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Background
Since #82, we've mostly given up on the idea of using native Python 3 in Ghidra for two reasons:
- A crash in MacOS when importing PySide (needed for BinSync proper)
- The difficulty of a user starting Ghidra in the custom way needed for Pyhidra
Solutions
In the new Ghidra 11.3/12 update, Pyhidra will officially be a part of Ghidra! This means that we will be able to run Python3 code inside Ghidra without having to install anything extra. That solves point 2.
This has motivated me to look back into solving the issue of this line crashing (on Mac):
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
app = QApplication([])Which has lead me to this on MacOS:
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMessageBox
import sys
from ctypes import cdll
libobjc = cdll.LoadLibrary('/usr/lib/libobjc.dylib')
libobjc.objc_getClass.restype = ctypes.c_void_p
def run_on_main_thread(func):
import objc
from Foundation import NSObject
class MainThreadRunner(NSObject):
def performOnMainThread_(self, arg):
func()
runner = MainThreadRunner.new()
runner.performSelectorOnMainThread_withObject_waitUntilDone_('performOnMainThread:', None, True)
def main():
app = QApplication([])
msg_box = QMessageBox()
msg_box.setText("Hi there!")
msg_box.exec()
run_on_main_thread(main)This needs to be investigated further if we want to move Ghidra to Py3 and be much faster than we are now.
RocketMaDev