Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Pure Python Cocoa GUI application?

[Ronald O. <ron...@ma...>]

On 31 Mar, 2009, at 4:39, Orestis Markou wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit confused about Dock icons and applications - some times I
> get the rocket icon, which I can use to force quit the app, some times
> I don't get anything and I have to kill the process by getting the  
> PID.
>
> How can I get the standard application behaviour with no nibs?

The most important bit is to make sure your application is in an .app  
bundle and has a proper main loop. That way you'll get real access to  
the Window Manager and an icon in the Dock.

OSX wants all GUI programs to run as part of a .app bundle (ignoring  
CFM based Carbon apps because nobody should use those anyway), you  
won't get the right experience otherwise. Python hacks around that by  
using a Python.app bundle inside the Python framework, but that's only  
there as a convenience to users and shouldn't be used for packaging  
real applications (IMHO).

Ronald