Connect an AI assistant: say when Python is missing

The configuration names "python" or "python3", or the Python the Windows
installer can add. When none of those can run, the assistant fails with
an error far from the cause, so the dialog now says so in bold, with what
to do: tick "Python pour l'assistant IA" in the installer or install
Python (Windows), or install Python 3 from the system's packages.

Windows 10 and 11 put a python.exe in WindowsApps that only opens the
Microsoft Store, so a PATH search alone reports Python where there is
none. A result there is reported as possibly that shortcut. Backslashes
are converted explicitly, not with QDir::fromNativeSeparators(), which
leaves them alone off Windows and so could not be tested here.

tst_aiassistantsetup: 17 cases (8 new: the bundled Python is taken
without looking on PATH; none, python.org, the Store shortcut with either
separator, and a Linux folder named WindowsApps). Each of the 4 new rules
was removed in turn and the test failed. ctest 32/32. In the GUI, the
same install layout shows the warning with no python3 on PATH and no
warning with it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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ispyisail
2026-09-29 15:17:16 +13:00
parent 95914c7ee1
commit ddc645174f
4 changed files with 111 additions and 3 deletions
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@@ -77,6 +77,28 @@ AiAssistantDialog::AiAssistantDialog(QWidget *parent) :
layout->addWidget(missing);
}
if (!m_paths.server.isEmpty()
&& m_paths.python_status != AiAssistantSetup::PythonStatus::Found) {
QString text;
if (m_paths.python_status == AiAssistantSetup::PythonStatus::StoreShortcut)
text = tr("<b>Python n'est peut-être pas installé.</b> Seul le raccourci "
"« python » du Microsoft Store a été trouvé : sans Python, il "
"ouvre le Store au lieu de lancer le serveur.");
else
text = tr("<b>Python est introuvable sur cet ordinateur</b> (commande "
"« %1 »). Le serveur en a besoin.").arg(m_paths.python);
if (windows)
text += QLatin1Char(' ') + tr("Relancez l'installateur de QElectroTech et "
"cochez « Python pour l'assistant IA », ou "
"installez Python depuis python.org.");
else
text += QLatin1Char(' ') + tr("Installez Python 3 avec le gestionnaire "
"de paquets de votre système.");
auto *python = new QLabel(text, this);
python->setWordWrap(true);
layout->addWidget(python);
}
auto *form = new QFormLayout();
m_client = new QComboBox(this);
m_client->addItem(QStringLiteral("Claude Desktop"), int(Client::ClaudeDesktop));
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <QJsonArray>
#include <QJsonDocument>
#include <QJsonObject>
#include <QStandardPaths>
namespace {
@@ -79,10 +80,13 @@ QList<AiAssistantSetup::Client> AiAssistantSetup::clients()
@param application_dir : QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()
@param application_file : QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath()
@param windows : true on Windows, where Python is "python", not "python3"
@param find_executable : looks a program up on PATH; empty means
QStandardPaths::findExecutable(). Given in tests.
*/
AiAssistantSetup::Paths AiAssistantSetup::detect(const QString &application_dir,
const QString &application_file,
bool windows)
bool windows,
const ExecutableFinder &find_executable)
{
const QDir bin(application_dir);
Paths paths;
@@ -95,9 +99,28 @@ AiAssistantSetup::Paths AiAssistantSetup::detect(const QString &application_dir,
if (windows) {
const QString bundled = firstFile({
bin.filePath(QStringLiteral("../mcp/python/python.exe"))});
if (!bundled.isEmpty())
if (!bundled.isEmpty()) {
paths.python = bundled;
paths.python_status = PythonStatus::Found;
return paths;
}
}
const ExecutableFinder find = find_executable
? find_executable
: ExecutableFinder([](const QString &name) {
return QStandardPaths::findExecutable(name); });
const QString found = find(paths.python);
if (found.isEmpty())
paths.python_status = PythonStatus::Missing;
