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

Ronald Oussoren ronaldoussoren at mac.com
Wed Feb 4 23:00:09 CET 2009


On 3 Feb, 2009, at 19:00, Bill Janssen wrote:

> Chris, I'm a bit confused, too.
>
>> Could someone (Bill?) summarize what functionally will change if this
>> change is applied?
>
> Basically, if you're running /usr/bin/python or Python.app directly,  
> you
> still won't get a dock icon even if you're using appscript.  The app  
> is
> marked as an agent application -- still trying to figure out just what
> that means.

That means you won't get a menu bar either.  "agent application" seems  
to mean an application that is usually completely hidden but needs to  
pop up GUI items (such as windows) sometimes. Agent applications don't  
have a dock item, and don't have a menu bar either.

Ronald


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