VideoSpeed 1.0.6__tar.gz → 1.0.9__tar.gz

{videospeed-1.0.6/src/VideoSpeed.egg-info → videospeed-1.0.9}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: VideoSpeed
-Version: 1.0.6
+Version: 1.0.9
 Summary: A command-line video editing tool built in Python for cutting, speeding up, and applying a boomerang effect to MP4 videos.
 Author-email: Wilgat Wong <wilgat.wong@gmail.com>
 License: MIT
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 
 # VideoSpeed - Cut, speed, and boomerang MP4 clips from the CLI
 
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.0.6-blue?style=flat-square)
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.0.9-blue?style=flat-square)
 ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=flat-square)
 [![CIAO](https://img.shields.io/badge/Philosophy-CIAO%20(Caution%20%E2%80%A2%20Intentional%20%E2%80%A2%20Anti--fragile%20%E2%80%A2%20Over--engineered)-purple.svg)](https://github.com/cloudgen/ciao)
 [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Wilgat/VideoSpeed?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/Wilgat/VideoSpeed)
 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11%2B-blue?style=flat-square)]()
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/VideoSpeed?style=flat-square)](https://pypi.org/project/VideoSpeed/)
 
-VideoSpeed cuts a time range from an MP4, changes that clip’s length (percent), and can append a reverse pass (boomerang). On a terminal, no arguments opens a text menu (edit, about, Exit). Choosing edit walks through the prompts. Scripts pass `--file` / `--start` / `--end`. Encoding uses **FFmpeg**; duration probing uses **OpenCV**. The menu screen uses the default text-menu style: aligned number, verb, and note, and a rounded box along the bottom.
+VideoSpeed cuts a time range from an MP4, changes that clip’s length (percent), and can append a reverse pass (boomerang). On a terminal, no arguments opens a text menu (edit, hello, about, Exit). Choosing edit walks through the prompts. Scripts pass `--file` / `--start` / `--end`. Encoding uses **FFmpeg**; duration probing uses **OpenCV**. The menu screen uses the default text-menu style: aligned number, verb, and note, and a rounded box along the bottom.
 
 | You | The other role | Not this |
 |-----|----------------|----------|
 | Editor at a terminal or a script | FFmpeg on `PATH` (does the encode) | A website, installer, or root/sudo tool |
 
-Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERSION`, `PATCH_VERSION` → **1.0.6**). `pyproject.toml` copies that string. Console entrypoint: `video-speed`.
+Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERSION`, `PATCH_VERSION` → **1.0.9**). `pyproject.toml` copies that string. Console entrypoint: `video-speed`.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERS
 - **Length/speed** change (**20–200%**) with A/V tempo kept in sync
 - Optional **boomerang** (forward then reverse)
 - **USB-safe** intermediate files (staged next to the output) and final publish via `shutil.move`
-- **Text menu** on a terminal (`edit`, `about`, `Exit`): columns line up, and a three-row rounded input box sits on the bottom with a status line under it
-- **`--help`** / **`--version`**; no arguments in a terminal opens that menu, and **edit** starts the interactive editor
-- Non-interactive job: `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, optional `--percent` / `--boomerang`. Any of `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, or `--folder` skips the menu
+- **Text menu** on a terminal (`edit`, `hello`, `about`, `Exit`): columns line up, and a three-row rounded input box sits on the bottom with a status line under it
+- **Product verbs** `help`, `about`, `hello`, `edit`, and `list-mp4`. `help` prints the same usage as `--help`. `about` and `hello` print a page and do not ask for a folder or a file. `edit` on a terminal asks for the folder, then the file. `list-mp4` lists MP4 files and does not encode. `Exit` stays on the menu. `./build.sh` verbs such as `setup` are not `video-speed` verbs
+- **`--help`** / **`--version`**; no arguments in a terminal opens that menu
+- Non-interactive job: `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, optional `--percent` / `--boomerang`, with or without `edit`. Any of those selectors with no product verb skips the menu
 - Fail-closed when **FFmpeg** is missing from `PATH`, when prompts are needed without a terminal, or when `--percent` or `--boomerang` is passed without a job
 
