On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:47 PM Mike Miller <python-id...@mgmiller.net> wrote:
> > On 2020-03-23 10:59, Frédéric De Jaeger wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > There is a recurring problem > > Yep, that's a problem. I've built up a habit on Ubuntu where I type > python3 a > number of times a day, honed over several years. So far so good. > Also note that Python doesn't control the OS vendors and this is very much a vendor decision. We tried to provide guidance, but that doesn't mean we are listened to. :) > > Recently I've had to use a Windows VM for some stuff at work, where I > installed > Python 3 as well. Every time I type python3 at the command-line (instead > of > python) to use the repl, it tries to load the Microsoft App Store! > There is an option to install Python to PATH on Windows if you check the appropriate box during installation, but that's not really the way Windows apps typically work. > > I realize why that was done, to help out newbies, but it is not what I > want at > all. Not the end of the world, but some consistency would be nice. > As I said, you can install Python to PATH on Windows if you choose. I'm also slowly working on a Python Launcher for UNIX so the other option some day might be `py` no matter what OS you're on. -Brett > > -Mike > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/4XXUECWBIFLK6IRW7FA6TXLUIYQ7CQHS/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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