tmp.py

# !/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# Doc Holliday's Specialized medical bag
# what I'm trying to do is make a multi application launcher
# to help neaten up my desktop.

import subprocess, sys
from tkinter import *

PROGRAMS = (
            (r"C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe", "Eclipse (Java)"),    # ... is for fussies
            (r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua.exe", "Lua"),
            (r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe", "Notepad++"),
            (r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Filezilla\filezilla.exe", "Filezilla"),
            (r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\SciTE\SciTE.exe", "Scintilla"),
            (r"C:\Users\Bryan\Documents\My Games\metapad36\metapad.exe", "Metapad"),
            (r"C:\Dev-Cpp\devcpp.exe", "Dev-C++"),
           )


class AppLauncher(Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent):
        Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.parent = parent
        self.initialize()

    def initialize(self):
        # Don't do this - grid doesn't play well with pack, and we don't want
        # to assume
        #~ self.grid()

        for i, progPair in enumerate(PROGRAMS):
            program, name = progPair
            tmpBtn = Button(self, text=name, border=4, command=(lambda prog=program: self.openProg(prog) ) )
            tmpBtn.grid(row=i//3, column=i%3, padx=1, pady=1, sticky="NSEW")

    def openProg(self, prog):
        print("Opening \"{}\"".format(prog))

        try:
            subprocess.call([prog])

        except OSError as e:
            reason = e.args[1]

            if "No such" in reason:
                print("ERROR: \"{}\" doesn't exist".format(prog), file=sys.stderr)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    root = Tk()
    root.title("Doc Holliday's Medical Bag")
    root.resizable(False, False)

    app = AppLauncher(root)
    app.grid(sticky="NSEW")

    root.mainloop()