We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that the people we're talking about who
need to build Python programs as apps -- several of whom have responded here
-- don't typically want to confine those apps to the world of Macs. Python
is a great language in which to build cross-platform (LOTS of platform
Adam Morris wrote:
> >By the way, Python is more than "just another good scripting
> >language". I build large systems with it. I do (rarely) write Mac
> >"applications" with Python. I use Xcode and Cocoa-Python, and
> >IMO it works great. Is that using py2app "under the covers"? This
> >is a
This python development convo has been by far the most informative so
far. I'm coming at this from very much a hobbyist position. I'm a
teacher and I want one programming language that lets me solve my real
problems. I also want the same language to be able to do native Mac
stuff too, if I ever hav
In article <69949.1295543...@parc.com>, Bill Janssen
wrote:
> Christopher Barker wrote:
>
> > > and certainly the majority of those who need any help.
> >
> > I think that's key -- Bill's approach is fine one for some users, but
> > not what I"d recommend to newbies that aren't sure how to se
On 1/20/11 2:10 PM, Mier, Alejandro wrote:
The problem is that, even though subprocess.call("python setup.py install")
picks up the system python
(sys.executable has the expected value), it still loads the modules from the
site-packages.zip in the .app bundle.
I suspect that you are getting e
Chris Weisiger writes:
> In short, if you are coding for other people who are not themselves
> programmers and who use OSX, then you want py2app.
I definitely agree with this. Py2app lets my self-contained Python
apps conform to the platform norm that users are expecting. In that
respect it's
Hi Chris
> How are you using distutils in this case? Are you installing stuff into
> the app bundle? Or into a system python? If a system python, you should
> probably use the system python's distutils (and thus its site.py) to do
> the work.
I am trying to install modules into the system pyth
Christopher Barker wrote:
> > and certainly the majority of those who need any help.
>
> I think that's key -- Bill's approach is fine one for some users, but
> not what I"d recommend to newbies that aren't sure how to set a PATH.
Hmmm. My experience is that those are exactly the folks who get
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Christopher Barker
wrote:
> On 1/19/11 9:11 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:
>
>>Do I need/want to use py2app to distribute my app(s)?
>>Never happens.
>>
>
> But this is where Bill J's use-case departs drastically from those of
>> many users, perhap
On 1/19/11 9:11 PM, Charles Hartman wrote:
Do I need/want to use py2app to distribute my app(s)?
Never happens.
But this is where Bill J's use-case departs drastically from those of
many users, perhaps most, and certainly the majority of those who need
any help.
I'm not s
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