Thank you, this is very helpful. John
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pyl...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 2:05 PM, John S. James <john2ja...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I installed 3.5.0 today and it's working fine -- either from the command > prompt, or running a .py script. > > > > But the Python 3.4 that was previously installed on the computer had a > Python34 folder, which contained DDLs, Doc, include, Lib, and various other > folders and files. I haven't found a comparable Python35 folder anywhere. > I'd like to find the 3.5 Doc folder at least. > > > > I looked for the installation directory using the command prompt, but at > c:\Users\(my name)\ there is no AppData. > > > > Where can I find that folder? Or can I just ignore it for now (and get > the documentation elsewhere)? > > Python 3.5 changed the default install directory on Windows to better > fit in with other Windows software and to alleviate security concerns > (C:\Python34, for example, is world-writable, whereas C:\Program > Files\Python 3.5\, which is the new default all-users install > location, can only be written to by administrators). True per-user > installs are now also possible, and install to your user directory. > > You can find where Python is installed using Python itself: try `py > -3.5 -c "import sys, os;os.system('explorer ' + sys.prefix)"` at the > Command Prompt, which uses the Python Launcher for Windows to start > Python 3.5 and execute a command to start a Windows Explorer instance > in the directory containing Python. > > By the way, C:\Users\(your name)\AppData does exist, but is hidden by > default. It will tab-complete, though; at Command Prompt do `dir > C:\Users\(your name)\App<tab>`. > > You can also get always-up-to-date documentation from > https://docs.python.org/3.5/. There's also a download page at > https://docs.python.org/3.5/download.html if you prefer a local copy > of one of the various formats available there. > > Hope this helps, > -- > Zach > -- John S. James www.AgeTreatmentNews.org <http://www.agetreatmentnews.org/> - Biomedical research to slow or reverse aging; also on Twitter at AgeTreatment <http://twitter.com/agetreatment> Other projects: www.affinity99.org www.MassSponsorship.org <http://www.masssponsorship.org/>
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