Python application launcher (for Python code)

[Jim]

On 02/21/2017 09:43 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote:
> BartC wrote, on February 21, 2017 5:52 AM
>>
>> On 20/02/2017 15:44, Deborah Swanson wrote:
>>> Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM
>>>>
>>>> "Deborah Swanson" <python at deborahswanson.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if
>> this hasn't
>>>
>>>>> already been done many times.
>>>>
>>>> Can you describe what you are looking for, in enough
>> detail that we
>>>> can know whether it's already been done as you want it?
>>
>>> I deliberately left the question open-ended because I'm
>> curious what's
>>> out there. I've studied and practiced Python for a little
>> over a year,
>>> but I've spent that time mostly writing my own code and I
>> don't really
>>> know much about what and where to look for in modules and packages.
>>>
>>> Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently,
>>> and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow.
>> Right now
>>> I just want a way to select which one I'd like to run and
>> run it. I'd
>>> like it to be a standalone application and some sort of system of
>>> categories would be nice.
>>
>> If you use Windows, then the OS can take care of this. You
>> don't need a
>> separate application, just open up a directory showing a list of .py
>> files, and click on one.
>>
>> Then if '.py' is correctly associated with the right Python
>> version, it
>> will run Python on it.
>>
>> To group into categories, just put the .py files into separate, aptly
>> named directories.
>>
>> The only problem I found, when launching in GUI mode, was that a
>> console-mode Python program would briefly open a console window that
>> would then promptly disappear if it finished immediately and
>> there was
>> no interaction.
>>
>> --
>> bartc
>
> Yes, I can see that only one person who has responded so far is remotely
> familiar with what an application launcher is, and that person only
> alluded to one, and hinted at some features I saw that could possibly be
> used as an application launcher.
>
> I like Linux for this job, as it has a number of capabilities that
> Windows doesn't have, and I was looking for an improvement on what I can
> do in Windows. If you do a lot of computing it's nice to have tools and
> code you commonly use, and only the ones you've chosen, conveniently
> available from one interface. This interface could have other
> functionalities itself.
>
> I was asking if anyone knew of Python code that acts in this way, and it
> appears so far that the answer is no.
>
> Deborah
>

If you switch to Linux you might look at a program called Drawers. I use 
it on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04. It sits on the launcher panel and if you 
click it it opens up and you can click on programs to start them. Most 
things you can drag and drop on it, some things you must do a little 
editing to get them to start. It is written in Python I think.

On Mint 18 I use a program called MyLauncher. It sits on the top panel 
and will drop down a menu of programs to start. It's a little more hands 
on as you must add your programs to a config file to get them in the 
launcher. Don't think this one is written in Python.

Both are in the OS's repositories.

Regards,  Jim