 ## Quick Installation
@@ -92,9 +93,9 @@ The console script is installed on the pyenv 3.14 prefix. `./setup.sh` changes t
 
 ```bash
 # after: python -m build   (or ./build.sh build)
-pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.6-py3-none-any.whl
+pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.9-py3-none-any.whl
 # or
-pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.6.tar.gz
+pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.9.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ### Verify
@@ -115,7 +116,20 @@ video-speed
 python -m VideoSpeed
 ```
 
-The screen shows a numbered menu and a rounded input box along the bottom, as wide as the terminal, with one line to type on and a status line under the box. **edit** continues the prompts. **about** shows the product. **Exit** leaves.
+The screen shows a numbered menu and a rounded input box along the bottom, as wide as the terminal, with one line to type on and a status line under the box. **edit** continues the prompts. **hello** (7) shows `Hello.`. **about** shows the product. **Exit** leaves.
+
+The same actions are verbs. `edit` starts at the folder question. `list-mp4` asks for the folder when it is omitted, prints the numbered list, and stops.
+
+```bash
+video-speed help
+video-speed about
+video-speed hello
+video-speed edit
+video-speed edit --folder ./clips
+video-speed edit --file clip.mp4 --start 1 --end 5 --percent 100
+video-speed list-mp4
+video-speed list-mp4 --folder ./clips
+```
 
 1. Folder containing MP4s (Enter = current directory)
 2. Choose a video by number
@@ -186,4 +200,4 @@ MIT License — see [`LICENSE.md`](LICENSE.md).
 
 ## Last Update
 
-2026-10-01 — **1.0.6**: text menu (edit, about, Exit), `--json`, job flags, and `./build.sh` maintainer verbs.
+2026-10-01 — **1.0.9**: a non-TUI, non-JSON run shows `debug mode` when `DEBUG` is already on, and each class logs `instantiated` on the one ChronicleLogger. `def main` stays in `src/VideoSpeed/cli.py`.

{videospeed-1.0.6 → videospeed-1.0.9}/README.md

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # VideoSpeed - Cut, speed, and boomerang MP4 clips from the CLI
 
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.0.6-blue?style=flat-square)
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.0.9-blue?style=flat-square)
 ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=flat-square)
 [![CIAO](https://img.shields.io/badge/Philosophy-CIAO%20(Caution%20%E2%80%A2%20Intentional%20%E2%80%A2%20Anti--fragile%20%E2%80%A2%20Over--engineered)-purple.svg)](https://github.com/cloudgen/ciao)
 [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Wilgat/VideoSpeed?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/Wilgat/VideoSpeed)
 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11%2B-blue?style=flat-square)]()
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/VideoSpeed?style=flat-square)](https://pypi.org/project/VideoSpeed/)
 
-VideoSpeed cuts a time range from an MP4, changes that clip’s length (percent), and can append a reverse pass (boomerang). On a terminal, no arguments opens a text menu (edit, about, Exit). Choosing edit walks through the prompts. Scripts pass `--file` / `--start` / `--end`. Encoding uses **FFmpeg**; duration probing uses **OpenCV**. The menu screen uses the default text-menu style: aligned number, verb, and note, and a rounded box along the bottom.
+VideoSpeed cuts a time range from an MP4, changes that clip’s length (percent), and can append a reverse pass (boomerang). On a terminal, no arguments opens a text menu (edit, hello, about, Exit). Choosing edit walks through the prompts. Scripts pass `--file` / `--start` / `--end`. Encoding uses **FFmpeg**; duration probing uses **OpenCV**. The menu screen uses the default text-menu style: aligned number, verb, and note, and a rounded box along the bottom.
 
 | You | The other role | Not this |
 |-----|----------------|----------|
 | Editor at a terminal or a script | FFmpeg on `PATH` (does the encode) | A website, installer, or root/sudo tool |
 
-Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERSION`, `PATCH_VERSION` → **1.0.6**). `pyproject.toml` copies that string. Console entrypoint: `video-speed`.
+Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERSION`, `PATCH_VERSION` → **1.0.9**). `pyproject.toml` copies that string. Console entrypoint: `video-speed`.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ Package version SSOT: `src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py` (`MAJOR_VERSION`, `MINOR_VERS
 - **Length/speed** change (**20–200%**) with A/V tempo kept in sync
 - Optional **boomerang** (forward then reverse)
 - **USB-safe** intermediate files (staged next to the output) and final publish via `shutil.move`
-- **Text menu** on a terminal (`edit`, `about`, `Exit`): columns line up, and a three-row rounded input box sits on the bottom with a status line under it
-- **`--help`** / **`--version`**; no arguments in a terminal opens that menu, and **edit** starts the interactive editor
-- Non-interactive job: `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, optional `--percent` / `--boomerang`. Any of `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, or `--folder` skips the menu
+- **Text menu** on a terminal (`edit`, `hello`, `about`, `Exit`): columns line up, and a three-row rounded input box sits on the bottom with a status line under it
+- **Product verbs** `help`, `about`, `hello`, `edit`, and `list-mp4`. `help` prints the same usage as `--help`. `about` and `hello` print a page and do not ask for a folder or a file. `edit` on a terminal asks for the folder, then the file. `list-mp4` lists MP4 files and does not encode. `Exit` stays on the menu. `./build.sh` verbs such as `setup` are not `video-speed` verbs
+- **`--help`** / **`--version`**; no arguments in a terminal opens that menu
+- Non-interactive job: `--file`, `--start`, `--end`, optional `--percent` / `--boomerang`, with or without `edit`. Any of those selectors with no product verb skips the menu
 - Fail-closed when **FFmpeg** is missing from `PATH`, when prompts are needed without a terminal, or when `--percent` or `--boomerang` is passed without a job
 
 ## Quick Installation
@@ -75,9 +76,9 @@ The console script is installed on the pyenv 3.14 prefix. `./setup.sh` changes t
 
 ```bash
 # after: python -m build   (or ./build.sh build)
-pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.6-py3-none-any.whl
+pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.9-py3-none-any.whl
 # or
-pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.6.tar.gz
+pip install dist/VideoSpeed-1.0.9.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ### Verify
@@ -98,7 +99,20 @@ video-speed
 python -m VideoSpeed
 ```
 
-The screen shows a numbered menu and a rounded input box along the bottom, as wide as the terminal, with one line to type on and a status line under the box. **edit** continues the prompts. **about** shows the product. **Exit** leaves.
+The screen shows a numbered menu and a rounded input box along the bottom, as wide as the terminal, with one line to type on and a status line under the box. **edit** continues the prompts. **hello** (7) shows `Hello.`. **about** shows the product. **Exit** leaves.
+
+The same actions are verbs. `edit` starts at the folder question. `list-mp4` asks for the folder when it is omitted, prints the numbered list, and stops.
+
+```bash
+video-speed help
+video-speed about
+video-speed hello
+video-speed edit
+video-speed edit --folder ./clips
+video-speed edit --file clip.mp4 --start 1 --end 5 --percent 100
+video-speed list-mp4
+video-speed list-mp4 --folder ./clips
+```
 
 1. Folder containing MP4s (Enter = current directory)
 2. Choose a video by number
@@ -169,4 +183,4 @@ MIT License — see [`LICENSE.md`](LICENSE.md).
 
 ## Last Update
 
-2026-10-01 — **1.0.6**: text menu (edit, about, Exit), `--json`, job flags, and `./build.sh` maintainer verbs.
+2026-10-01 — **1.0.9**: a non-TUI, non-JSON run shows `debug mode` when `DEBUG` is already on, and each class logs `instantiated` on the one ChronicleLogger. `def main` stays in `src/VideoSpeed/cli.py`.

{videospeed-1.0.6 → videospeed-1.0.9}/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "VideoSpeed"
-version = "1.0.6"
+version = "1.0.9"
 description = "A command-line video editing tool built in Python for cutting, speeding up, and applying a boomerang effect to MP4 videos."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"

