I'm a little bit tired of creating shortcuts and walking through the directories.
This afternoon, I decided to fix this.I wrote a small (and handy?) wxapp scripts
launcher: pyeater.
The code is not too long (~200lines). I submit here for testing purpose.
Feedback is wellcome.
Time to go to sleep.
Jean-Michel Fauth, Switzerland
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#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Name: pyeater.py
# Purpose: A starter for py scripts..
# Author: Jean-Michel Fauth, Switzerland
# Copyright: (c) 2004 Jean-Michel Fauth
# Licence: GPL
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# os dev: windows 98
# py dev: Python 2.3.4
# wx dev: wxPython 2.5.2.8
# Revision: 3 September 2004
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# To do:
# python.exe option ???
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
import sys
import wx
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
def jmintfmt(i):
s = str(i)
k = []
while len(s) > 3:
k.append(s[-3:])
s = s[:-3]
k.append(s)
k.reverse()
return ' '.join(k)
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
class MyPanel(wx.Panel):
def __init__(self, parent, id):
wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent, id, wx.DefaultPosition, wx.DefaultSize)
self.parent = parent
#constants
self.AppFileName = 'pyeaterdb.txt'
self.PythonPath = 'c:\\Python23\\python.exe'
self.PythonwPath = 'c:\\Python23\\pythonw.exe'
myfont = wx.Font(8, wx.DEFAULT, wx.NORMAL, wx.NORMAL, False, 'Verdana')
#versions
s = 'Python ' + sys.version.split()[0]
s += ' - wxPython ' + wx.VERSION_STRING
s += '\nFree memory ' + jmintfmt(wx.GetFreeMemory()) + ' bytes'
pos = (8, 8)
size = (500, -1)
self.statxt = wx.StaticText(self, wx.NewId(), s, pos, size, wx.ST_NO_AUTORESIZE)
self.statxt.SetForegroundColour(wx.BLACK)
self.statxt.SetFont(myfont)
pos = (8, 42)
size = (350, -1)
self.combo = wx.ComboBox(self, wx.NewId(), '', pos, size, [], wx.CB_DROPDOWN)
self.combo.SetFont(myfont)
pos = (8, 68)
size = wx.DefaultSize
RadioList = ['python.exe', 'pythonw.exe']
self.radio = wx.RadioBox(self, wx.NewId(), '', pos, size, RadioList)
self.radio.SetSelection(1)
pos = (200, 80)
size = (110, 20)
self.checkbox = wx.CheckBox(self, wx.NewId(), 'Quit after start', pos, size)
self.checkbox.SetFont(myfont)
pos = (8, 118)
size = wx.DefaultSize
self.but2 = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), 'browse', pos, size)
self.but2.SetFont(myfont)
pos = (110, 118)
size = wx.DefaultSize
self.but3 = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), 'add to list', pos, size)
self.but3.SetFont(myfont)
pos = (282, 118)
size = wx.DefaultSize
self.but1 = wx.Button(self, wx.NewId(), 'start', pos, size)
self.but1.SetForegroundColour(wx.RED)
self.but1.SetFont(myfont)
self.infolist = []
try:
f = open(self.AppFileName, 'rU')
self.infolist = f.readlines()
f.close()
except:
self.combo.SetValue('***error in reading ' + self.AppFileName + '***')
self.parseinfofile()
self.combo.Bind(wx.EVT_TEXT_ENTER, self.OnTextEnter)
self.but1.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClick1)
self.but2.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClick2)
self.but3.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClick3)
def parseinfofile(self):
#remove empty lines
first = True
self.infolist = [e.strip() for e in self.infolist if len(e.strip()) != 0]
for e in self.infolist:
if e[0] == '#':
pass
else:
token = e.split('=')
token = [t.strip() for t in token]
if token[0] == 'pythonpath':
self.pythonpath = token[0]
elif token[0] == 'pythonwpath':
self.pythonwpath = token[0]
elif token[0] == 'app':
self.pythonwpath = token[0]
if first:
self.combo.SetValue(token[1])
first = False
self.combo.Append(token[1])
else:
pass
def OnClick1(self, event):
try:
cmd = ''
appstr = self.combo.GetValue()
quit = self.checkbox.GetValue()
#python or pythonw?
if appstr[-3:] == 'pyw':
cmd = self.PythonwPath + ' ' + appstr
else:
if self.radio.GetSelection() == 0:
cmd = self.PythonPath + ' ' + appstr
else:
cmd = self.PythonwPath + ' ' + appstr
#instance of a process
process = wx.Process(self.parent)
#run the process
pid = wx.Execute(cmd, wx.EXEC_ASYNC, process)
#~ print 'process id:', pid, 'of', cmd
#~ delete process
#leave this app
if quit:
self.parent.OnCloseWindow(None)
except:
self.combo.SetValue('*** process fail ***')
def OnClick2(self, event):
flags = wx.OPEN | wx.HIDE_READONLY | wx.FILE_MUST_EXIST
wc = 'py files (*.py)|*.py|pyw files (*.pyw)|*.pyw|all files (*.*)|*.*'
dlg = wx.FileDialog(self, 'Select a Python file', '.', '', wc, flags)
if dlg.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
fn = dlg.GetPath() #= filename + path
self.combo.SetValue(fn)
else:
fn = ''
dlg.Destroy()
def OnClick3(self, event):
try:
f = open(self.AppFileName, 'a')
a = self.combo.GetValue()
s = 'app=' + a + '\n'
f.write(s)
f.close()
self.combo.Append(a)
except:
pass
def OnTextEnter(self, event):
self.OnClick1(None)
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
class MyFrame(wx.Frame):
def __init__(self, parent, id):
sty = wx.SYSTEM_MENU | wx.CAPTION | wx.MINIMIZE_BOX | wx.CLOSE_BOX
wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent, id, 'pyeater', (0, 0), (372, 176), style=sty)
try:
fn = 'py.ico'
icon = wx.Icon(fn, wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)
self.SetIcon(icon)
del icon
except:
pass
self.panel = MyPanel(self, -1)
self.Bind(wx.EVT_CLOSE, self.OnCloseWindow)
def OnCloseWindow(self, event):
self.Destroy()
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
class MyApp(wx.App):
def OnInit(self):
frame = MyFrame(None, -1)
frame.Show(True)
self.SetTopWindow(frame)
return True
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():
app = MyApp(False)
app.MainLoop()
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__" :
main()
#eof-------------------------------------------------------------------
the db file pyeaterdb.txt
#this is a comment
#empty lines are not interpreted
#path for the python applications
pythonpath=c:\Python23\python.exe
pythonwpath=c:\Python23\pythonw.exe
#list of applications, the first item is the default item.
app=c:\small\small.py
app=c:\small\a.py
app=c:\small\b.py
app=c:\small\c.py
app=c:\jm\jmpy\wxfullapp\wese208beta6\wese.py
app=c:\jm\jmpy\wxfullapp\pxy204beta5\pxy.pyw
app=C:\jm\jmpy\wxapp\charmap\charmap6.py
app=C:\jm\jmpy\psi\psi60\psi.pyw
app="C:\Program Files\sma2.py"
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