[Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython -- some disappointment using it.

[Louis Pecora]

Kevin Ollivier wrote:
> Hi Louis,
>
> On Apr 11, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Louis Pecora wrote:
>
>> I bought the wxPython in Action book and started trying the simple
>> examples in Chap. 1.  One thing I have run into is rather
>> disappointing.  Many errors (e.g. I typed return true, instead of return
>> True) do not give the beloved Python tracback.  That's one of the nice
>> things that made me choose Python.  Somehow once the app is launched if
>> there is a bug it just quits without any information.  I am now
>> struggling to find out why example 3 (hello.py) won't work.  I've been
>> over it dozens of times checking indentation, spelling, etc.  But the
>> app never gets into OnInit (determined by the old fashion way of putting
>> print's into the program at strategic stages).   A window flashes open
>> and then disappears.  Process exited in the terminal.
>
> Have you checked if there's anything in 
> /Applications/Utilities/Console.app? If you run scripts by 
> double-clicking them in the Finder, that's where the output should be 
> going.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kevin
>

I'm running from BBEdit.  Someone else pointed me to the link that 
showed how to do a redirect output.  When I did that I got the 
traceback.  I wish there were a way to keep the popup window with the 
traceback info open, but it quickly closes and the app quits.  
Redirecting found the error, but it is an extra step.



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Lou Pecora

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