[Tutor] Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE

2019-05-26 Thread Richard Damon
I am working on a python script that will be provided arguments when run from the system command line. Is there any place in IDLE to provide equivalent arguments for testing while developing in IDLE? Is there any way to define the working directory for the program, or will it always be the directo

Re: [Tutor] Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE

2019-05-26 Thread Alex Kleider
On 2019-05-25 18:55, Richard Damon wrote: Is there any way to define the working directory for the program, or will it always be the directory the script is in (it will be typically run using the PATH, so not the same directory as the script)? import os cwd = os.getcwd() os.chdir(path) Sorry,

[Tutor] Fwd: Re: Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE

2019-05-26 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
Oops, Forgot to include the list! Forwarded Message Subject:Re: Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 09:03:36 +0100 From: Alan Gauld To: Richard Damon On 26/05/2019 02:55, Richard Damon wrote: > I am working on a python script t

Re: [Tutor] Fwd: Re: Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE

2019-05-26 Thread Mats Wichmann
> On 26/05/2019 02:55, Richard Damon wrote: >> I am working on a python script that will be provided arguments when run >> from the system command line. Is there any place in IDLE to provide >> equivalent arguments for testing while developing in IDLE? >> > > There used to be a dialog for that b

Re: [Tutor] Setting Command Line Arguments in IDLE

2019-05-26 Thread Martin A. Brown
Hello Richard, In addition to the answers you have received from Alex and Alan, I'll add a bit longer of an answer mostly around how to separate the command-line invocation / argument handling part of your program from the pure-Python logic. While I, also, cannot help terribly with the direc

[Tutor] tweeting from python

2019-05-26 Thread nathan tech
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone had some tips that might direct me to answers to this problem: I have a program which one downloads to your computer, and you install. Then, I want to add into this program a share button. This share button would send a tweet to your twitter saying, "I am w

Re: [Tutor] tweeting from python

2019-05-26 Thread ingo
On 26-5-2019 16:59, nathan tech wrote: > Hi there, > > I was wondering if anyone had some tips that might direct me to answers > to this problem: > > I have a program which one downloads to your computer, and you install. > > Then, I want to add into this program a share button. > > This sha