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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:38:55 +0100 From: Jan EkstrÃm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Installing Python....Getting Started Thank you for Your answer. I felt fresh air in my face. I got the instruction to start like this below.................... What will we cover? How to start Python and what an error message looks like - just in case... For the next set of exercises I will assume you have a properly installed version of Python on your computer. If not, go fetch the latest version from the Python web site and follow the install instructions for your platform. Now from a command prompt type python and the Python prompt should appear looking something like this: Python 2.3 (#46, Jul 29 2003, 18:54:32) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> Alternatively you might find a shortcut to something called IDLE, or the Python GUI, in your start menus. If you start IDLE instead of the command line version you will get a similar prompt but in a window of its own and with some pretty font colors! Danny Yoo has written a pretty good IDLE Tutorial to get you started with IDLE and I recommend you pay it a visit if you want to stick with it rather than the basic command prompt. It duplicates some of the early material here but repetition of the basics is no bad thing! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jan EkstrÃm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <tutor@python.org> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:11 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] Installing Python On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, [iso-8859-1] Jan Ekstrm wrote: > I have tried to install Python 2.4 on two pc-s and get this error when I > follow the instruction and type python at the comand window or Idle > window. I am running Windows xp home edition. What am I doing wrong? >> > Here is the error. > IDLE 1.1 > >>> python > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in -toplevel-python > NameError: name 'python' is not defined Hi Jan, If you see that message, you're actually ok, because you're already in Python! *grin* When you see the '>>> ' prompt, you're in Python's system. You're doing fine. By the way, you may find this tutorial helpful: http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/index.html It's a little outdated; one of these days, I will update the screenshots and fix some of the menu commands. (For example, "Run Script" moved over into the "Run" menu, and is renamed to "Run Module".) If you have more questions, please feel free to ask! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor