Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 30 July 2013 18:24, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > > Personally, I don't know how to do this so someone else would have to - > > It seems that this was settled as fine as-is; if you ever wanted to > allow this to be specifically enabled, you'd have to do three things > Thanks, Martin - MSI is a m

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

Am 28.07.13 00:36, schrieb Paul Moore: > On 27 July 2013 21:14, Steve Dower > wrote: > > Any chance of this being made optional when installing? It provides > no benefit for people who prefer to associate scripts with an editor > and may be a source o

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

f.mo...@gmail.com> Sent: ‎7/‎28/‎2013 1:00 To: Steve Dower<mailto:steve.do...@microsoft.com> Cc: Martin v. Löwis<mailto:mar...@v.loewis.de>; Python Dev<mailto:python-dev@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows On 28 July 2013 00:30, S

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 28 July 2013 08:36, Paul Moore wrote: > The PEP for pyz and pwz hasn't been accepted yet. If it does, then yes pyz > should be treated the same way (and we can have the same debate about pwz as > we do about pyw :-)) Oops, thanks for the reminder. I'll nudge Daniel about that :) Cheers, Nick.

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 28 July 2013 00:30, Steve Dower wrote: > > And if you change the association after the fact, you're presumably just > as capable > > of changing PATHEXT. > > Not if the association is changed by another installer (presumably with > the user's explicit permission). It would be very easy for peo

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 28 July 2013 00:30, Steve Dower wrote: > Another issue to consider is that the modification to PATHEXT can't be > undone when Python is uninstalled, unless each installation adds another > ".PY" and each uninstall removes only one (so my PATHEXT would look like > ...;.PY;.PY;.PY;.PY;.PY;.PY;.P

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

From: Paul Moore > I'm a bit confused by your comment about "people who prefer to associate > scripts > with an editor", though. This is only done in precisely those situations when > the installer associates .py scripts with py.exe (the launcher). So if you > switch that off, you don't get PATHE

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 27 July 2013 21:14, Steve Dower wrote: > Any chance of this being made optional when installing? It provides no > benefit for people who prefer to associate scripts with an editor and may > be a source of confusion/complaints. > Personally, I don't know how to do this so someone else would h

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

..@v.loewis.de> Cc: Python Dev<mailto:python-dev@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows On 23 July 2013 17:33, Paul Moore mailto:p.f.mo...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 23 July 2013 17:11, "Martin v. Löwis" mailto:mar...@v.loewis.de&g

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 23 July 2013 17:33, Paul Moore wrote: > On 23 July 2013 17:11, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > >> Am 15.07.13 10:26, schrieb Paul Moore: >> > 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

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 23 July 2013 17:11, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > Am 15.07.13 10:26, schrieb Paul Moore: > > 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. > > It

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

Am 15.07.13 10:26, schrieb Paul Moore: > 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. It's fine with me. I could write the patch, but will likely for

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 15 July 2013 18:42, Paul Moore wrote: > On 15 July 2013 09:40, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> >> Sounds good to me - in the long run it may allow us to drop the Windows >> exe wrappers when installing scripts on Windows. > > > That's my motivation. In particular removing pip's exe wrappers to ease som

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

On 15 July 2013 09:40, Nick Coghlan wrote: > Sounds good to me - in the long run it may allow us to drop the Windows > exe wrappers when installing scripts on Windows. That's my motivation. In particular removing pip's exe wrappers to ease some of the issues being flagged on distutils-sig. Paul

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

+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 : > 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

Re: [Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

Sounds good to me - in the long run it may allow us to drop the Windows exe wrappers when installing scripts on Windows. Cheers, Nick. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http

[Python-Dev] Adding Python scripts to PATHEXT on Windows

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 v