On 8-Feb-06, at 10:35 AM, Chris Porter wrote: > How does a build differ from a system?
I think build refers to a version of Python, and system refers to a version of OS X. > I tried typing in python, and got the same response as typing in > pythonw. > Then I tried "pythonx" "pythona" and "pythong", all of which got me > something like this: pythonw is a special invocation of python that allows you to talk to the window manager (the "w" is for "windows"). Regular python at the command-line isn't allowed to open windows due to some weirdness with how Apple created the window manager. > -bash: pythona: command not found > > Be nice to know why only some letters after 'python' are allowed. Adding random letters to the end of commands doesn't work. >>> 4) To do this in a window, enter the following lines at the ">>>" >>> prompt: > > > What? What window? Any window? Is window some particular > application? This refers to putting "Hello World" in a window (actually a blank window with "Hello World" in the title bar. The window is the one you create with the following lines. >>>>>> import wx app = wx.PySimpleApp() frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, >>>>>> "Hello World").Show(1) app.MainLoop() > > > Tried this in a Terminal (window), this is what I got: > >>>> import wx app = wx.PySimpleApp() frame = wx.Frame(None, >>>> -1,"Hello World").Show(1) app.MainLoop() The newlines or semicolons must have gotten obliterated. Either of these work for me: import wx app = wx.PySimpleApp() frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, "Hello World").Show(1) app.MainLoop() # or import wx; app=wx.PySimpleApp(); frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, "Hello World").Show(1); app.MainLoop() > "For users of this page, we are going to assume you know: > That python is a programming language. > That window means... > That you are generally familiar with the Terminal app > That you know how to construct a program and save it to disk, and > run it. > That ...." Hmmm. If they don't know that Python is a programming language, why are they here? Familiarity with the terminal app and knowing how to save python as a text file are certainly prerequisites at this point though. --Dethe "Say what you like about C++, but it's uninitialized variables will always hold a special place in my heart. In a world where we define *everything* concretely it is the last refuge of the undefined. It's the programmer's Wild West, the untamed frontier." --Bjorn Stroustrap _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
