The odML-Editor is a standalone GUI application used for working with the odML Documents. The Python odML library is available on GitHub. If you are not familiar with the version control system git, but still want to use it, have a look at the documentation available on the git-scm website.
odML Version 1.4+ introduced breaking format and API changes compared to the previous versions of odML. Files saved in a previous format version can be automatically converted into the new format via "File - Import". The import will create a new file and will not overwrite the original file.
Be aware that the value dtype binary has been removed. Incorporating binary
data into odML files is discouraged, provide references to the original files using the
URL dtype instead.
For details regarding the introduced changes please check the github release notes.
All released versions are distributed via the Python Package Index and can be installed using pip:
pip install odml-ui
Once installed, the program can be activated via the command line:
odmlui
Note: It might be required to install the external GTK3 dependencies first.
The odML-Editor makes use of the Gtk 3+ library for the GUI, and the
python-odml library. The following dependencies need to be installed
for the odML-Editor.
- Python 3.6+
- odml v1.5.1+
(pip install odml)
An installation using the conda package manager is highly recommended. Please also note, that Python 2 is no longer supported.
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0sudo apt-get install gobject-introspectionsudo apt-get install python3-gi
sudo dnf install gtk3sudo dnf install pygobject3sudo dnf install python3-gobject
Anaconda environments require only the following packages before installing the odML-Editor:
-
Python 3.6+.
-
Install the following packages in the following order:
conda install -c pkgw/label/superseded gtk3 conda install -c conda-forge pygobject conda install -c conda-forge gdk-pixbuf conda install -c pkgw-forge adwaita-icon-theme
NOTE: These packages currently only work on Linux out of the box!
The macOS installation of these 3rd party dependencies contain a bug which causes the opening of any window selecting files to crash the application.
If you still want to use odmlui with conda on macOS, you currently need to apply a manual fix at the start of your session in your active conda environment to avert this crash:
export GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR=$CONDA_PREFIX/share/glib-2.0/schemas
You can also add scripts to your conda environment that always automatically sets up the required environment variable at the start of a conda session as described in the conda documentation.
For Python 3
brew install gtk+3brew install pygobject3brew install gnome-icon-themebrew install gobject-introspection
- PyGObject for Windows (tested with 3.24.1rev1)
- Python 2.7+
- odml v1.4+
(pip install odml)
- Install Anaconda
- Create a new environment with Python 2.7+
- Install PyGObject for Windows - base package and GTK+ 3.18.9 package
Select portable Python installation -> add path to virtual env Python default: C:\Users\userName\Anacaonda\envs\nameOfEnv\
- Start Anaconda prompt
- install odml
(pip install odml) - install odml-ui
(python setup.py install) - run with
(odmlui)
Windows of odml-ui cannot be moved (only maximized) - movement or resize of the windows crashes the application.
The most straightforward way to get to the odML-Editor source from the command line is to use git and clone the repository from GitHub into your directory of choice:
cd /home/usr/toolbox/
git clone https://github.com/G-Node/odml-ui.git
If you don't want to use git, download the ZIP file also provided on GitHub to your computer (e.g. as above on your home directory under a "toolbox" folder).
To install the odML-Editor, enter the corresponding directory and run:
cd /home/usr/toolbox/odml-ui/
python setup.py install
Note: pip install gi will lead to a namespace conflict with the
required GObject introspection library.
More information about the project including related projects as well as tutorials and examples can be found at our odML project page.
Should you find a behaviour that is likely a bug or feel there is something missing, just create an issue over at the GitHub odML-Editor issue tracker.