// Windows 10 and 11 put a python.exe in WindowsApps that only opens the
// Microsoft Store. A Python installed from the Store answers from there
// too, so this cannot tell the two apart: say which it may be.
else if (windows && QString(found).replace(QLatin1Char('\\'), QLatin1Char('/'))
.contains(QLatin1String("/WindowsApps/"), Qt::CaseInsensitive))
paths.python_status = PythonStatus::StoreShortcut;
else
paths.python_status = PythonStatus::Found;
return paths;
}
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@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
#include <QString>
#include <QStringList>
#include <functional>
/**
@brief What an AI assistant needs to start QElectroTech's MCP server
(misc/qet-mcp), and the configuration text each assistant expects.
@@ -44,16 +46,30 @@ namespace AiAssistantSetup
QList<Client> clients();
/// Whether the Python the configuration names can actually run.
enum class PythonStatus {
Found,
Missing,
/// Only Windows' "python.exe" shortcut in WindowsApps, which opens
/// the Microsoft Store when Python is not installed.
StoreShortcut
};
/// Where the pieces are. An empty server means none was found.
struct Paths {
QString server; ///< qet_mcp.py
QString python; ///< the Python to run it with
QString qet_binary; ///< this QElectroTech
PythonStatus python_status = PythonStatus::Missing;
};
/// Finds a program on PATH; QStandardPaths::findExecutable() by default.
using ExecutableFinder = std::function<QString(const QString &)>;
Paths detect(const QString &application_dir,
const QString &application_file,
bool windows);
bool windows,
const ExecutableFinder &find_executable = ExecutableFinder());
QString configuration(Client client,
const Paths &paths,
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@@ -97,6 +97,53 @@ class TestAiAssistantSetup : public QObject
QCOMPARE(p.python, QStringLiteral("python3"));
}
void bundledPythonIsFoundWithoutLookingOnPath()
{
QTemporaryDir root;
touch(root.filePath(QStringLiteral("mcp/qet_mcp.py")));
touch(root.filePath(QStringLiteral("mcp/python/python.exe")));
QDir().mkpath(root.filePath(QStringLiteral("bin")));
bool looked = false;
const auto p = AiAssistantSetup::detect(root.filePath(QStringLiteral("bin")),
root.filePath(QStringLiteral("bin/QElectroTech.exe")), true,
[&looked](const QString &) { looked = true; return QString(); });
QCOMPARE(p.python_status, AiAssistantSetup::PythonStatus::Found);
QVERIFY(!looked);
}
void pythonStatusFromPath_data()
{
QTest::addColumn<bool>("windows");
QTest::addColumn<QString>("found");
QTest::addColumn<int>("status");
using S = AiAssistantSetup::PythonStatus;
QTest::newRow("windows, none") << true << QString() << int(S::Missing);
QTest::newRow("windows, python.org") << true
<< QStringLiteral("C:/Users/me/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python314/python.exe") << int(S::Found);
QTest::newRow("windows, Store shortcut") << true
<< QStringLiteral("C:/Users/me/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python.exe") << int(S::StoreShortcut);
QTest::newRow("windows, Store shortcut, backslashes") << true
<< QStringLiteral("C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WINDOWSAPPS\\python.exe") << int(S::StoreShortcut);
QTest::newRow("linux, none") << false << QString() << int(S::Missing);
QTest::newRow("linux, python3") << false << QStringLiteral("/usr/bin/python3") << int(S::Found);
QTest::newRow("linux, a folder named WindowsApps") << false
<< QStringLiteral("/opt/WindowsApps/python3") << int(S::Found);
}
void pythonStatusFromPath()
{
QFETCH(bool, windows);
QFETCH(QString, found);
QFETCH(int, status);
QTemporaryDir build;
QString asked;
const auto p = AiAssistantSetup::detect(build.path(),
build.filePath(QStringLiteral("qelectrotech")), windows,
[&](const QString &name) { asked = name; return found; });
QCOMPARE(int(p.python_status), status);
QCOMPARE(asked, windows ? QStringLiteral("python") : QStringLiteral("python3"));
}
void noServerIsReportedAsEmpty()
{
QTemporaryDir build;