[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Change by Ned Deily : -- type: crash -> behavior versions: +Python 3.10, Python 3.11 -Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

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[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Werner added the comment: I believe, I found a simple way to get what you are looking for: Open Automator and create an app. Select »execute Shell script« put in the editor: python3 $1 Save this as MyPythonLauncher or what you want. Test it: Drop a Python script on the app. It should execute

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Ned Deily added the comment: > After your final fix, if I understood you correctly, we will no longer have > to open Terminal? That's correct. That's the way the Launcher works on previous version on macOS. > will it ever be possible to not have the terminal run in the future? That's the wa

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Glenn Travis added the comment: Is there no way to edit a previous comment? Anyway, I can get it to work as described, but the Launcher Preferences window also opens when I run a script. Did I miss a setting? -- ___ Python tracker

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Glenn Travis added the comment: It is working now. However, I end up with two terminal windows open. One is the one that I opened and the second appears to have been opened by the Launcher?? -- ___ Python tracker

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Glenn Travis added the comment: Thank you Ned. So close now. After your final fix, if I understood you correctly, we will no longer have to open Terminal? And, excuse my vast knowledge gap, but will it ever be possible to not have the terminal run in the future? -- _

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Ned Deily added the comment: Glenn, you will need to change the Interpreter setting in the Launcher Preferences panel. In the box that says "/usr/bin/pythonw", type "/usr/local/bin/python3"; that setting will then be remembered on subsequent launches. -- __

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Glenn Travis added the comment: Well heck. I just tried it, and got an error. The error does not occur when I run the script directly from the Terminal, nor when I run it via IDLE (double click) Last login: Thu May 14 07:57:11 on ttys000 But what do I know? % cd '/Volumes/BigHDD/Ortho4XP-mas

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Glenn Travis added the comment: I appreciate the update. As an aside, I keep the terminal in the dock. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue40477] Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15 Catalina fails to run scripts

Ned Deily added the comment: An update on this: it turns out there are two different problems with the launcher app as a result of security changes introduced in macOS 10.15 Catalina. The first is that the launcher did not execute files launched with it (for example, by double-clicking on th