On 30 Nov, 06:16, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > New to mac. I have leopard. What's the difference between python and > > pythonw? So far (which isn't very far) I can't tell the difference. > > IIUC, pythonw is linked with the WindowManager library, so it can do > GUI operations; python can't.
True for Python 2.3.x and earlier. This limitation went away in 2.4, however, and pythonw is now kept around solely for compatibility with older scripts that still refer to it. HTH has -- http://appscript.sourceforge.net http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
