[Pythonmac-SIG] Extensions for static versus frame

[Tony Lownds]

>yes, it is. Just and myself had a session of heavy MachoPython 
>design last week, and here's what we've come up with. please comment.

Nice!

>The thing that we now call /Applications/Python.app will become 
>hidden: it will move into the Python.framework somewhere. It will 
>also *not* advertise (in its .plist file) itself as capable of 
>running Python scripts. It will be changed a little, mainly 
>replacing macmain.c by the standard Modules/main.c with a little mod 
>to allow it to look for __rawmain__.py or .pyc, so it can still be 
>used for building applets. The tricky AppleEvent code to create 
>sys.argv on startup will be re-implemented in Python, and applets 
>that need it will get it in their __rawmain__.py (and that's the 
>only place it will be used).

What will the __name__ inside __rawmain__.py be? I hope that it will 
not be '__main__', so that __rawmain__.py can import the "real" 
__main__

>There will be a new program /Applications/Python Launcher.app, 
>modelled after Java's Applet Launcher (hmm, maybe it should go into 
>Utilities?).

I'd vote for a /Applications/Python folder (consistent with 
MacPython, and PythonWin)

/Applications/Python/Python Launcher.app

Will the Python Launcher be buildable from Python's source tree, or 
another source tree?

>Python Launcher will get a couple of bells and whistles (modelled 
>after how Stuffit Expander works, of all tools:-): if you 
>option-drag or option-double-click a script you get a chance to add 
>the verbose flag and other flags to Python

These are set by #! line in UNIX; will that line be consulted?

>, or pick a diffferent interpreter.

What does this do?

>Also, if you manually run the launcher you get access to it's 
>preferences dialog, where you can set the defaults for these (or 
>restore the "factory defaults"), separately for .py and .pyw scripts.

How do you get to an interactive Python interpreter? I mean, click an 
icon, and see a window with:

Python 2.3a0 (#1, Jul 15 2002, 08:02:36)
[GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

>
>Please feel free to rain on my parade and tell us what we missed, 
>where we seriously messed up the design or why this idea will never 
>fly:-)

Thanks for thinking this through!

-Tony