Unable to find the aseprite executable

[prtksxna]

I'm trying to use AseSync23 on MacOS. Installed NekoVM to be able to run AseSync23.n but I'm having trouble in telling it the location of an Aseprite binary.

I've tried /Users/youzer/Library/Application\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite but it throws that that it doesn't exist. I've run that binary independently and it does in fact exist and work. I've tried the .app file as well with the same result. Any idea what might be going wrong here?

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PS Thank you for making this tool, I'm excited to get it working and improving my workflow! 😄

[prtksxna]

Found an issue with the path! The backslash needed to be escaped, so the correct path would be:
~/Library/Application\\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite

And so the command I'm running is:
neko AseSync.n asesynctest.yyp art/ --aseprite "~/Library/Application\\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite"

With this I'm no longer getting that error. Instead, I get:

No template sprite is defined, looking for first sprite...
An error occurred: std@sys_read_dir

Called from C:\Tools\Dev\HaxeToolkit\haxe\std/neko/_std/sys/FileSystem.hx line 95
Called from AseSync.hx line 161
Called from AseSync.hx line 253
Press Enter to exit!

I do have the spr_asebase sprite in GameMaker but not sure if I should set it up in any specific way

[YellowAfterlife]

Try

neko AseSync.n ./asesynctest.yyp art/ --aseprite "~/Library/Application\\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite"

(is AseSync.n right next to the project?)

[prtksxna]

It was originally inside the project folder, I moved it right next to it and tried. Got the same result:

prtksxna@comp gmstest % neko AseSync.n ./asesynctest.yyp ./art/ --aseprite "~/Library/Application\\ Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Aseprite/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite"

No template sprite is defined, looking for first sprite...
An error occurred: std@sys_read_dir

Called from C:\Tools\Dev\HaxeToolkit\haxe\std/neko/_std/sys/FileSystem.hx line 95
Called from AseSync.hx line 161
Called from AseSync.hx line 253
Press Enter to exit!