[Pythonmac-SIG] Rez and resources on OSX (vs. bundle/package)

[Jack Jansen]

Recently, Steven Majewski <sdm7g@Virginia.EDU> said:
> Instead of building a package, I added the resources to the executable
> using command-line Rez tool.
> 
> This allowed me to run it from the Terminal.app command line, instead
> of double clicking or using "open -a some.app" , and still have it
> come up a GUI app.

Hmm, interesting... But this has the disadvantage that you have a
dual-fork file again. I'm not sure whether the advantages outway the
drawbacks, but it might be worth investigating.

> BTW: What's the current status of bundling mach-o Python ?
>  Can EasyDialogs.test() run successfully from bundled Python.app yet ?

Yes, they should, after a bit of massaging (like getting dialogs.rsrc
in your resource chain). Instructions are in Mac/OSX.
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