{videospeed-1.0.6 → videospeed-1.0.9}/src/VideoSpeed/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Version SSOT (requirement-python-version). Do not import the CLI from here.
 MAJOR_VERSION = 1
 MINOR_VERSION = 0
-PATCH_VERSION = 6
+PATCH_VERSION = 9
 __version__ = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION)
 __all__ = ["MAJOR_VERSION", "MINOR_VERSION", "PATCH_VERSION", "__version__"]

videospeed-1.0.9/src/VideoSpeed/about_page.py

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# About page composer.
+# requirement-python-oop — class AboutPage. Line text stays on requirement-python-about.
+# =============================================================================
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import os
+
+from .check_system import CheckSystem
+from .run_output import log_instantiated
+
+
+class AboutPage:
+    """Identity lines, install sentence, and the star box. One class, one module.
+
+    The host check is CheckSystem. This class calls that object.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        check,
+        app_name,
+        version,
+        major,
+        minor,
+        patch,
+        author,
+        updated,
+        homepage,
+        download_url,
+        usage,
+        console_name,
+        logger=None,
+    ):
+        self.logger = logger
+        log_instantiated(logger, "AboutPage")
+        self.check = check if check is not None else CheckSystem(logger=logger)
+        self.app_name = app_name
+        self.version = version
+        self.major = major
+        self.minor = minor
+        self.patch = patch
+        self.author = author
+        self.updated = updated
+        self.homepage = homepage
+        self.download_url = download_url
+        self.usage = usage
+        self.console_name = console_name
+
+    def _is_source_checkout(self, path):
+        """True when path is this package inside a source tree that has pyproject.toml."""
+        marker = "{}src{}VideoSpeed{}".format(os.sep, os.sep, os.sep)
+        if marker not in path:
+            return False
+        cursor = os.path.dirname(path)
+        for _ in range(8):
+            if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(cursor, "pyproject.toml")):
+                return True
+            parent = os.path.dirname(cursor)
+            if parent == cursor:
+                return False
+            cursor = parent
+        return False
+
+    def install_kind(self, path):
+        """
+        General Purpose: global, local, or uninstalled for an about location.
+        A source checkout is uninstalled. A copy under the home directory is local.
+        """
+        path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        parts = path.split(os.sep)
+        packaged = "site-packages" in parts or "dist-packages" in parts
+        if not packaged and self._is_source_checkout(path):
+            return "uninstalled"
+        home = os.path.realpath(os.path.expanduser("~"))
+        in_home = path == home or path.startswith(home + os.sep)
+        base = os.path.basename(path)
+        if in_home and (packaged or base in (self.console_name, self.app_name)):
+            return "local"
+        if path.startswith("/usr/") or path.startswith("/opt/") or path.startswith("/bin/"):
+            return "global"
+        if packaged and not in_home:
+            return "global"
+        return "uninstalled"
+
+    def install_sentence(self, kind):
+        """General Purpose: The location sentence inside the about box."""
+        if kind == "global":
+            return "You are using the GLOBAL INSTALLED version, location:"
+        if kind == "local":
+            return "You are using the LOCAL INSTALLED version, location:"
+        return "You are using an UNINSTALLED version, location:"
+
+    def about_box_lines(
+        self,
+        usage=None,
+        location=None,
+        kind=None,
+        homepage=None,
+        download_url=None,
+        author=None,
+        updated=None,
+    ):
+        """
+        General Purpose: Star-bordered about box.
+        An empty download URL omits the install line.
+        """
+        if usage is None:
+            usage = self.usage
+        if location is None:
+            location = self.check.self_location()
+        if kind is None:
+            kind = self.install_kind(location)
+        if homepage is None:
+            homepage = self.homepage
+        if download_url is None:
+            download_url = self.download_url
+        if author is None:
+            author = self.author
+        if updated is None:
+            updated = self.updated
+        app = self.install_sentence(kind)
+        python_exe = self.check.python_executable_name() or "python3"
+        msg1 = "{} ({}.{}.{}) by {} on {}".format(
+            self.app_name, self.major, self.minor, self.patch, author, updated
+        )
+        if download_url == "":
+            msg = [
+                msg1,
+                "",
+                app,
+                "    {}".format(location),
+                "",
+                "Basic Usage:",
+                "    {}".format(usage),
+                "",
+                "Please visit our homepage: ",
+                '    "{}"'.format(homepage),
+                "",
+                "",
+                "",
+                "",
+            ]
+        else:
+            msg = [
+                msg1,
+                "",
+                app,
+                "    {}".format(location),
+                "",
+                "Basic Usage:",
+                "    {}".format(usage),
+                "",
+                "Please visit our homepage: ",
+                '    "{}"'.format(homepage),
+                "",
+                "Installation command:",
+                "    curl -fsSL {} | {}".format(download_url, python_exe),
+                "",
+            ]
+        if download_url == "":
+            if homepage == "":
+                max_line = len(msg) - 3
+            else:
+                max_line = len(msg) - 2
+        else:
+            max_line = len(msg) - 1
+        if max_line < 1:
+            max_line = len(msg)
+        max_len = 0
+        for index in range(0, max_line):
+            if len(msg[index]) > max_len:
+                max_len = len(msg[index])
+        boxed = []
+        for index in range(0, max_line):
+            boxed.append(msg[index] + (" " * (max_len - len(msg[index]))))
+        star = "*" * (max_len + 4)
+        blank = " " * max_len
+        lines = [star, "* {} *".format(blank)]
+        for row in boxed:
+            lines.append("* {} *".format(row))
+        lines.append("* {} *".format(blank))
+        lines.append(star)
+        return lines
+
+    def framework_about(self):
+        """
+        General Purpose: About text for the menu result page.
+        requirement-python-about: identity, host check, and the install box.
+        """
+        lines = [
+            "{} {}".format(self.app_name, self.version),
+            "Domain: Cut → speed/length → optional boomerang for MP4",
+            "Runtime tools: FFmpeg (encode), OpenCV (duration probe)",
+            "Entry points: video-speed, python -m VideoSpeed",
+            "",
+        ]
+        lines.extend(self.check.check_system_lines())
+        lines.append("")
+        lines.extend(self.about_box_lines())
+        return "\n".join(lines)

videospeed-1.0.9/src/VideoSpeed/check_system.py

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# Host check for the about page.
+# requirement-python-oop — class CheckSystem.
+# requirement-python-about — line text stays with the about composer.
+# =============================================================================
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import datetime
+import os
+import platform
+import shutil
+import sys
+import sysconfig
+
+from .run_output import log_instantiated
+
+
+class CheckSystem:
+    """Reads for the [CHECK SYSTEM] block. One class, one module.
+
+    The about composer calls this object. It does not own the star box.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, logger=None):
+        self.logger = logger
+        log_instantiated(logger, "CheckSystem")
+
+    def parse_sys_version(self, version_text, python_version):
+        """
+        General Purpose: Python display and C library string from sys.version.
+        The C library line is the compiler token, such as GCC 13.3.0.
+        """
+        gcc = version_text
+        if "\n" in gcc:
+            gcc = gcc.split("\n", 1)[1]
+        elif "[" in gcc and "]" in gcc:
+            gcc = gcc.split("[", 1)[1].split("]", 1)[0]
+        if gcc == "GCC":
+            gcc = "[GCC]"
+        if " (Red Hat" in gcc:
+            gcc = gcc.split(" (Red Hat", 1)[0] + "]"
+        probe = gcc if "[PyPy " in gcc else version_text
+        if "[PyPy " in probe and "with" in probe:
+            extra = probe.split("with", 1)[0].split("[", 1)[1].strip()
+            python_version = "{} ({})".format(python_version, extra)
+            gcc = "[" + probe.split("with ", 1)[1]
+        shown = gcc.strip()
+        if shown.startswith("[") and shown.endswith("]"):
+            shown = shown[1:-1].strip()
+        return python_version, shown
+
+    def arch_label(self, version_text, machine=None):
+        """General Purpose: amd64 / arm64 / x86 style name for this host."""
+        if "AMD64" in version_text:
+            return "amd64"
+        if "AMD32" in version_text:
+            return "x86"
+        if machine is None:
+            machine = platform.machine()
+        mapped = {
+            "x86_64": "amd64",
+            "amd64": "amd64",
+            "aarch64": "arm64",
+            "arm64": "arm64",
+            "i386": "x86",
+            "i686": "x86",
+            "x86": "x86",
+        }
+        return mapped.get(machine.lower(), machine)
+
+    def libc_label(self, version_text, shell, detected=None):
+        """General Purpose: libc token used in the binary type, such as glibc."""
+        if detected is None:
+            try:
+                detected = platform.libc_ver()[0] or ""
+            except Exception:
+                detected = "unknown"
+        name = detected
+        if ("AMD64" in version_text or "AMD32" in version_text) and "MSC" in version_text:
+            name = "msc"
+        if "clang" in version_text.lower():
+            name = "clang"
+        if name == "" and shell == "/bin/ash":
+            name = "muslc"
+        return name
+
+    def binary_type(self, arch, libc):
+        """General Purpose: arch-libc token, such as amd64-glibc."""
+        if arch == "":
+            return ""
+        if libc == "":
+            return "{}-".format(arch)
+        return "{}-{}".format(arch, libc)
+
+    def current_user(self):
+        """General Purpose: Login name for the about system check."""
+        user = os.environ.get("USER") or os.environ.get("USERNAME") or ""
+        if user:
+            return user
+        try:
+            import getpass
+            return getpass.getuser()
+        except Exception:
+            return ""
+
+    def shell_text(self):
+        """General Purpose: The shell path from the environment."""
+        return os.environ.get("SHELL") or ""
+
+    def python_executable_name(self):
