Re: Python, Linux, Desktop Environment



On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 19:56:51 +0100, bruno at modulix <onurb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> jeremyvoros@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> So, I've written my first GUI app in python. I've turned it into a
>> binary .exe and .app that runs on Windows and Mac respectively, but on
>> my Linux box, where I wrote the thing, I still have to drop to the
>> command line and ./myscript.py. What can I do to make it a "click and
>> run" sort of application in KDE or Gnome on Linux?
>
> There are *no* "click and run" on linux, since the GUI is an option,
> not a part of the OS.
>
> What you're looking for is WM/DesktopManager specific. You'll find the
> answers in the Gnome and KDE manuals.

Yeah, and please don't accidentally remove the option to type 'myscript.py'
on the command line -- that's how I almost always start GUI programs. If I
like them enough, I edit my window manager's config so that it appears in a
suitable place in the menus. Nine applications have made that list during
the past fifteen years ;-)

/Jorgen

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