On 04/03/2008, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do we need a new appendix to the tutorial which goes into detail about > the CPython interpreter's command line options, environment variables > and details on what can be executed?
There is a Python man page, which covers the command line usage. However, it's separate from the documentation, and it isn't bundled with the Windows installers - both of which are a real pain (for me, at least). I'd suggest taking the man page, adding the information about executing zip files and directories, and putting the whole lot into the formal documentation. The big problem is that there isn't really anywhere in the docs which is formally CPython-specific. My preference would be to put it in the language reference, as a new chapter (between the current chapters 1 and 2) called "Invoking the Python Interpreter". You could also make the manpage a new document, called "Invoking Python", but it's a bit small to warrant a ful document. An appendix to the Tutorial is OK, I guess, but personally I never think of looking at the tutorial (I've been using Python too long to feel that I need a tutorial any more, although the quality of my code probably says otherwise :-)) Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
