Clickable (wx)python app in OS X
PhysicsGenius
physics_seeker at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 25 13:35:12 EDT 2004
Chris McD wrote:
> PhysicsGenius wrote:
>
>> AAAAARRRRRRRRGGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!! I hate Macs.
>>
>> I have a wxPython program. It runs fine on OS X when I launch it from
>> the Terminal ("pythonw appname.py") . The user wants to be able to
>> click it. Two main suggestions on the Internet, neither of which
>> works:
>>
>> 1) "Use Platypus" So I download it, upgrade Stuffit, install both,
>> figure out how to use it, create an app....and it doesn't work for
>> graphical apps. Nice to know, thanks for telling me ahead of time!
>>
>> 2) "Just associate .py files with PythonInterpreter". Sounds easy! So
>> I navigate to appname.py, Get Info, Open With, navigate to
>> PythonInterpreter....WhereTF is "PythonInterpreter"? Not on the OS X
>> system anywhere and Google only finds a Python module.
>>
>> So, how do I create a clickable icon that will launch my wxPython
>> program?
>
>
> Well you are opening it with pythonw so why not associate *.py with
> pythonw or python?
>
> Chris
I was pretty sure this was impossible, but I may
have done it. For anyone else as frustrated as I
was (and still am, kinda): I associated .py with
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Resources/PythonLauncher.
It still brings up a Terminal window, but at
least the app launches from a click.
Mac OS X: It Just Works (poorly)
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