hi,
the -m flag seems nice...
I think it can be made so you could do this:
python -m pygame.examples.chimp ARGS
python -m pygame.tests
cu,
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> Marcus von Appen wrote:
>
>> On, Wed May 13, 2009, Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Marius Gedminas <[email protected]>:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 09:46:29PM +0200, Marcus von Appen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> sh myfoo.py
>>>>>>
>>>>>> works just great, even without the executable bit (as supposed by
>>>>>> bourne
>>>>>> shells).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> No it does not. Please do not spread disinformation.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Just checked it multiple times - it seems to be system- and
>>>> shell-dependent,
>>>> so I'm terribly sorry for writing nonsense.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Could be something that is turned off by default. Out of curiosity, does
>>> your shell trick work with a python file without a sha-bang line?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>>> As for the executable mode let's compromise. No files in SVN will have an
>>> svn:executable property. But I will add a script to trunk that sets the
>>> executable mode for appropriate files, setup.py, config.py, run_tests.py and
>>> the examples. First I will verify that SVN ignores modes when committing.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sounds sufficient for making the installer and source packages. Should
>> the pygame.examples module have executable python files installed then
>> or is will pygame.examples tagged onlz for the documentation and example
>> distribution?
>>
>>
>>
> I cannot speak from experience since it is not an issue with Windows. But I
> would suggest no installed files should be executable. Making examples and
> setup.py executable is a convenience for developers. Installed examples
> should be run by importing. I will have to add the equivalent of
> pygame.tests.go to examples:
>
> python -c "import pygame.examples.go" movieplayer <mp-args>
>
> The main() equivalent is too awkward:
>
> python -c "from pygame.examples.movieplayer import main;
> main('somefilepath.mpg')"
>
> Lenard
>
>
