Python Launcher doesn't open a terminal window

[kjw]

BPO	43122
Nosy	@ronaldoussoren, @ned-deily, @WildCard65
Superseder	bpo-40477: Python Launcher app on macOS 10.15+ fails to run scripts

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2022-01-03.06:58:42.105>
created_at = <Date 2021-02-04.01:03:35.610>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'type-bug', '3.8']
title = "Python Launcher doesn't open a terminal window"
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-03.19:29:24.722>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/kjw'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-01-03.19:29:24.722>
actor = 'kjw'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2022-01-03.06:58:42.105>
closer = 'ned.deily'
components = ['macOS']
creation = <Date 2021-02-04.01:03:35.610>
creator = 'kjw'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 43122
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['386473', '386476', '386483', '409564', '409610']
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nosy_names = ['ronaldoussoren', 'ned.deily', 'WildCard65', 'kjw']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = '40477'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43122'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

[kjw]

Machine: new MacBook Air with M1 chip, running Big Sur
Downloaded: Python versions 2.7, 3.8, and 3.9
Situation: Programs run just fine IF I run them out of a terminal window (/usr/local/bin/python name-of-python-program). Also programs that use Tkinter windows and don't require a terminal window for input or output run properly.
Problem: Can't launch programs by double-clicking on them. When I try, Python Launcher starts and displays its preferences and there is a microsecond flash of something on the screen that appears to descend into the program icon that was clicked on.
Note: Playing with a shebang in the program made no difference. Everything works fine when the programs are opened and run in IDLE.

[WildCard65]

That quick flash would be your terminal window if I have to guess (based on no Mac experience, but Windows).

[kjw]

William,

Thanks for your comment. I assumed the same thing, but it goes by so fast I am never sure..

On Feb 3, 2021, at 10:27 PM, William Pickard <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

William Pickard <lollol222gg@gmail.com> added the comment:

That quick flash would be your terminal window if I have to guess (based on no Mac experience, but Windows).

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[ned-deily]

Thanks for the report. The problem here has finally been resolved in the fixes for bpo-40477 which will be released in Python 3.9.10, 3.10.2, and 3.11.0a4. (Unfortunately, Python 3.8 is now in the "security-fix" phase of its release cycle; this issue doesn't qualify as a security problem and, in any case, only source releases are provided in this phase, no binary installers.)

[kjw]

Many thanks for notifying me that my issue is fixed in the latest updates. I will try to test this soon.

Kevin Weidenbaum

On Jan 3, 2022, at 1:59 AM, Ned Deily <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Change by Ned Deily <nad@python.org>:

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