Merge pull request mu-editor#2444 from Gigi1111/master

tmontes · web-flow · commit c83e675c942a · 2023-07-22T16:58:54.000+02:00
Documentation for Mac Silicon PyQt workaround
diff --git a/docs/setup.rst b/docs/setup.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,36 @@ Yet another one is typing::
 
   mu-editor
 
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+Running Development Mu on Newer MacBook Machines
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+
+If you are working on a newer Apple computers using ARM architecture, an error regarding PyQt may occur due to system incompatibility.
+
+In this case, switch to the pyqt6 branch and make a few changes to the setup.py file before installing the dependencies and run Mu again locally.
+
+In the setup.py file on the pyqt6 branch, you'll find the following lines::
+  
+  "PyQt6==6.3.1"
+  + ';"arm" not in platform_machine and "aarch" not in platform_machine',
+  "PyQt6-QScintilla==2.13.3"
+  + ';"arm" not in platform_machine and "aarch" not in platform_machine',
+  "PyQt6-Charts==6.3.1"
+  + ';"arm" not in platform_machine and "aarch" not in platform_machine',
+
+Remove the lines for Rasberry Pi and leave only the following lines:
+
+  "PyQt6==6.3.1",
+  "PyQt6-QScintilla==2.13.3",
+  "PyQt6-Charts==6.3.1",
+
+Once the changes are saved, install the dependencies and Mu should be up and running.
+
+Since this workaround is only for newer Mac users, when you are committing your changes, be careful to not commit it. 
+
+And when you are making pull request, merge it to main or master instead of pyqt6. 
+
+
 Raspberry Pi
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