python launcher

[M. Daniel Becque]

Thank you for the reference. I understand a little more of the process.

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:

>
> On Sep 27, 2012, at 12:27, "M. Daniel Becque" <mdbecque at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > What is the difference between python2.6 and pythonw2.6?
>
> According to this page:
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> http://docs.python.org/using/mac.html#running-scripts-with-a-gui
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> "With older versions of Python, there is one Mac OS X quirk that you need
> to be aware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other
> words, anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use
> pythonw instead of python to start such scripts.
>
> "With Python 2.5, you can use either python or pythonw."
>
>
>
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