Python, Linux, Desktop Environment

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:56:51 +0100, bruno at modulix <onurb at xiludom.gro> wrote:
> jeremyvoros at gmail.com wrote:
>> So, I've written my first GUI app in python.  I've turned it into a
>> binary .exe and .app that runs on Windows and Mac respectively, but on
>> my Linux box, where I wrote the thing, I still have to drop to the
>> command line and ./myscript.py.  What can I do to make it a "click and
>> run" sort of application in KDE or Gnome on Linux?
>
> There are *no*  "click and run" on linux, since the GUI is an option,
> not a part of the OS.
>
> What you're looking for is WM/DesktopManager specific. You'll find the
> answers in the Gnome and KDE manuals.

Yeah, and please don't accidentally remove the option to type 'myscript.py'
on the command line -- that's how I almost always start GUI programs. If I
like them enough, I edit my window manager's config so that it appears in a
suitable place in the menus. Nine applications have made that list during
the past fifteen years ;-)

/Jorgen

-- 
  // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@        Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu
\X/     snipabacken.dyndns.org>  R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!