On 10/26/2010 2:08 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <mailman.208.1287970911.2218.python-l...@python.org>, MRAB wrote: > >> On 25/10/2010 02:19, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> In message<mailman.187.1287916654.2218.python-l...@python.org>, Dave >>> Angel wrote: >>> >>>> No. GUI programs are marked as win-app, so w stands for "Windows". Non >>>> GUI programs run in the console. >>> >>> You mean “GUI console”. So non-GUI apps get a GUI element whether they >>> want it or not, while GUI ones don’t. That’s completely backwards. >> >> No, it's not. The fact that the console is also a GUI window is an >> implementation detail ... > > It is not an implementation detail. It is intrinsic to the way Windows > works. No other OS does it backwards like this.
I really don't understand what you are trying to say here. Could you please explain? I know you to be a capable and sensible person, but this sounds like nonsense to me, so I must be misunderstanding. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon 2011 Atlanta March 9-17 http://us.pycon.org/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list