I finally figured out how to set up the Windows explorer's right-click "new" so that it will create Python files. Here's how: http://superuser.com/questions/34704/windows-7-add-an-item-to-new-context-menu
There's an option when you do this to insert default file contents, so I began searching the web for some kind of prototype Python file that would be appropriate to start with. I'm certain I've seen this before and that there's been discussions about the best starting point for a python code file, but I find I can't get any search hits for it. Hoping for some links, thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
