On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 11:22:00AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> writes: > > > On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 04:54:40PM +0200, Thomas Güttler wrote: > > > > [...] > > > I use Python since several years and I use console_script in > > > entry_points of setup.py. > > > > What's console_script in entry_points of setup.py? > > It is an advanced feature in Setuptools, that allows defining a function > in the code base as the entry point for external use. > > The “console_scripts” entry points tell Setuptools to, at installation > time, create a wrapper script that invokes that function as a > command-line program. > > > <URL:https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#automatic-script-creation>
Thanks. Now that I have learned that, I shall do my best to forget it :-) -- Steve _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
