Open a terminal (or cmd.exe in Windows) and simply type 'python' and press Enter. You will then be at an interactive prompt; you should be able to type 'import dabo' from there.
-- Ed Sent from my iPhone, so please excuse any top-posting. On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Mark Stanton <m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk> wrote: > I've struggled to find out how to open Python in my development > directory and import Dabo. I've found that I can tell Python to run > a python file when it starts up by specifying a name with... Hmm, > this is getting to be a nuisance being split between Windoze & Linux, > I'm having to recall this stuff that I still haven't really got to > grips with from memory. Just tell me if I'm talking rubbish. > Anyhow, when Python starts in my dev directory it runs the Dabo init > script. This is what happens > > (DaboEnv)[Mark@localhost DaboEnv]$ python > Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Mar 15 2011, 20:31:17) > [GCC 4.5.1 20100924 (Red Hat 4.5.1-4)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more > information. > > Dabo requires SQLite 3 and the pysqlite2 module. You will have to > install these > free products before running Dabo. You can get them from the > following locations: > > SQLite: http://www.sqlite.org/download.html > pysqlite2: http://initd.org/tracker/pysqlite > > > and then returns me to the bash prompt. > > I wondered if I'd got a very old version of Dabo, but I've the latest > "HEAD" version out of SVN, I think. > > I'm at the "complete beginner" stage with this so just tell me where > I'm being daft. I can take it... > > Now, if it was VFP... :-) > > TIA > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/va.00000af8.001a5...@vowleyfarm.co.uk > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/55ffa596-0041-4f9e-ae53-3dd55ad3a...@leafe.com