[Tutor] droplet like behaviour in Python

[pedro]

On 2009-08-10 22:40:14 -0400, Dave Angel <davea at ieee.org> said:

> bob gailer wrote:
>> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Alan
>> Gauld wrote:
>>> "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.
>> 
>> That depends on the file association settings for .py.
>> Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Folder Options -> File Types
>> Find py extension.
>> Click Advanced
>> Choose open
>> Click Edit
>> in my system I see "H:\Python30\python.exe" "%1" %*
>> which means fire up python.exe, pass the dropped file name as the
>> first argument.
>> 
>> BTW a nice 1 python line version independent droplet:
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> # encoding: utf-8
>> input(__import__('sys').argv)
>> 
>> 
> Unfortunately, you're not describing a droplet, but only the usual
> Windows file association scheme.  (Incidentally, the OP was asking about
> the Mac)
> 
> The filename that goes into the %1 of the shortcut is the name of the
> script.  So that will show up in sys.argv[0].  The OP wanted to drop a
> data file, and have its name show up as sys.argv[1].
> 
> I don't know the Mac, so I stayed out of this thread.  But I haven't
> found any way to do real Python droplets on Windows.  Closest I found
> was adding my python app to the right-click menu, so one can right-click
> on a data file to get the Python code to run on it.
> 
> What a droplet needs is for the user to be able to drag a data file to a
> python script, and have the script start, with sys.argv[1] pointing to
> the data file.   I'd love to know how to do it in Windows, and the OP
> would love to know how to do it on the Mac.
> 
> DaveA
> 
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Exactly, thanks for clarifying Dave.
Pete