[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-688907 ] Applet support is broken

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Bugs item #688907, was opened at 2003-02-18 19:40
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Category: Macintosh
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Assigned to: Just van Rossum (jvr)
Summary: Applet support is broken

Initial Comment:
Applet support is broken in two ways:
- there is no sys.argv emulation anymore, and applets always see the -psnXXXX argument when started from the finder.
- when an applet is started from the commandline it is non-functional (no window manager connection).

Also, the building of the Idle applet doesn't work due to name conflicts.

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-02-25 11:48

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Idea: we solve this for 50% and document it for 50%.

The "solve" bit involves applets that have the sys.argv support. This code is generated anyway, so we generate one extra line that sets sys.executable. It can do so, because we know what we want to put in there (bundlebuilder has just created the symlink anyway).

The document bit means that we have to state somewhere that if you create an applet without sys.argv emulation you are responsible yourself for setting it correctly. We do this in the IDE, so if we clearly flag the code that does this we've alreadly done quite a bit of "documenting".

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Comment By: Just van Rossum (jvr)
Date: 2003-02-25 09:54

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I have a fix ready, but as I wrote in private, this will cause sys.executable to be different (ie. it will be the same as CFBundleExecutable). This apparently breaks your stuff, as well as bundlebuilder itself if it is run from a bundle it created itself...

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Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-02-24 17:40

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Building the Idle applet has been fixed (Mac/OSX/Makefile rev 1.36).

So now the python-based applet main program is the only thing that needs to be done.

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Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-02-19 00:48

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Just thinks he can fix the commandline problem with a Python script, so assigning to him. Will you please also update Misc/NEWS if you do?

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Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-02-19 00:44

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sys.argv emulation works again, and that's the main part of this bug. A note has been added to NEWS that starting from the finder is broken in 2.3a2.

Building of Idle I cannot test right now.

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