[Tutor] droplet like behaviour in Python

Alan Gauld alan.gauld at btinternet.com
Mon Aug 10 09:52:37 CEST 2009


"pedro" <pedrooconnell at gmail.com> wrote 

> Well I made a script called droplet.py which looks like this:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> # encoding: utf-8
> import sys
> theFilePath = sys.argv[1]
> print theFilePath
> 
> 
> But when I try to drop something on it nothing happens. Sorry I guess 
> there is something fundamental that I am missing.

Sorry, obviously I was wrong. 
FWIW in XP I get python to start up but there is no filename in argv.
I'll go and have a hunt in my MacOS books but sadly I don't have 
my iBook available just now to try anything.

Alan G.



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