From 0beaaaf4b107cf9b6560a338fcce5756307fb579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan <ivan@quad4.io>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 23:25:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add cx_setup.py for building the ReticulumMeshChatX
 application

- Introduced a new setup script using cx_Freeze to facilitate building the application.
- Updated version.py to maintain consistency in version string formatting.
- Modified build-backend.js to use poetry for executing the build process.
---
 cx_setup.py              | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 meshchatx/src/version.py |  5 +++--
 scripts/build-backend.js | 10 +--------
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 cx_setup.py

diff --git a/cx_setup.py b/cx_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de85be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cx_setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from cx_Freeze import Executable, setup
+
+from meshchatx.src.version import __version__
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+PUBLIC_DIR = ROOT / "meshchatx" / "public"
+
+include_files = [
+    (str(PUBLIC_DIR), "public"),
+    ("logo", "logo"),
+]
+
+setup(
+    name="ReticulumMeshChatX",
+    version=__version__,
+    description="A simple mesh network communications app powered by the Reticulum Network Stack",
+    executables=[
+        Executable(
+            script="meshchatx/meshchat.py",
+            base=None,
+            target_name="ReticulumMeshChatX",
+            shortcut_name="ReticulumMeshChatX",
+            shortcut_dir="ProgramMenuFolder",
+            icon="logo/icon.ico",
+        ),
+    ],
+    options={
+        "build_exe": {
+            "packages": [
+                "RNS",
+                "RNS.Interfaces",
+                "LXMF",
+            ],
+            "include_files": include_files,
+            "excludes": [
+                "PIL",
+            ],
+            "optimize": 2,
+            "build_exe": "build/exe",
+            "replace_paths": [
+                ("*", ""),
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+)
+
diff --git a/meshchatx/src/version.py b/meshchatx/src/version.py
index 300e9ad..b63d68e 100644
--- a/meshchatx/src/version.py
+++ b/meshchatx/src/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-"""Auto-generated helper so Python tooling and the Electron build
+"""
+Auto-generated helper so Python tooling and the Electron build
 share the same version string.
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.41.0"
+__version__ = '2.41.0'
diff --git a/scripts/build-backend.js b/scripts/build-backend.js
index c4a28bd..b2a448d 100755
--- a/scripts/build-backend.js
+++ b/scripts/build-backend.js
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 const { execSync } = require('child_process');
-const path = require('path');
-const os = require('os');
-
-const platform = os.platform();
-const venvPython = platform === 'win32' 
-  ? path.join('venv', 'Scripts', 'python.exe')
-  : path.join('venv', 'bin', 'python');
-
 try {
-  execSync(`${venvPython} setup.py build`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  execSync(`poetry run python cx_setup.py build`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
 } catch (error) {
   console.error('Build failed:', error.message);
   process.exit(1);