Re: [Pythoncard-users] time to share your PythonCard gripes and likes

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Is the PythonCardToDoList discontinued?
http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/PythonCardToDoList

In the current PythonCard my biggest problem is sys.argv

If I have my own command line args and check for unexpect args in my code,
that logic gets scrambled when I use the PythonCard resouce editor and it
places the run options in the command line. I guess that when I plan to use
PythonCard I need to make allowances for PythonCard command args, but I
have my doubts about 'other args' in the Run Options window. I cannot get
my own args into the command line this way. The
resource_editor_overview.html,Figure 19 ("Run Options Dialog") does not
even show the current 'other args' text field, so I'm more lost than ever.

The other problem with sys.argv is that it complicates running code by
importing a module. Without some tacky manipulation of sys.argv, I'm
limited to running my code only one way, as a Python script.  Perhaps
Application __init__ should have an alternate argument for all the values
which it currently searches in sys.argv.  It does appear that all use of
sys.argv, especially sys.argv[0], occurs through Application __init__

I'm glad to say that is my biggest PythonCard problem.


As for wishes, I don't know the status or schedule of such things, but I
would dearly like scroll controls (wxScrolledWindow?) for the background
window. PythonCard is the easiest toolkit with the capability to place a
bitmap on the background, so please don't drop any of the current
background functionality in exchange for that scrolling.