[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app = newbie path confusion

[Charles Hartman]

On Apr 19, 2006, at 10:23 AM, corporate user wrote:

> Naively, I start with a script in my ~/src folder and I end with an
> application in my ~/src folder. Like a typical Apple user, I treat
> the bundle as the code itself and don't bother to dwell on its
> content or structure.
>
> I now understand what the --alias (-A) option to py2app is for.
> Otherwise you have to start planning for the Bundle tree structure
> from the start.
>
> Am I the first to make this assumption, or is this a tip that should
> be added to the wiki py2app example page?

Absolutely this needs to be addressed. Anybody who comes to Python  
programming from the Mac OS rather than from Unix falls into this  
mess -- what, my app is a folder?? -- at some point.


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