On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Michael Foord wrote: > On 28/01/2011 16:29, Brian Curtin wrote: >> >> Recently I've talked to two Python trainers/educators and the major gripe >> their attendees see is that you can't just sit down and type "python" and >> have something work. For multi-Python installs, we'll have to define what >> that "something" is, but I think it should be possible for the installer to >> optionally put Python into the path, and to also remove itself on uninstall. >> > > I've helped quite a few "python newbies" on Windows who are also surprised / > frustrated on learning that "python" on the command line doesn't work after > installing python.
At the very least, we should add some prominent instructions for getting the command line version up and running. Raymond _______________________________________________ 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
