RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

breamore...@gmail.com wrote, on February 25, 2017 4:49 AM > > On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 1:54:39 AM UTC, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Michael Torrie wrote, on February 23, 2017 7:43 AM > > > > > > On 2017-02-22 09:49 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > > Didn't even look. Visual Studio has

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Friday, February 24, 2017 at 1:54:39 AM UTC, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Michael Torrie wrote, on February 23, 2017 7:43 AM > > > > On 2017-02-22 09:49 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > Didn't even look. Visual Studio has always been pricey, and it never > > > > occurred to me that they might

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Wanderer wrote, on February 25, 2017 2:07 PM > > If you want to turn internet access on and off more easily in > Windows 7, go to Control Panel\ Network and Sharing Center > and in the left hand menu click on Change Adapter Settings. > Create a shortcut to Local Area Connect and put it on your

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 1:03:40 PM UTC-5, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Dennis Lee Bieber wrote, on February 25, 2017 4:50 AM > > > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:26:15 -0800, "Deborah Swanson" > > declaimed the following: > > > > > > > >Well rats. Skull duggery on

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

> -Original Message- > From: Python-list > [mailto:python-list-bounces+python=deborahswanson.net@python.o > rg] On Behalf Of Dennis Lee Bieber > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:58 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Python application laun

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote, on February 25, 2017 4:50 AM > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:26:15 -0800, "Deborah Swanson" > declaimed the following: > > > > >Well rats. Skull duggery on the net is a lot more sophisticated than > >when I saw it last (15 years ago). Getting up

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Chris Angelico wrote, February 24, 2017 10:04 PM > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Gregory Ewing > wrote: > > Deborah Swanson wrote: > >> > >> Well, they won't kill mine, not if I have my VPN on while > I'm using > >> it. > > > > > > How will a VPN help? If it

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Gregory Ewing wrote, on February 24, 2017 9:09 PM > > Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Well, they won't kill mine, not if I have my VPN on while I'm using > > it. > > How will a VPN help? If it needs to phone home and perform a > secret handshake before it will run, and they turn off the > secret

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote: > Deborah Swanson wrote: >> >> Well, they won't kill mine, not if I have my VPN on while I'm using it. > > > How will a VPN help? If it needs to phone home and perform a > secret handshake before it will run, and

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Deborah Swanson wrote: Well, they won't kill mine, not if I have my VPN on while I'm using it. How will a VPN help? If it needs to phone home and perform a secret handshake before it will run, and they turn off the secret handshake server, you're hosed. -- Greg --

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/23/2017 11:15 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:58:24 -0300, Cholo Lennon declaimed the following: If the script has no screen input/output I'd edit the shortcut and prefix the script pathname with pythonw.exe (to avoid the empty console).

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Gregory Ewing wrote, on February 23, 2017 9:13 PM > > Deborah Swanson wrote: > > As for it phoning home... Wonder what value they think this has, other > > than giving them a nosecount of how many active copies there are at > > any given time. > > It gives them a kill switch. If they decide

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Deborah Swanson wrote: As for it phoning home... Wonder what value they think this has, other than giving them a nosecount of how many active copies there are at any given time. It gives them a kill switch. If they decide they don't want it to be free any more, they can stop us from using it.

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Michael Torrie wrote, on February 23, 2017 7:43 AM > > On 2017-02-22 09:49 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Didn't even look. Visual Studio has always been pricey, and it never > > occurred to me that they might have a free or cheap version now. > > You can get the full edition of Visual Studio,

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Cholo Lennon wrote, on February 23, 2017 7:58 AM > > On 02/20/2017 07:56 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, > > and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. > Right now > > I just want a way to select which one I'd

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/20/2017 07:56 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now I just want a way to select which one I'd like to run and run it. I'd like it to be a standalone application

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2017-02-22 09:49 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: Didn't even look. Visual Studio has always been pricey, and it never occurred to me that they might have a free or cheap version now. You can get the full edition of Visual Studio, called Visual Studio Community Edition for free. They still

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/21/2017 10:52 AM, BartC wrote: The only problem I found, when launching in GUI mode, was that a console-mode Python program would briefly open a console window that would then promptly disappear if it finished immediately and there was no interaction. If you want to avoid a console just

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote, on February 22, 2017 6:48 PM > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:50:18 -0800, "Deborah Swanson" > declaimed the following: > > > >first, and be able to use a running C version to check my Python > >version against. I couldn't afford Visual Studio,

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Grant Edwards wrote, on February 22, 2017 7:52 AM > > On 2017-02-21, Chris Warrick wrote: > > > Git Bash, or basically msys, is pretty reasonable. But if you are on > > Windows 10, you might like the built-in Windows Subsystem for Linux > > (aka Bash on Ubuntu on Windows)

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2017-02-21, Chris Warrick wrote: > Git Bash, or basically msys, is pretty reasonable. But if you are on > Windows 10, you might like the built-in Windows Subsystem for Linux > (aka Bash on Ubuntu on Windows) more — it’s real Linux that runs > alongside Windows, but less

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Ethan Furman wrote, on February 21, 2017 1:13 PM > > On 02/21/2017 11:59 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > I think I'll have a go with Cooperative Linux first > > It certainly looks interesting, but doesn't seem to have any > activity since late 2014. > > -- > ~Ethan~ I can't remember where I

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/21/2017 11:59 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote: I think I'll have a go with Cooperative Linux first It certainly looks interesting, but doesn't seem to have any activity since late 2014. -- ~Ethan~ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

I wrote, on February 21, 2017 12:12 PM > > Grant Edwards wrote, on February 21, 2017 11:21 AM > > NB: I haven't used any of these lately... > > > http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.mingw.org/ (look for msys) >

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Chris Warrick wrote, on February 21, 2017 11:26 AM > > On 21 February 2017 at 20:21, Grant Edwards > wrote: > > On 2017-02-21, Rob Gaddi wrote: > >> On 02/20/2017 06:16 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > >> > >> > [snip lots about using

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Grant Edwards wrote, on February 21, 2017 11:21 AM > > On 2017-02-21, Rob Gaddi wrote: > > On 02/20/2017 06:16 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > > > [snip lots about using Windows but rather be > > > using Linux but not wanting to have to spend lots of > > >

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Jim wrote, on February 21, 2017 9:51 AM > > On 02/21/2017 09:43 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > I like Linux for this job, as it has a number of capabilities that > > Windows doesn't have, and I was looking for an improvement on what I > > can do in Windows. If you do a lot of computing it's

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 21 February 2017 at 20:21, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2017-02-21, Rob Gaddi wrote: >> On 02/20/2017 06:16 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: >> >> > [snip lots about using Windows but rather be >> > using Linux but not wanting to have to

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2017-02-21, Rob Gaddi wrote: > On 02/20/2017 06:16 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > [snip lots about using Windows but rather be > > using Linux but not wanting to have to spend lots of > > energy switching right now] > > You know, I'm always reluctant to

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/20/2017 06:16 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > [snip lots about using Windows but rather be > using Linux but not wanting to have to spend lots of > energy switching right now] You know, I'm always reluctant to recommend it, because it can definitely get you tied in knots. But you're about

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2/21/17, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Chris Angelico wrote, on February 21, 2017 7:30 AM >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Deborah Swanson >> wrote: >> > Really? We used software called Powershell a couple decades ago in >> > the 90s, as

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 02/21/2017 09:43 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote: BartC wrote, on February 21, 2017 5:52 AM On 20/02/2017 15:44, Deborah Swanson wrote: Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM "Deborah Swanson" writes: I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 1:25 AM, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > (2) Add each category to the PYTHONPATH. One easy way to do so is by adding > the directories to a .pth file. PYTHONPATH isn't a synonym for sys.path. The PYTHONPATH environment variable gets used by every

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2017-02-21, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Yes, I can see that only one person who has responded so far is remotely > familiar with what an application launcher is, and that person only > alluded to one, and hinted at some features I saw that could possibly be > used as

