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I have a couple of special calculator scripts with GUIs running. Being ignorant, I run them from their scripts by pressing the run button. If I give the files to my friend, he will have to do the same thing. This is bad, because he might accidentally alter the script, since he would be running from the editor. Can these programs be compiled or somehow packaged, so they don’t have to run from the editor? I’m totally self taught, so maybe I’m missing something obvious. I have always run everything from the editor. I don’t know any other way. Is there another way?

@Hasthohaha
1) you could create an Apple shortcut which starts your script without go via edit/run

2) you could start your scripts with

import os
import sys
os.chmod(sys.argv[0],0o100444)  # set script as readonly 

to make it as readonly, so your friend would not be able to change your code. Of course, he could always go in command/console mode and reset the flag.