Terry Reedy wrote: > > > M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> On 2008-09-02 23:14, Terry Reedy wrote: > >>> An alternative to manipulating PATH would be to make and add to the >>> Start Menu a Command Prompt shortcut, call it Command Window or >>> something, that starts in the Python directory. Then one could enter >>>> python or >Scripts/goforit without chdir-ing to the Python directory >>> first. The background could even be set to green, for instance, to >>> differentiate it from the standard Command Prompt window. >> >> There already is a menu entry that starts the Python interpreter >> on Windows, so why not use that ? > > I do and will*, but some people want to start a command window and then > type 'python' just like they would on *nix (*without having to > explicitly change to the Python directory*), or be able to run stuff in > a subdirectory of the Python directory. So I suggested an alternative > to the request for PATH manipulation that could easily be done now. > A cleaner (though still dirty) way to achieve this would be to add a link to the appropriate "python.exe" in a directory already on the path such as c:\Windows\system32
> * I recently *did* run Python from a command prompt so I could make sure > it was running 'cmd.exe /u' and try changing the code page (but this is > another story), but I simply moved to the directory first. For me, not > a big deal. > My own solution, on systems where I haven't bothered to add \python25 and python25\Scripts to the PATH, is to simply use \python25\python With tab expansion enabled by default it's easy enough. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
