On 11/18/2011 9:12 AM, MRAB wrote:
On 18/11/2011 15:29, W. eWatson wrote:
On 11/18/2011 5:11 AM, Neil Cerutti wrote:
On 2011-11-18, W. eWatson<wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote:
On 11/17/2011 4:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0800, W. eWatson wrote:
I have not found any successful way to get to IDLE. It's on on the
right-click of a py menu, and, if I go the ...lib/idle.pyw, it fails
with a "invalid Win32 app" msg.
If you associate .pyw files with pythonw.exe, and then open idle.pyw,
does it work?
Failing that, go to your laptop where the associations are right,
and see
what they are, then duplicate the settings on your Windows 7 machine.
Sounds like a good idea except I've not used associations in so
long under XP, I have no idea where to start. Control Panel. My
Computer Tools?
Open Windows Explorer.
With the menu, to to Tools->Folder Options
Click the File Types tab in the Folder Options menu.
There will be an upper view with registered filed types, and some
buttons below far making changes to them.
OK, I've found that. I see
Py
Pyc
Pyo
Pyw
If I click on each, it basically it gives a short description of each.
If I click advanced, there's more info. For example for py, Actions are
IDLE and Open.
What does this tell me that's relevant to Win7?
If on Win7, I go to Default Programs I see under associations various
python items. Py shows Unknown application. Since installing 2.7.2 I
have not messed with these associations. If I right-click on Unknown, I
see Notepad and python.exe for choices to open the file. I want neither.
Why isn't IDLE listed there?
If I right-click on junk.py, I see "Open with". Notepad and python.exe
are choices. However, that menu allows me to choose something else. For
example, Adobe Reader, or Internet Explorer. I suppose the next question
is should I use the browse there and try to connect to IDLE in
...\Lib\idlelib? My guess is that if I do, I will run into the "invalid
Win32 app", when I try to use it.
You can't associate .py with Idle because Idle is a Python script, not
an executable (an .exe).
Odd, but OK.
Have a look here:
http://superuser.com/questions/68852/change-windows-7-explorer-edit-context-menu-action-for-jpg-and-other-image-fil
Are you suggesting that I use the "default" program mentioned there?
In my PC's registry (Windows XP, but Windows 7 should be similar or the
same) it has the entry:
Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
Value: "C:\Python31\pythonw.exe" "C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" -n
-e "%1"
Note how it actually associates the Edit action of Python files with an
.exe file.
So pythonw.exe and idle.pyw are not scripts but somehow can fire up idle?
Are you suggesting I modify my registry? I still find it bizarre the
install did not put it IDLE choice on the menu for py. It's there on XP.
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