ci: add optimized build scripts using Nuitka

.gitignore

@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ src/*
 docs/*
 !docs/*.py
 
-# Allow assets folder, but only .svg, .png, and .ico files
+# Allow assets folder, but only .svg, .png, .rc and .ico files
 !assets/
 assets/*
 !assets/*.svg
 !assets/*.png
 !assets/*.ico
+!assets/*.rc
+!assets/*.res
 
 # Allow .github folder and its contents
 !.github/

assets/icon.rc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IDI_ICON1 ICON "favicon.ico"

build_fast.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+@echo off
+
+if "%1"=="" (
+    echo Usage: build_fast.bat [RELEASE^|DEV]
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+set COMMON_FLAGS=--standalone --enable-plugin=pyside6 --include-data-dir=assets=assets
+
+if /I "%1"=="RELEASE" (
+    echo Building RELEASE version...
+    python -m nuitka %COMMON_FLAGS% --windows-console-mode=disable --output-dir=build\release src\main.py --lto=yes
+) else if /I "%1"=="DEV" (
+    echo Building DEV version...
+    python -m nuitka %COMMON_FLAGS% --output-dir=build\dev src\main.py
+) else (
+    echo Invalid argument. Use RELEASE or DEV.
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo Build failed.
+    exit /b 1
+) else (
+    echo Build completed successfully.
+)

src/imports_and_globals.py

@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ def open_file_safe(file_path, mode="r"):
 
 
 def resource_path(relative_path):
-    try:
-        # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
+    if hasattr(sys, "_MEIPASS"):
+        # PyInstaller path
         base_path = sys._MEIPASS
-    except Exception:
+    elif "__compiled__" in globals():
+        # Nuitka path
+        base_path = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+    else:
+        # Regular Python path
         base_path = os.path.abspath(".")
 
     return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)