[Pythonmac-SIG] So confused! MacPython-OSX 2.3a1, 2.4?

[Kevin Altis]

I put together the following page to walk people through installing
PythonCard on Mac OS X. It includes the steps for installing a disk image of
the MacPython framework build, wxPython, and PythonCard, but you can just
follow the download links and only install MacPython if you want.

http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net/macosx_installation.html

The one part I haven't finished yet is dealing with PythonLauncher. If you
try and run a wxPython/PythonCard script without changing the PythonLauncher
default to use pythonw you typically get a window with no menus and no way
of killing the script except using Force Quit. There is also the issue of
setting the default action to using PythonLauncher instead of the IDE if you
prefer being able to double-click .py files and have them run as apps rather
than having them open up in the IDE for editing.

I will add something about PythonLauncher this week with some screenshots. I
would appreciate feedback and corrections. If the textual descriptions
aren't good enough I can add more screenshots.

ka

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pythonmac-sig-admin@python.org
> [mailto:pythonmac-sig-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of Kurt Marek
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 7:59 AM
> To: pythonmac-sig@python.org
> Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] So confused! MacPython-OSX 2.3a1, 2.4?
>
>
> I was excited to see mentioned on Jack's page that there was a
> MacPython-OSX 2.3a1 that includes basically everything (IDE, etc).
> Unfortunately, there is no link or instructions for installing it. I
> downloaded the OS9 version and it says to download the OSX version from
> source and use frameworks, but that is a little over my head without
> some elaboration on instructions. I then found on this list a mention
> of a binary on the sourceforge pages. Unfortunately, I found no binary
> for MacPython-OSX 2.3a1. Instead I found lots of 2.4 stuff including
> wxPython. I have no idea what that is. I'm assuming that these are the
> developmental branches.
>
> Can someone please help me out with how to proceed? I've been waiting
> for an OSX version of Python with an IDE that also works with the
> command line. I'm just getting started and it has been quite
> frustrating wading through all of these different versions without a
> clue where to start.
>
> thanks,
> Kurt