On 12 August 2013 19:35, Steve Dower <[email protected]> wrote:

> And any reason we need a separate extension for pyw.exe? Can't that be
> specified in the shebang?


The association specifies the exe to run, that exe then relaunches whatever
the shebang specifies. But it's the *initial* executable's console/GUI flag
that specifies the behaviour, so we need two launchers and hence two
extensions.

You could put pythonw in the shebang of a .py file, but that would open a
console window when double clicked. Similarly, putting python in the
shebang of a .pyw file will detach the script from the current console when
run from the command line.

Paul.
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