neither covert nor qcovert work out of the box

[clach04]

installation setup, from checkout:

py -3 -m venv py3venv
py3venv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip install -e ".[gui]"

Errors:

qcovert.exe no output, no GUI.

(py3venv) C:\code\py\covert-encryption>python -m covert.gui
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\gui\__main__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from covert.gui import app
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\gui\app.py", line 8, in <module>
    from covert.gui import res
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\gui\res.py", line 3, in <module>
    from covert.gui.util import datafile
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\gui\util.py", line 3, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Looks like Python 3.12 has removed pkg_resources from the standard library.

pip install setuptools

seems to allow qconvert to then display GUI.

covert with no params help indicates, covert edit cipher.dat should work but appears to need a file already:

(py3venv) C:\code\py\covert-encryption>covert edit cipher.dat
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\py3venv\Scripts\covert.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\cli\__main__.py", line 58, in main
    modes[args.mode](args)  # Normal run
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\code\py\covert-encryption\covert\cli\edit.py", line 19, in main_edit
    with open(fname, "rb") as f:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cipher.dat'

Opening a single line file generated with qconvert with covert edit cipher.dat results in letters per line.
Also there are appear to be non-ascii characters in the tool which Windows CMD can not display:

[hakavlad]

The author has not been online for 2+ years.

[clach04]

Thanks for the heads up @hakavlad , it's appreciated! Tird was actually next on my list to check out :-)

[hakavlad]

@clach04 That's why I try to make my tool not too complicated, so that I can finish it before I go offline too)