[Pythonmac-SIG] appscript Python script preventing logout

Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Thu Dec 18 17:04:25 CET 2008


has <hengist.podd at virgin.net> wrote:

> copy Python.app's executable (.../Python.app/
> Contents/MacOS/Python) to /usr/local/bin/pythonb and use that to run
> your scripts.

Ah!  That sounds easy.  I'll try it.

> aemreceive's sfba module lets you run an event loop, which you need to
> handle any sort of incoming events, and installs a default 'quit'
> handler for you. It doesn't provide support for Carbon timers or
> background threads, however, so wouldn't be any use to you here. A
> better solution would be to build use Cocoa to provide your script
> with an event loop, as PyObjC isn't subject to the same restrictions
> as sfba.

I was thinking the same thing.  Thanks for the help!

Bill


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