Jeremy Nicoll - pyuk wrote: > Under Windows XP, I could have a program running under python.exe or > pythonw.exe or under IDLE. How can I test within a python program which of > these situations apply?
(As a starter, you're better off asking this on the main Python list; this is Python-UK which is quite low-volume and mostly used for meetups etc. That said, here goes...) I'm not sure if there's anything absolutely foolproof / x-platform. A couple of starting points, though: the value of sys.executable and the value of sys.stdout. Try this program (which uses the pywin32 extensions): <code> import os, sys import win32api win32api.MessageBox (0, "%s\n%s" % (sys.executable, repr (sys.stdout))) </code> Save it as showme.py (or whatever) and run it under the different environments you're considering. It gives enough to apply some sort of metric, but it's hardly foolproof. As I say, ask the question on the main Python list where there are more and smarter minds than mine. I'm using the MessageBox functionality simple to get something showing on-screen. Obviously this won't work x-platform, so you'd need to write out to a file or use the logging module or something. TJG _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