+        """General Purpose: Basename of the running Python executable."""
+        exe = sys.executable or ""
+        if "/" in exe:
+            return exe.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        if "\\" in exe:
+            return exe.rsplit("\\", 1)[-1]
+        return exe
+
+    def command_location(self, name):
+        """General Purpose: PATH location of a tool, or an empty string."""
+        found = shutil.which(name)
+        return found or ""
+
+    def os_text(self):
+        """General Purpose: Pretty operating-system name, such as Ubuntu 24.04 LTS."""
+        try:
+            info = platform.freedesktop_os_release()
+        except Exception:
+            info = {}
+        pretty = info.get("PRETTY_NAME") or ""
+        if pretty:
+            return pretty
+        return platform.platform()
+
+    def inside_docker(self, marker="/.dockerenv"):
+        """General Purpose: True when the docker marker file is present."""
+        return os.path.exists(marker)
+
+    def cpython_soabi(self):
+        """General Purpose: CPython ABI string shown as the Cython string."""
+        value = sysconfig.get_config_var("SOABI") or ""
+        return value
+
+    def self_location(self):
+        """
+        General Purpose: Path of the running program.
+        A console-script argv wins. Otherwise the CLI module file.
+        The about page names that program file, so this read stays on it.
+        """
+        from .cli import APP_NAME, CONSOLE_NAME
+        from . import cli as cli_mod
+
+        here = os.path.realpath(cli_mod.__file__)
+        argv0 = sys.argv[0] if sys.argv else ""
+        if argv0 and os.path.isfile(argv0):
+            argv_real = os.path.realpath(argv0)
+            base = os.path.basename(argv_real)
+            if base in (CONSOLE_NAME, APP_NAME):
+                return argv_real
+            same_dir = os.path.dirname(argv_real) == os.path.dirname(here)
+            if same_dir and base in ("cli.py", "__main__.py"):
+                return argv_real
+        return here
+
+    def check_system_lines(self, now=None):
+        """
+        General Purpose: Host check block for the about page.
+        The stamp is local time with microseconds.
+        """
+        from .cli import APP_NAME, _PKG_VERSION
+
+        when = now if now is not None else datetime.datetime.now()
+        stamp = when.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+        version_text = sys.version
+        py_text, c_library = self.parse_sys_version(
+            version_text, platform.python_version()
+        )
+        arch = self.arch_label(version_text)
+        shell = self.shell_text()
+        libc = self.libc_label(version_text, shell)
+        rows = [
+            "{} {}(v{})  [CHECK SYSTEM]:".format(stamp, APP_NAME, _PKG_VERSION),
+            "  Now checking your operation system!",
+            "    Python: {}".format(py_text),
+            "    C Library: {}".format(c_library),
+            "    Operation System: {}".format(self.os_text()),
+            "    Architecture: {}".format(arch),
+            "    Current User: {}".format(self.current_user()),
+            "    Shell: {}".format(shell),
+            "    Python Executable: {}".format(self.python_executable_name()),
+            "    python2 location: {}".format(self.command_location("python2")),
+            "    python3 location: {}".format(self.command_location("python3")),
+            "    conda location: {}".format(self.command_location("conda")),
+            "    pyenv location: {}".format(self.command_location("pyenv")),
+            "    Inside docker container: {}".format(self.inside_docker()),
+            "    Cython String: {}".format(self.cpython_soabi()),
+            "    Binary Type: {}".format(self.binary_type(arch, libc)),
+            "    Location: {}".format(self.self_location()),
+        ]
+        return rows