Problem with tkinter & spawning processes

[Gordon McMillan]

"nathan" wrote:

> I've tried with
> 
> os.system('start "C:\Program Files\Python\Python.exe" -i test.py')
> 
> and the new process starts fine. But if I try to get back to the GUI the
> test.py process is killed.
> Then I've tried with the program that you gave me with the link
> Till the following lines it runs
> ...
> try:
>     spawnv = os.spawnv
> ..
> but nothing happens :-/
> 
> My problem is that the new process that I start from the GUI, must run while
> I 'work' on the GUI.

I've done both of these from a GUI without this problem. BTW, 
you either need to use a raw string, or double up those back 
slashes.

- Gordon