https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/03fca07f839fe6c454dfbed37d91c49ee640b38d commit: 03fca07f839fe6c454dfbed37d91c49ee640b38d branch: 3.14 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: zooba <[email protected]> date: 2025-11-11T20:08:52Z summary:
Add documentation for Python install manager's install_dir, global_dir and download_dir (GH-140223) (cherry picked from commit 336154f4b0dbcf1d9dbb461ae962d558ba60f452) Co-authored-by: Steve Dower <[email protected]> files: M Doc/using/windows.rst diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index ab0ed3fb110fac..52212c394cff2b 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -457,6 +457,25 @@ customization. - Specify the default format used by the ``py list`` command. By default, ``table``. + * - ``install_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the root directory that runtimes will be installed into. + If you change this setting, previously installed runtimes will not be + usable unless you move them to the new location. + + * - ``global_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the directory where global commands (such as ``python3.14.exe``) + are stored. + This directory should be added to your :envvar:`PATH` to make the + commands available from your terminal. + + * - ``download_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the directory where downloaded files are stored. + This directory is a temporary cache, and can be cleaned up from time to + time. + Dotted names should be nested inside JSON objects, for example, ``list.format`` would be specified as ``{"list": {"format": "table"}}``. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
