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Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Banishing MacPython Dock Icon
From: Nick Matsakis <matsakis () mit ! edu>
Date: 2005-02-27 0:40:46
Message-ID: Pine.OSX.4.58.0502261934240.3415 () artoo ! csail ! mit ! edu
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Bob Ippolito wrote:
> It's definitely a disservice. It is used any time that pythonw is
> used. If you set LSUIElement to 1, then you can't run applications
> with a menu bar from pythonw. wxPython, pygame, Tkinter, Carbon, etc.
> scripts should all have a problem with this.
Well, I don't run any such scripts. Maybe there be a pythonfl, that runs
as a faceless app.
> If you want a faceless background application, run py2app over the
> script and set the LSUIElement key to 1 in that.
It seems to me that it should be the opposite. If you want a script that
behaves like an app, you should bundle it as an app. If you just want a
script that runs in the background, then it shouldn't need to be bundled
up at all (this is generally how mac applications and unix processes
work). Ultimately, I think Apple should provide an API for a faceless app
to request a "face" when it wants to interact with the user. As it is, all
this is fixed at the point the process is started.
> The weight as a reference to Monty Python. I had a friend of mine do a
> more modern icon, but it was too snake-like for some people on the
> list
Apple may also have a problem with someone using their logo. Why not just
use the generic application icon? Branding?
Nick
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