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authorJack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>2003-04-11 15:35:28 (GMT)
committerJack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>2003-04-11 15:35:28 (GMT)
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Moved all the scripting stuff to a separate section, added all the
missing bits (well, all the bits I could think of) and updated the rest.
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@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ format only.
To run your script from the Terminal window you must make sure that
\file{/usr/local/bin} is in your shell search path before \file{/usr/bin},
where the Apple-supplied Python lives (which is version 2.2, as of Mac OS X
-10.2.4). There is one Mac OS X quirk that you need to be aware of: programs
-that talk to the window manager (in other words, anything that has a GUI)
-need to be run in a special way. Use \program{pythonw} in stead of \program{python}
-to start such scripts.
+10.2.4).
To run your script from the Finder you have two options:
\begin{itemize}
@@ -84,6 +81,13 @@ PythonLauncher has various preferences to control how your script is launched.
Option-dragging allows you to change these for one invocation, or use its
Preferences menu to change things globally.
+\subsection{Running scripts with a GUI \label{osx-gui-scripts}}
+
+There is one Mac OS X quirk that you need to be aware of: programs
+that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words, anything that has a GUI)
+need to be run in a special way. Use \program{pythonw} in stead of \program{python}
+to start such scripts.
+
\subsection{configuration}
MacPython honours all standard unix environment variables such as \envvar{PYTHONPATH},