macOS: fix blank access window and add Finder launch wrappers - #1
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Double-clicking run.command or install.command in Finder opens Terminal and runs the matching shell script, mirroring what run.bat provides on Windows.
Apple's bundled Python 3.9 ships Tk 8.5, which opens the access window but renders no widgets on modern macOS, leaving users with a silent blank window. - app.py: check tkinter and Tk >= 8.6 in-process before spawning the access window; print an actionable skip notice instead of launching a broken window. Helper interpreters (WSL python.exe) are not probed since they ship a modern Tk. - scripts/access_window.py: refuse to build the window below Tk 8.6 and exit with a hint to use the console Access URL/Token. - run.sh: recreate an existing venv whose Python is older than 3.10 (venvs created before the version requirement were silently kept), and extend the macOS install guidance with Homebrew python-tk and MacPorts alternatives.
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Problem
On macOS with only the Command Line Tools Python (3.9, Apple Tk 8.5), the launcher access window opens but renders no widgets — a silent blank window. Two gaps allowed this:
run.shonly enforces Python >= 3.10 when creating a new venv; an existing older venv is reused without a version check.Verified on Darwin 25 (arm64): Apple Tk 8.5 draws an empty window; redraw workarounds (resize/update/withdraw) do not help. Tk 8.6.17 (+quartz) renders correctly.
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python-tk/ MacPorts commands) and skip instead of launching a broken window. WSL helper interpreters are not probed.python3 python-tk, MacPortspython313 py313-tkinter tk +quartz).run.batconvenience on Windows.Testing
bash -n run.sh,py_compileon both Python files.access_windowtests intests/agent_backend_smoke.pypass.test_wsl_uart_scan_lists_windows_and_wsl_devicesfails on this machine on a clean tree too (pre-existing, unrelated).