[Pythonmac-SIG] python + code double-clickable .app bundle?

[Ivan Kozik]

Hello,

I am trying to combine the python interpreter and a python source code 
file into a .app bundle on Mac OS X 10.2. The only way I know of 
starting it now is:
open -a python code.py
(which is obviously not a good solution).

Since the python interpreter requires an argument to execute something, 
I tried to replace the main binary with a compiled C executable (in the 
.app bundle) that executes the python interpreter with the source code 
as an argument. (The finder and 'open' executes the binary in MacOS/ 
with the full path, so I can easy chdir() to this directory and run an 
executable):

#include <stdio.h>
main(int argc, char **argv) {
         char *loc;
         char *p;
         loc = argv[0];
         if (p = strstr(loc, "MacOS/ProgramName")) strcpy(p, "MacOS/");
         chdir(loc);
         system("exec ./python ./sourcecode.py");
}

I have tried this program with the "exec" in the system() and without 
the "exec" too. The problem is that my program uses Tkinter, and 
whenever i click on or try to move the window with my "solution", I get:
SetFrontProccess failed,-606
(in the console).
I'm guessing this problem appears because the new python process has a 
different PID from what the Dock and Finder expects.
This problem did not appear when used 'open -a python sourcecode.py'.

I have also tried modifying the python source code 
(Python-2.2.1/Mac/Python/macmain.c) to run my source code file at 
startup (without an argument) but I failed (I barely know C and how the 
python internals work).

My question is, is there any way to run the python program in a .app 
bundle without an argument to the source code? (and have the mac os x 
windowing manager properly recognize my window)?

Thanks,
Ivan