Chris Lott wrote:
Can someone elaborate for me what the pywin32 project is exactly? Is
PythonWin a replacement for idle? More to the point, do I need to worry
about this as I am learning about Python, since Idle and the Windows
Installer seem to work fine on my XP box?

Python and IDLE work fine on Windows.

pywin32 is about better support for Windows specific idioms (e.g. easier COM support, more convenient registry access).

Pythonwin is a windows native Python IDE built using MFC. Idle uses TKinter and doesn't really feel like a standard Windows app.

Cheers,
Nick.

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