On 19/05/2010 03:05, gobnat wrote:
I am trying to release my first python program. I would like to be able to create a download which will automatically do stuff like add menu items (eg for KDE, GNOME and Windows). Is there anywhere which explains how to do this?
Speaking from the Windows perspective (although the same probably applies elsewhere): this is the kind of thing which installer generators handle for you. If you wrap your installer using NSIS [1] or Wix [2] or whatever other installer-generator, that will include options to add menu items. (Caveat: this is informed hearsay; I've never actually used either of those in earnest). If you *want* to do it yourself then, on Windows, you basically want to create folders and shortcuts within the user's Start Menu shell folder. It's not too hard even from scratch; my winshell module might help a little, too. [3] TJG [1] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page [2] http://wix.sourceforge.net/ [3]http://timgolden.me.uk/python/winshell.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
