check if running under IDLE

Bob Gailer bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
Tue Aug 5 08:39:11 EDT 2003


At 10:26 PM 8/4/2003 +0200, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

>I'd like to check a script which needs sys.argv
>I haven't seen a method to set this when running the script
>in IDLE's shell or editor window.
>The only way I've found is to assign (test values)
>to sys.argv but only if the script is running under IDLE
>
>Is there a mean either to set sys.argv without modifying
>the script or to check if the script is running under IDLE's
>control.

This has been discussed a number of times. Check the archive.

Bob Gailer
bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
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