[Pythonmac-SIG] Difference between pythonw and python?

[Michael Hudson]

Jens Miltner <jum at mac.com> writes:

> Am 31.03.2004 um 13:02 schrieb Michael Hudson:
>
>> Jens Miltner <jum at mac.com> writes:
>>
>>> What exactly (at the code level) is the difference between pythonw and
>>> python?
>>
>> pythonw is a shell script :-)
>
> Doh! Should've been able to find that out by myself... :-|
> Unfortunately, looking at this doesn't help me with my original
> problem of getting Tkinter to work with my app that embeds python :(
>
> Do you happen to know why the /usr/bin/python executable differs from
> the Python.app executable, when both are in the same Python.framework?
> I'd assume that when the framework comes with Panther, there shouldn't
> be two python executables...???

It has something to do with the executable (aka argv[0]?) being seen
to be in a bundle.  Is your app that embeds Python a bundle?

Cheers,
mwh

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