characterAtIndex:]: Range or index out of bounds`** This is a bug in the Cocoa implementation of Tcl/Tk on macOS (discussed [here](https://bugs.python.org/issue22566)). The latest python 2 installer from [python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2718/) ships with, and uses Tcl/Tk 8.6.8 which has this issue fixed. Given that the shebang in `ProperTree.command` leverages `#!/usr/bin/env python` - the first python 2 binary found should be used. `buildapp-select.command` from ProperTree's `Scripts` directory can be used to hardcode a specific python install's path into the .app bundle's executable shebang. * **ProperTree crashes on Big Sur (macOS 11)** __As of macOS 11.2 (20D5029f), the system's `tk` installation appears to be fixed, and works correctly. As such, it should not require an external python version to function.__ This is due to the default python installs on macOS leveraging an older `tk` version - which lacks support for macOS 11. To solve this, you can download and install the latest python 3 version from https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/ (note: Currently the "universal" 3.9.1 installer causes theme issues and should not be used) then leverage the `buildapp-select.command` from ProperTree's `Scripts` directory to build a .app bundle that will leverage that python version. If you already have python 3 installed via `brew` or another package manager - it is likely still linking to the system `tk` version, which will still have issues unless linked against a newer version. * **`buildapp-select.command` Usage** An example of the output of `buildapp-select.command` is shown below. It will walk the output of `which python` and `which python3`, then attempt to load the `tk` interface while keeping track of which work and which fail. The example below is from macOS 11.2 (20D4029f) with the system versions of python 2 and 3, as well as python 3.9.1 installed from python.org. If there's an existing `ProperTree.app` in the directory above the `Scripts` folder, the shebang of that app will be located and served up as the `C. Current` option. At the following menu, I would select option `3` or `C` to use the non-system python install. ``` - Currently Available Python Versions - 1. /usr/bin/python 2.7.16 - tk 8.5 (8.6+ recommended) 2. /usr/bin/python3 3.8.2 - tk 8.5 (8.6+ recommended) 3. /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3 3.9.1 - tk 8.6 4. /usr/bin/env python 5. /usr/bin/env python3 C. Current (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/bin/python3) Q. Quit Please select the python version to use: ```