Trouble Running Beampy.open_app() in a Python Environment

[AlaaPh]

Description of the Issue:
I'm encountering an issue when trying to run the open_app() function from the Beampy library. After activating my virtual environment and attempting to execute the function via a Python shell in the terminal, it seems to prompt me for further input without opening the application GUI as expected.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Activated my virtual environment.

2. Navigated to my project directory my_beampy_project.

3. Ran a Python shell and executed the following commands:
   python import beampy beampy.open_app()

4. Instead of opening the GUI, the shell prompted me with function>.

Expected Behavior:
I expected the open_app() function to launch the Beampy application's GUI.

Actual Behavior:
The shell prompts with function> after executing beampy.open_app(), and the GUI does not launch.

Environment:

• OS: macOS (Big Sur 11.2.3)
• Python Version: (Python 3.9.1)
• Beampy Version: (v1.11)

[Python-simulation]

Hi! I tested it on macOS 12.5.1 and python 3.9.18 and it work as intended.
Normally if you get <function open_app at 0x000001FDF5E004C0> it means you typed beampy.open_app and not beampy.open_app().
Can you confirm you that you first open a python console by typing python, then import the package with import beampy and finally type beampy.open_app() ?

[AlaaPh]

Hi,

Thank you for the quick response. I've confirmed that I'm opening a Python console, importing Beampy, and then calling beampy.open_app() with the parentheses. However, I'm still facing the same issue where it doesn't open the GUI and instead shows function> in the console, as if it's waiting for further input.

Here are the exact steps I followed in the terminal:

Activated my virtual environment.
Ran the Python console with python command.
Imported Beampy using import beampy.
Called the function with beampy.open_app().
I'm attaching a screenshot of the terminal showing the commands I've entered and the output I received.

[Python-simulation]

I'm not familiar with mac OS, but it seems that you are not in a Python console. Normally you should type python or python3 to start a Python console inside your terminal, which displays something like that:

(base) C:\Users\username>python
Python 3.9.18 (main, Sep 11 2023, 14:09:26) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

Only then you can import the package and call its functions open_app:

>>>import beampy
>>>beampy.open_app()