indygreg / indygreg/PyOxidizer

Docs do not seem to state how to for example convert a .py file to exe

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Description

In the docs I read through Getting Started, Managing Projects, and Packaging, and still have no idea how I would turn my somethingsimple.py into an executable beyond perhaps by copying the entire code into

[[embedded_python_run]]
code = ".."

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Research direction

Read the Getting Started, Managing Projects, and Packaging documentation, then inspect the embedded_python_run example mentioned in the issue. Done means a newcomer can follow the docs to turn a simple .py file into an executable without copying the full source into the example.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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