Improved install and devel targets in Makefile.

Makefile

@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ pybinding:
 	@+$(MAKE) -C src pybinding
 
 
-install: venv
+venv:
+	virtualenv --python=$(PYTHON_EXE) --prompt="(msspec-$(VERSION)) " $(VENV_PATH)
+	. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
+
+
+install: pybinding venv
 	@+$(MAKE) -C src sdist
 	@+$(MAKE) -C src frontend
 	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install src/dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
-devel: venv
-	@+$(MAKE) -C src pybinding
-	@+$(MAKE) -C src frontend
+
+devel: VENV_PATH = ./_venv
+devel: pybinding venv
 	@. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install -e src/
 
-venv:
-	virtualenv --python=$(PYTHON_EXE) --prompt="(msspec-$(VERSION)) " $(VENV_PATH)
-	. $(VENV_PATH)/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -r src/pip.freeze
 
 doc:
 	@echo "Building pdf and html documentation..."
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ doc:
 	@cp "doc/build/latex/MsSpec-python.pdf" "./package/MsSpec-$(VERSION).pdf"
 	@+$(MAKE) -C doc/ html
 
+
 clean::
 	@+$(MAKE) -C src/ clean
 

src/Makefile

@@ -3,21 +3,20 @@ include options.mk
 .PHONY: sdist frontend pybinding results clean
 
 
-foo:
-	echo $(VERSION) 
-
 sdist: dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz
 
 
 frontend: $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/msspec
 
 
-dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz: pybinding
+dist/msspec-$(VERSION).tar.gz: VERSION
 	@echo "Creating Python source distribution..."
 	@python setup.py sdist
 
-$(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/msspec:
-	@cat msspec.sh.template | sed 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/' > $@
+
+$(INSTALL_PREFIX)/bin/msspec: msspec.sh.template VERSION
+	@echo "Installing frontend command..."
+	@cat $< | sed 's/__VERSION__/$(VERSION)/' > $@
 	@chmod u+x $@
 
 
@@ -27,8 +26,10 @@ pybinding:
 	@+$(MAKE) -C msspec/spec/fortran all
 	@echo "$(VERSION)" > VERSION
 
+
 results: msspec/results.txt
 
+
 msspec/results.txt: pybinding
 	@echo "Generating results for unittests"
 	@coverage run --source=./ --omit=msspec/es/*,msspec/msspecgui/* msspec/create_tests_results.py
@@ -36,10 +37,12 @@ msspec/results.txt: pybinding
 	@coverage html -d ../doc/source/htmlcov
 	@rm .coverage
 
+
 tests: pybinding
 	@echo "Runing unittests"
 	@python -m msspec.tests 1>/dev/null
 
+
 clean::
 	@echo "Cleaning all..."
 	@find ./ -type f -name '*.pyc' -exec rm -f {} +

src/msspec.sh.template

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
-SCRIPT_NAME="$0"
+SCRIPT_PATH="$0"
+SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename "$SCRIPT_PATH")
 VERSION="__VERSION__"
 VENV_PATH="$HOME/.local/src/msspec_venv_$VERSION"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ show_help () {
    echo "         virtual environment."
    echo "    -l   Load and display a *.hdf5 data file in a graphical"
    echo "         window."
+   echo "    -v   Print the version."
    echo "    -h   Show this help message."
 }
 
@@ -71,14 +73,14 @@ read_yes_no () {
 uninstall() {
    read_yes_no "This will completely remove msspec from your computer. Are you sure" "n" "$BYPASS"
    case "${ANSWER}" in
-      y) rm -rv "$VENV_PATH" && rm "$SCRIPT_NAME" && echo "MsSpec successfully uninstalled." ;;
+      y) rm -rv "$VENV_PATH" && rm "$SCRIPT_PATH" && echo "MsSpec successfully uninstalled." ;;
       n) echo "Uninstallation aborted." ;;
    esac
 }
 
 
 
-while getopts "hil:p:eu" option; do
+while getopts "hvil:p:eu" option; do
    case $option in
       p) shift; launch_script "$@"
          ;;
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ while getopts "hil:p:eu" option; do
          ;;
       u) uninstall
          ;;
+      v) echo $VERSION
+         ;;
       *|h) show_help
          ;;
    esac