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Chris Angelico wrote, on February 21, 2017 7:30 AM > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Deborah Swanson > wrote: > > Really? We used software called Powershell a couple decades ago in > > the 90s, as an improvement on the DOS box. I didn't like it much and I > >

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

BartC wrote, on February 21, 2017 5:52 AM > > On 20/02/2017 15:44, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM > >> > >> "Deborah Swanson" writes: > >> > >>> I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if > this hasn't > > >

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Really? We used software called Powershell a couple decades ago in the > 90s, as an improvement on the DOS box. I didn't like it much and I was > going through software like candy those days. Maybe that version

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote, on February 21, 2017 4:19 AM > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:16:14 -0800, "Deborah Swanson" > declaimed the following: > > > >Yes, I've used Powershell, a couple decades ago, but it would be a > > Uhm... PowerShell 1.0 only came out ONE

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 20/02/2017 15:44, Deborah Swanson wrote: Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM "Deborah Swanson" writes: I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if this hasn't already been done many times. Can you describe what you are looking for,

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Steve D'Aprano wrote, on February 20, 2017 5:25 PM > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:44 am, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > [...] > > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, > > and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. > Right now > > I just want a way to

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Simon Ward wroe, on February 20, 2017 4:36 PM > > On 20 February 2017 22:56:31 GMT+00:00, Deborah Swanson > wrote: > > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, > > and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now > > I

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Ben Finney wrote, on February 20, 2017 5:50 PM > > "Deborah Swanson" writes: > > > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, > > and as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now > > I just want a way to select which one

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Steve D'Aprano wrote, on February 20, 2017 4:53 PM > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 04:04 am, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > That's a good idea, you can do just about anything from a shell, and I > > read that Linus Torvalds never uses anything except the shell. > [...] > > Since I will be in Windows for

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

"Deborah Swanson" writes: > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, and > as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now I just > want a way to select which one I'd like to run and run it. I'd like it > to be a standalone

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:44 am, Deborah Swanson wrote: [...] > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, and > as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now I just > want a way to select which one I'd like to run and run it. I'd like it > to be a

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 20 February 2017 22:56:31 GMT+00:00, Deborah Swanson wrote: > Basically, I now have quite a few Python programs I use frequently, > and > as time goes on my collection and uses of it will grow. Right now I > just > want a way to select which one I'd like to run

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 04:04 am, Deborah Swanson wrote: > That's a good idea, you can do just about anything from a shell, and I > read that Linus Torvalds never uses anything except the shell. [...] > Since I will be in Windows for yet awhile, it would be ideal to find an > application that will

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Kevin Walzer wrote, on February 20, 2017 1:15 PM > > On 2/19/17 10:01 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if > this hasn't > > already been done many times. Anyone have some git links or other > > places to download from? > > > What do you mean

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2/19/17 10:01 PM, Deborah Swanson wrote: I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if this hasn't already been done many times. Anyone have some git links or other places to download from? What do you mean by "application launcher"? It's not more complicated than "python my

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Grant Edwards wrote, on February 20, 2017 7:37 AM > > On 2017-02-20, Deborah Swanson wrote: > > > I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if > this hasn't > > already been done many times. > > Yes, it has. > > > Anyone have some git links or other

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

I should also say that right now I'm using Windows XP, but hope very soon to have Linux again. Ideally, this launcher would work in both. I wrote, on February 20, 2017 7:44 AM > > Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM > > > > "Deborah Swanson" writes: > >

RE: Python application launcher (for Python code)

Ben Finney wrote, on February 19, 2017 11:27 PM > > "Deborah Swanson" writes: > > > I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if this hasn't > > already been done many times. > > Can you describe what you are looking for, in enough detail > that we can

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

On 2017-02-20, Deborah Swanson wrote: > I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if this hasn't > already been done many times. Yes, it has. > Anyone have some git links or other places to download from? See the "website" and "repository" links on the

Re: Python application launcher (for Python code)

"Deborah Swanson" writes: > I could probably write this myself, but I'm wondering if this hasn't > already been done many times. Can you describe what you are looking for, in enough detail that we can know whether it's already been done as you want it? -- \