Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Dave Angel da...@ieee.org wrote in message
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Michael M Mason wrote:
div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedI'm running
Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own directory to
sys.path.
Thanks to Jon, Piet, David and Dave for the responses.
sys.path gets its values from several places.
Ah, I'd misunderstood the docs: I thought it came from just one place (which
I couldn't find).
Anyway, I'd suggest adding it to PythonPath, and if it's empty, just
create it with the directory you need.
Thanks--that worked!
I'm hoping you know you can also add to sys.path directly during script
initialization. It's just a list, and is writeable.
Yes, but I'm mainly playing in IDLE and I was getting a bit fed up of
repeatedly typing
import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Users/Michael/Code/Python')
import mystuff
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Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Michael M Mason wrote:
Dave Angel da...@ieee.org wrote in message
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Michael M Mason wrote:
div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedI'm
running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own
directory to sys.path.
Thanks to Jon, Piet, David and Dave for the responses.
sys.path gets its values from several places.
Ah, I'd misunderstood the docs: I thought it came from just one place
(which I couldn't find).
Anyway, I'd suggest adding it to PythonPath, and if it's empty, just
create it with the directory you need.
Thanks--that worked!
Be careful, I'm screwed things up on several occasions by placing a file
on PYTHONPATH that overrides a file in the standard library, test.py
being my favourite!
I'm hoping you know you can also add to sys.path directly during
script initialization. It's just a list, and is writeable.
Yes, but I'm mainly playing in IDLE and I was getting a bit fed up of
repeatedly typing
import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Users/Michael/Code/Python')
import mystuff
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Kindest regards.
Mark Lawrence.
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Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote in message news:mailman.4130.1249203322.8015.python-l...@python.org... Be careful, I'm screwed things up on several occasions by placing a file on PYTHONPATH that overrides a file in the standard library, test.py being my favourite! Thanks. Sure enough, I've already got my own test.py but I hadn't discovered it was a problem yet... -- Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Michael M Mason wrote: Mark Lawrence breamore...@yahoo.co.uk wrote in message news:mailman.4130.1249203322.8015.python-l...@python.org... Be careful, I'm screwed things up on several occasions by placing a file on PYTHONPATH that overrides a file in the standard library, test.py being my favourite! Thanks. Sure enough, I've already got my own test.py but I hadn't discovered it was a problem yet... Typical, tried to reproduce it and can't! Still at least you've been warned. -- Kindest regards. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Michael M Mason wrote: I'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own directory to sys.path. The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH doesn't exist, and updating the registry key has no effect (and in any case the contents aren't the same as sys.path). So where does sys.path get its value from, and how do I change it? You can use my PEP 370 (http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/) and a .pth file to extend the search path for modules. import os import site site.USER_SITE '/home/heimes/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages' if not os.path.isdir(site.USER_SITE): ... os.makedirs(site.USER_SITE) ... pth = open(os.path.join(site.USER_SITE, michal.pth), w) pth.write(C:/Users/Michael/Code/Python\n) pth.close() Restart Python, your custom search path should be in sys.path. Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
On 1 Aug, 22:58, Michael M Mason mich...@altra-optics.co.uk wrote: I'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own directory to sys.path. The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH doesn't exist, and updating the registry key has no effect (and in any case the contents aren't the same as sys.path). So where does sys.path get its value from, and how do I change it? -- Michael sys.path is just a list. So in your 'main' module where you do most of your imports, just append or prepend the path you desire (the search order is left to right). Although, I believe under Windows creating a system level or user level PYTHONPATH environment variable will enable Windows to pick it up. Not 100% sure as I don't have a Windows machine handy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Michael M Mason mich...@altra-optics.co.uk (MMM) wrote: MMM I'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own MMM directory to sys.path. MMM The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment MMM variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH MMM doesn't exist, Then create it. -- Piet van Oostrum p...@cs.uu.nl URL: http://pietvanoostrum.com [PGP 8DAE142BE17999C4] Private email: p...@vanoostrum.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
Michael M Mason wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedI'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own directory to sys.path. The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH doesn't exist, and updating the registry key has no effect (and in any case the contents aren't the same as sys.path). So where does sys.path get its value from, and how do I change it? sys.path gets its values from several places. The ones I think I know of are: current directory (which uses rather than the expected .) directories listed in PythonPath environment variable Windows-system directory relative to the executable (python.exe or pythonw.exe) that's actually running relative to the user directory (docssettings/username/Application Data If there's no PythonPath variable, it just uses those other items. I have no idea what it gets from the registry entries. Anyway, I'd suggest adding it to PythonPath, and if it's empty, just create it with the directory you need. I'm hoping you know you can also add to sys.path directly during script initialization. It's just a list, and is writeable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Newbie thwarted by sys.path on Vista
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009 22:58:53 +0100, Michael M Mason mich...@altra-optics.co.uk wrote: I'm running Python 3.1 on Vista and I can't figure out how to add my own directory to sys.path. The docs suggest that I can either add it to the PYTHONPATH environment variable or to the PythonPath key in the registry. However, PYTHONPATH doesn't exist, and updating the registry key has no effect So where does sys.path get its value from, and how do I change it? The simplest hack (worst - but most direct) is that sys.path is a list and you can use it like any other list. (add, delete, change items in it) It gets loaded from site.py (in the standardard library) at startup. Anything else you'll have to ask somebody else. David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
