Unix-head needs to Windows-ize his Python script (II)

[Steve Holden]

On 10/26/2010 2:08 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> In message <mailman.208.1287970911.2218.python-list at python.org>, MRAB wrote:
> 
>> On 25/10/2010 02:19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> In message<mailman.187.1287916654.2218.python-list at python.org>, Dave
>>> Angel wrote:
>>>
>>>> No. GUI programs are marked as win-app, so w stands for "Windows". Non
>>>> GUI programs run in the console.
>>>
>>> You mean “GUI console”. So non-GUI apps get a GUI element whether they
>>> want it or not, while GUI ones don’t. That’s completely backwards.
>>
>> No, it's not. The fact that the console is also a GUI window is an
>> implementation detail ...
> 
> It is not an implementation detail. It is intrinsic to the way Windows 
> works. No other OS does it backwards like this.

I really don't understand what you are trying to say here. Could you
please explain? I know you to be a capable and sensible person, but this
sounds like nonsense to me, so I must be misunderstanding.

regards
 Steve

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