[Pythonmac-SIG] Should Python.app be an LSUIElement = 1 app?

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Mon Feb 2 19:27:09 CET 2009


Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Bill Janssen wrote:
> > It seems to me that this is what we want for the Python interpreter
> > proper.
> 
> could be. It sounds promising.
> 
> >  Applications (like IDLE) that are indeed proper foreground apps
> > can always call TransformProcessType() to override this setting and get
> > a dock icon for themselves.
> 
> Could you change it in the info.plist of a py2app'ed app also? I"d
> suggest that that be default in py2app. You kind of need to use py2app
> (or similar) to get an app to "act right" in the GUI anyway.

Yes, that sounds like a good idea to me.  I've never used py2app; does
it include a private copy of Python?

Bill


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