[docutils:bugs] #479 scripts install with broken shebang

The upstream pipx issue is https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/1198.


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**[bugs:#479] scripts install with broken shebang**

**Status:** closed-invalid
**Created:** Mon Feb 19, 2024 07:25 AM UTC by Jason R. Coombs
**Last Updated:** Mon Mar 25, 2024 01:57 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


The way docutils presents its executable scripts is broken on macOS.

Today, I installed docutils using pipx.

```
 @ pipx install docutils
  installed package docutils 0.20.1, installed using Python 3.12.2
  These apps are now globally available
    - docutils
    - rst2html.py
    - rst2html4.py
    - rst2html5.py
    - rst2latex.py
    - rst2man.py
    - rst2odt.py
    - rst2odt_prepstyles.py
    - rst2pseudoxml.py
    - rst2s5.py
    - rst2xetex.py
    - rst2xml.py
    - rstpep2html.py
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
```

Quick aside, it would be nice if these executables didn't have the .py extension.

After installing, the scripts failed with this error:

```
 @ rst2html.py docs/*
xonsh: subprocess mode: command not found: '/Users/jaraco/Library/Application'
```

The problem is that pipx, by default, installs its data into the "Application Support" directory:

```
 @ pipx environment | grep HOME
PIPX_HOME=
PIPX_HOME=/Users/jaraco/Library/Application Support/pipx
```

And when it does, the scripts get installed with an invalid shebang because [Unix doesn't support spaces in shebangs](https://blog.jaraco.com/unix-doesnt-support-spaces-in-filenames/):

```
 @ head -n 1 $(which rst2html.py)
#!/Users/jaraco/Library/Application Support/pipx/venvs/docutils/bin/python
```




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