Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-12 Thread pedro
Hi, the way I do this on mac os x is to use applescript like so. --start of applescript tell application "Terminal" do script "python /Volumes/Seagate750/drive_01/myPythonScript.py" end tell --end of applescript Where you simply point the terminal to the python script using applescri

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread wesley chun
>>> After all with Python 2.3 pre installed on MacOS X >> Is Python 2.3 really the most recent version of Python distributed with >> new Macs? > I think *new* Macs come with 2.5. My 2-year-old MacBook Pro has 2.3. i got a new MBP from work about half a year ago with leopard 10.5.6 installed, and

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Pete Froslie
gram website > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > ------------------ > *From:* Pete Froslie > *To:* Alan Gauld > *Cc:* tutor@python.org > *Sent:* Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 10:33:10 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable > > > > Does this make sense? &g

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Kent Johnson
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM, wrote: > Alan, > >> After all with Python 2.3 pre installed on MacOS X > > Is Python 2.3 really the most recent version of Python distributed with > new Macs? I think *new* Macs come with 2.5. My 2-year-old MacBook Pro has 2.3. > So if I wanted to distribute a Pyt

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread ALAN GAULD
the OS fundamentals too Alan Gauld Author of the Learn To Program website http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ From: Pete Froslie To: Alan Gauld Cc: tutor@python.org Sent: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 10:33:10 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable Does this make sense?

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread python
Alan, > After all with Python 2.3 pre installed on MacOS X Is Python 2.3 really the most recent version of Python distributed with new Macs? So if I wanted to distribute a Python 2.6 script to a Mac user, I would need to instruct the Mac user how to download and install a separate version of Py

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Pete Froslie
Yes, this makes sense to me.. but when treating a project as an artwork I can't ask people to go through an effort beyond a simple start of the app. For instance, I'm in Boston and the work is being show on a computer in gallery in SF-- if it crashes, curators often will be unenthusiastic when bein

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Pete Froslie" wrote I'm having trouble finding good tutorials on creating standalone executable files for mac os x.. I've been looking at 'py2app', but can't seem get a solid grasp. Any help would be greatly appreciated! My first question would be do you need to? After all with Python 2.3

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009, Pete Froslie wrote: > > Wesley, > What I meant is that I would like a file that can be double clicked in > order to run the python script.. so that I can drop it on another mac > where someone can execute it without worrying about Terminal. > Essentially, I need ever

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Pete Froslie
Wesley, What I meant is that I would like a file that can be double clicked in order to run the python script.. so that I can drop it on another mac where someone can execute it without worrying about Terminal. Essentially, I need everything to be clean in the end.. My projects are artworks and f

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread wesley chun
>> >I'm having trouble finding good tutorials on creating standalone >> > executable >> >files for mac os x.. I've been looking at 'py2app', [...] pete, welcome to Python! in order for all to answer your question more appropriately, you'll have to describe the problem in slightly more detail.

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Pete Froslie
Thanks Bill, Terminal tells me, 'chmod: app_test.py: No such file or directory' I assume that's what you meant to do? Drop this at the start of the script: #!/usr/bin/env python Then go into terminal and type: `chmod +x mypython.py'' --pretty new to some of this stuff. cheers On Tue, Jul 7,

Re: [Tutor] mac os x executable

2009-07-07 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009, Pete Froslie wrote: >Hi, > >I'm having trouble finding good tutorials on creating standalone executable >files for mac os x.. I've been looking at 'py2app', but can't seem get a >solid grasp. Any help would be greatly appreciated! For a python script, say mypython.py, it shou