Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-16 Thread W W
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > It's not a question of sensibility. It's a question of purpose. The Zen is > the philosophy of a language that tries to be easy to learn and easy to use. > Python is used by programmers who want to experiment with it, but who > usually know

Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
"bob gailer" wrote Try this: Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables Highlight PATH under System Variables & Click Edit. Add ;C:\python26 And notice that Bob said ADD - DO NOT REPLACE the existing setting or you will likely break stuff and its not easy to fi

Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread bob gailer
Lamonte Harris wrote: Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... I have never started cmd and have it require anything. I guess what you are really asking is "how to permanenly set an environment variable". In this case so y