On Feb 16, 11:34 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Endless Story wrote: > > On Feb 16, 10:29 am, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would ask if you had *any* other Python installation > >> -- say a cygwin one -- which might just be getting in the way? > > > It's a cygwin problem, guddammit. I was wondering if this might be the > > case - I should have mentioned in my initial post that I've got a > > whole Cygwin setup, including Python. > > > I know the conflict is the problem because just now I opened up a > > command shell in XP (not the Cywgin bash window), and instead of > > typing "python" and getting nothing, I tried "which python" - which > > when you think about it, shouldn't even work in a XP shell. But > > somehow Cygwin is mingling some of its capabilities with the XP shell, > > because "which python" actually gets an answer - "/usr/bin/python," > > which is Cygwin. > > > Now the question is how to fix this - I don't want to uninstall the > > Cygwin version. Instead I need some way of unknotting Cygwin's > > intrusion into what should be an XP-only shell, or else a way of > > giving priority when in that shell (and not the bash shell, which I > > also use) to the Python executable residing at C:\Python25. > > It sounds like you may have mistakenly added Cygwin binary directories > to your Windows path. This isn't normally necessary, since the Cygwin > shell makes all necessary path adjustments as it starts. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com > Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden > Blog of Note: http://holdenweb.blogspot.com > See you at PyCon? http://us.pycon.org/TX2007
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