📝 docs: mention gui_scripts support#1748
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pipx exposes gui_scripts entry points since v1.3.0 but the docs only mentioned console_scripts. Users filed pypa#711 thinking GUI applications were unsupported. Updated the making-packages-compatible and how-pipx-works pages to mention gui_scripts.
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pipx has exposed
gui_scriptsentry points since v1.3.0, but the documentation only mentionedconsole_scripts. Users filed #711 thinking GUI applications were unsupported. A maintainer confirmed in the issue comments thatpipx install novelwritercorrectly exposes GUI entry points.Updated the making-packages-compatible explanation to call out
gui_scriptsalongsideconsole_scripts, and the how-pipx-works page to mention both script types when describing the symlink step.Closes #711