WinPython looks very promising to me. I seriously think it has great potential. I just tried both versions (64 bit and 32-bit) on my Windows 64-bit machine and I have a couple of questions that I will ask here anyways --
1. I really loved the concept of the package manager. However, when I tried to uninstall PyWin32 217 (I have briefly explained why I wanted to uninstall pywin32 217 below), I got the following error message: Unable to uninstall pywin32 217. Error message: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\EXECUTABLES&PROGRAMS\\WinPython\\WinPython-32bit-2.7.3.1\\python-2.7.3\\Lib\\site-packages\\win32\\win32gui.pyd' (I have also placed a screen-shot of the message here) <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S_QaUxqZh6A/UHdA4sAxtFI/AAAAAAAAA3o/j56xQ-Ly-rQ/s1600/pywin32uninstall.png> Also, following the above error message, I was unable to lunch the WinPython control panel ever again (not sure what's happening there) 2. How do I change the font size of the text in IPython (running within WinPython)? Also, the usual Ctrl+= to zoom in didn't work. -- Indranil. Reason I wanted to uninstall PyWin32 217 is that "import dde" doesn't work since build 214 for the 32-bit version of pywin32 (and it never worked for the 64-bit version of pywin32). [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=From_noreply%40sourceforge.net_Wed_Oct_19_18%3A10%3A35_2011&forum_name=pywin32-bugs]. I really require the dde module for some projects that I am working on. So, I would like to uninstall PyWin32 217 and install build 213. On Monday, September 24, 2012 2:22:39 PM UTC-5, Pierre Raybaut wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm pleased to introduce my new contribution to the Python community: > WinPython. > > WinPython v2.7.3.0 has been released and is available for 32-bit and > 64-bit Windows platforms: > http://code.google.com/p/winpython/ > > WinPython is a free open-source portable distribution of Python for > Windows, designed for scientists. > > It is a full-featured (see > http://code.google.com/p/winpython/wiki/PackageIndex) Python-based > scientific environment: > * Designed for scientists (thanks to the integrated libraries NumPy, > SciPy, Matplotlib, guiqwt, etc.: > * Regular *scientific users*: interactive data processing and > visualization using Python with Spyder > * *Advanced scientific users and software developers*: Python > applications development with Spyder, version control with Mercurial > and other development tools (like gettext) > * *Portable*: preconfigured, it should run out of the box on any > machine under Windows (without any installation requirements) and the > folder containing WinPython can be moved to any location (local, > network or removable drive) > * *Flexible*: one can install (or should I write "use" as it's > portable) as many WinPython versions as necessary (like isolated and > self-consistent environments), even if those versions are running > different versions of Python (2.7, 3.x in the near future) or > different architectures (32bit or 64bit) on the same machine > * *Customizable*: using the integrated package manager (wppm, as > WinPython Package Manager), it's possible to install, uninstall or > upgrade Python packages (see > http://code.google.com/p/winpython/wiki/WPPM for more details on > supported package formats). > > *WinPython is not an attempt to replace Python(x,y)*, this is just > something different (see > http://code.google.com/p/winpython/wiki/Roadmap): more flexible, > easier to maintain, movable and less invasive for the OS, but > certainly less user-friendly, with less packages/contents and without > any integration to Windows explorer [*]. > > [*] Actually there is an optional integration into Windows explorer, > providing the same features as the official Python installer regarding > file associations and context menu entry (this option may be activated > through the WinPython Control Panel). > > Enjoy! > -Pierre > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/spyderlib/-/UFOQNJnAlHcJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
