On Sep 10, 6:48 am, James A. Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:35:13 -0700 (PDT), icarus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Oh ok. Thanks. In windows xp I just renamed the file extension to .pyw > > That did it. > > > one more question... > > > how do I create a pythonw standalone executable that works on w32, > > linux, mac, etc..? > > I have noticed that when applications are written in Python with the > GUI created by PyGTK, it seems that to install the application on each > slightly different version of unix is a fairly major task - although > the creators of PyGTK proudly say that the code will run anywhere, it > definitely will not install anywhere - the code will only run on a > slightly different system after a massive and major rewrite of the > install for that target system. > > Horrible installs are a chronic problem GUI programs driven by > interpreted languages Installing visual basic programs that worked on > one Windows machine to work on a very slightly different windows > machine was also a nightmare. > > I have not attempted to create installable wxPython windows, but > generally, "run anywhere" will bite you. Still looking for a good > solution to "run anywhere". > > -- > ---------------------- > We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because > of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this > right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. > > http://www.jim.com/ James A. Donald
I haven't had much trouble getting wxPython applications to run in Windows XP and Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Of course, my GUIs aren't extremely complex, but I did make use of Hammond's PyWin32 package and had to wrap those in Platform aware conditional statements. Plus wx was pretty easy to install in Ubuntu, so that was cool. I can't really comment on other toolkits though. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list