[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app and Terminal

Conan C. Albrecht conan at warp.byu.edu
Thu Dec 25 04:34:56 CET 2008


Be sure the shebang is at the TOP of your script -- first line with  
nothing in front of it.

Py2app is really for GUI applications.  The solution Sean suggests is  
the best way for a terminal app.

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On Dec 24, 2008, at 15:02, Sean DiZazzo wrote:

> Give your app a shebang line """#!/usr/bin/env python"" and then  
> rename the script "<filename>.command"
>
> Then you can double click it and it will open a shell and run.
>
> ~Sean
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Bryan Smith  
> <bryanabsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am just finishing up an application and I would like to create an  
> app file for my program. That said, it's CLI based with no GUI. If I  
> try to make an app, it only seems to work if I have a GUI. Is it  
> possible to tell py2app to open Terminal.app first and run my  
> program through that?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
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