[issue1227] csv docs say 'excel_tab'; code says 'excel-tab'

2007-10-01 Thread Dean Elzinga
New submission from Dean Elzinga: I was trying out 'csv module' and noticed that it wouldn't accept a dialect of 'excel_tab' as documented. Then I noticed that csv.list_dialects() gave 'excel-tab' instead of 'excel_tab' as documented. I'm n

[issue1227] csv docs say 'excel_tab'; code says 'excel-tab'

2007-10-02 Thread Dean Elzinga
Dean Elzinga added the comment: Ohh! Thanks for the clarification. Sorry for the misunderstanding. > -Original Message- > From: Skip Montanaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [issue1227] csv docs

[issue1344] subprocess.communication doc could use clarification

2007-10-27 Thread Dean Sturtevant
New submission from Dean Sturtevant: It would be helpful for the documentation for subprocess.communicate to point out that when Popening a process, stdin=PIPE needs to be set if the input parameter to communicate is to have any meaning. Similary, stdout=PIPE and stderr=PIPE need to be set in

[issue7443] test.support.unlink issue on Windows platform

2011-04-01 Thread Jeff Dean
Jeff Dean added the comment: > * Patch Py_DeleteFileW in posixmodule.c so that it renames before > deleting: should solve the problem overall but obviously has a > possible wider impact, in general and on performance in particular. > This rename might be a simple rename-to-guid

[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2012-03-29 Thread Jeff Dean
Jeff Dean added the comment: I just saw Brian Curtin's Pycon 2012 presentation. If a goal is to make it easy for new users to run python, consider installing a desktop shortcut. This would make it very easy for new users (easier than starting up a shell). This is independent of the

[issue14672] Windows installer: add desktop shortcut(s)

2012-04-25 Thread Jeff Dean
New submission from Jeff Dean : Spun off from Issue3561: I recently saw Brian Curtin's Pycon 2012 presentation. If a goal is to make it easy for new Windows users to run python, consider (optionally) installing a desktop shortcut. This would make it easy for new users to run python (e