Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-19 Thread Barry
> On 18 Nov 2019, at 22:42, Wildman via Python-list > wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:15:31 +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > >>> On 2019-11-18 15:01:57 -0600, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:09:07 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:06 AM Wi

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 22:15:31 +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > On 2019-11-18 15:01:57 -0600, Wildman via Python-list wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:09:07 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:06 AM Wildman via Python-list >> > wrote: >> >> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:45 +,

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-18 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2019-11-18 15:01:57 -0600, Wildman via Python-list wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:09:07 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:06 AM Wildman via Python-list > > wrote: > >> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:45 +, Barry Scott wrote: > >> > Because you are installing from a deb y

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:09:07 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:06 AM Wildman via Python-list > wrote: >> >> On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:45 +, Barry Scott wrote: >> >> >> On 12 Nov 2019, at 20:24, Wildman via Python-list >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Yes, I prefer to envoke e

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 5:06 AM Wildman via Python-list wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:45 +, Barry Scott wrote: > > >> On 12 Nov 2019, at 20:24, Wildman via Python-list > >> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, I prefer to envoke env in the shebang line instead of > >> depending on the path. Paths c

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-18 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:27:45 +, Barry Scott wrote: >> On 12 Nov 2019, at 20:24, Wildman via Python-list >> wrote: >> >> Yes, I prefer to envoke env in the shebang line instead of >> depending on the path. Paths can change especially in a >> multi-user system but env will always know where

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-17 Thread Barry Scott
> On 12 Nov 2019, at 20:24, Wildman via Python-list > wrote: > > Yes, I prefer to envoke env in the shebang line instead of > depending on the path. Paths can change especially in a > multi-user system but env will always know where to find > the executable. The path to python will not chan

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-12 Thread Wildman via Python-list
On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:39:38 +, Rhodri James wrote: > On 12/11/2019 18:25, Rob Gaddi wrote: >> On 11/12/19 10:06 AM, Wildman wrote: >>> What is the best approach for launching a Python GUI program >>> on a Linux platform.  The program will be distributed in .deb >>> format.  So the .deb will c

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-12 Thread Rhodri James
On 12/11/2019 18:25, Rob Gaddi wrote: On 11/12/19 10:06 AM, Wildman wrote: What is the best approach for launching a Python GUI program on a Linux platform.  The program will be distributed in .deb format.  So the .deb will contain a menu file as well as a .desktop file.  The post install script

Re: Launching a Script on the Linux Platform

2019-11-12 Thread Rob Gaddi
On 11/12/19 10:06 AM, Wildman wrote: What is the best approach for launching a Python GUI program on a Linux platform. The program will be distributed in .deb format. So the .deb will contain a menu file as well as a .desktop file. The post install script will update the system menu. My quest