Ron Garret wrote: > I'm trying to run the Python examples distributed with XCode and they > all give me the same error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "checktext.py", line 35, in <module> > main() > File "checktext.py", line 8, in main > pathname = EasyDialogs.AskFileForOpen(message='File to check > end-of-lines in:') > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-mac/EasyDialogs.py", line 650, in > AskFileForOpen > _interact() > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/plat-mac/EasyDialogs.py", line 53, in > _interact > AE.AEInteractWithUser(50000000) > MacOS.Error: (-1713, 'no user interaction is allowed') > > Googling reveals that the answer is to use pythonw, but there is no such > thing installed on my system: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ pythonw > -bash: pythonw: command not found > > Apparently, pythonw didn't get built when I installed Python 2.5, and I > can't find any instructions on how to build it. (The installation > instructions don't seem to mention it.)
It looks like you built Python yourself. The default build does not allow you to communicate with the Apple GUI. You need a framework build. I highly recommend that you simply use the binary on www.python.org instead of building from source. If you do want to build from source, please read the file Mac/README for instructions. Note that in recent versions of Python, I believe that the pythonw executable is no longer necessary as a workaround. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
