X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/299647acac7960652aadb008775429c1f8ea9b8d..cca20a649ce643995c4fe4330cce07731cfcabdd:/wxPython/demo/MDIWindows.py

diff --git a/wxPython/demo/MDIWindows.py b/wxPython/demo/MDIWindows.py
index a28390a674..4fa3ad01df 100644
--- a/wxPython/demo/MDIWindows.py
+++ b/wxPython/demo/MDIWindows.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-# 11/12/2003 - Jeff Grimmett (grimmtooth@softhome.net)
-#
-# o Updated for wx namespace
-#
 
 import  wx
-
-import  MDIDemo
-import  MDISashDemo
+import os
+import sys
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -29,16 +24,33 @@ class TestPanel(wx.Panel):
         self.SetSizer(box)
 
 
+    # These are spawned as new processes because on Mac there can be
+    # some problems related to having regular frames and MDI frames in
+    # the same app.
     def ShowMDIDemo(self, evt):
-        frame = MDIDemo.MyParentFrame()
-        frame.Show()
+        exe, spawn = self.GetPyExecutable()
+        spawn(os.P_NOWAIT, exe, exe, "MDIDemo.py")
 
     def ShowMDISashDemo(self, evt):
-        frame = MDISashDemo.MyParentFrame()
-        frame.Show()
-
-
-
+        exe, spawn = self.GetPyExecutable()
+        spawn(os.P_NOWAIT, exe, exe, "MDISashDemo.py")
+
+    # TODO: This hack can be removed once we fix the way the Python
+    # app bundles are generated so that they are not bundling and 
+    # pointing to an otherwise unused and non-GUI-friendly version of
+    # Python on OS X.
+    def GetPyExecutable(self):
+        if 'wxMac' in wx.PlatformInfo:
+            # sys.executable will be wrong if running the demo from
+            # an app bundle.  But the bundle is always using a system
+            # framework so just hardcode the path to it.
+            if sys.version[:3] == "2.4":
+                return '/usr/local/bin/pythonw', os.spawnl
+            else:
+                return '/usr/bin/pythonw', os.spawnl    
+        else:
+            return sys.executable, os.spawnl
+        
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 def runTest(frame, nb, log):
@@ -63,4 +75,4 @@ showing how the MDI interface can be integrated into a SashWindow interface.
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys,os
     import run
-    run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])])
+    run.main(['', os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])] + sys.argv[1:])