[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

Change by Julien Palard : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 137da0c5300c0a196084ab9efa61d116304de224 by Miss Islington (bot) (Julien Palard) in branch '3.6': [3.6] bpo-32613: Update window FAQ (GH-5552). (GH-10545) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/137da0c5300c0a196084ab9efa61d116304de224 --

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 9053d2f2e09f9583473fb3c1960cba9bda8f3be1 by Miss Islington (bot) (Julien Palard) in branch '3.7': [3.7] bpo-32613: Update window FAQ (GH-5552). (GH-10544) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9053d2f2e09f9583473fb3c1960cba9bda8f3be1 --

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

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[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

Julien Palard added the comment: New changeset 64313478bcbd0a708c3ce5d4d14f977da56e4be9 by Julien Palard in branch 'master': bpo-32613: Update window FAQ (GH-5552) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/64313478bcbd0a708c3ce5d4d14f977da56e4be9 -- _

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

Julien Palard added the comment: The py command come from PEP 397, its rational will be more verbose than me [1], but in a nutshell it's a wrapper trying to find the right python according to some heuristics like the shebang. [1]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/#rationale -

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: Just for my info, what's the origin of 'py' ? and why does 'py' exists? -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

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[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am inclined to believe. The answer to "How do I run a Python program under Windows?" should include how to use 'py'. 'python' will not work unless the install directory has been added to the path. Of course, 'py' does not work if its installation is unche

[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

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[issue32613] Use PEP 397 py launcher in windows faq

New submission from Julien Palard : The windows FAQ (https://docs.python.org/3.6/faq/windows.html) uses `python` to launch python, I think it should use the `py` python launcher from pep 397. -- assignee: mdk components: Documentation keywords: easy messages: 310385 nosy: mdk priority: