M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
On 2008-09-02 23:14, Terry Reedy wrote:
An alternative to manipulating PATH would be to make and add to the
Start Menu a Command Prompt shortcut, call it Command Window or
something, that starts in the Python directory. Then one could enter
python or >Scripts/goforit without chdir-ing to the Python directory
first. The background could even be set to green, for instance, to
differentiate it from the standard Command Prompt window.
There already is a menu entry that starts the Python interpreter
on Windows, so why not use that ?
I do and will*, but some people want to start a command window and then
type 'python' just like they would on *nix (*without having to
explicitly change to the Python directory*), or be able to run stuff in
a subdirectory of the Python directory. So I suggested an alternative
to the request for PATH manipulation that could easily be done now.
* I recently *did* run Python from a command prompt so I could make sure
it was running 'cmd.exe /u' and try changing the code page (but this is
another story), but I simply moved to the directory first. For me, not
a big deal.
tjr
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