+1 BTW: I use lots of "*.py-executables" on Linux and OSX, so different extension don't bother me.
Gerald Am 15.07.2013 um 10:26 schrieb Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com>: > With the addition of the Python launcher (PEP 397), Python scripts on > Windows are executable in much the same way as on Unix. However, "out of > the box" it is still not quite possible to use Python scripts. This is > because the .py extension is not registered with Windows in the PATHEXT > environment variable (which holds all file extensions which should be > looked for on PATH at the command line). > > There are two main consequences to this: > > 1. Under powershell, ".py" files on PATH are not found at all (this is not > the case with cmd.exe, and may be technically a bug in powershell - but > it's unlikely to change nevertheless). > 2. Under both powershell and cmd, users have to explicitly include the > extension when invoking the command. > > I would like to propose that the .py extension be added to PATHEXT as part > of the "Register Python Extensions" option in the Python MSI installer. > This would mean that Python users had a clean way of writing cross-platform > "wrapper scripts" and command-line applications out of the box, just by > writing a normal Python script with a #! line at the top. > > Does anyone have any objections to this? I could try to write a patch, but > I know next to nothing about building MSIs, so if any of the installer > experts could help that would be fantastic. > > Paul > > PS There would still be one difference, in that scripts intended to be used > as commands would be named with '.py' on Windows and with no extension on > Unix, but that's a pretty trivial difference, and reflects fundamental > platform differences rather than configuration. So I don't propose worrying > about this. > _______________________________________________ > 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/python.00%40klix.ch _______________________________________________ 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
