> I couldn't really tell which list to post this to. This > looked closest. Let > me know if it should go elsewhere.
It should be added as a feature request in the main Python bug collector (ie, at sourceforge). There would be far far more chance of it getting done if you also provide a patch to the MSI generation process - most people involved in this are very short of time, and are likely to consider this non critical. > I'd like a feature to be added to Python's windows installer. > I want it to > set up two environment variables for me. It should: > > 1. Append %PythonInstallDir%\Scripts to the system PATH. I guess this could make sense if the main Python directory is put into sys.path. Having multiple Python versions installed could make this confusing > 2. Append .PY to the system PATHEXT. This makes sense, but also may be confusing with multiple versions. I guess the correct thing to do would be to ask the user if they do actually want these things to happen - most users would be happy to have them continue to not happen, judging from the small number of feature requests. > That way, if I install some tool that happens to have been written in > python, I can use it on the command line as > > C:\somewhere\> foo arg arg > > , rather than as: > > C:\somewhere\> C:\Python24\Scripts\foo.py arg arg In your real cases, who provided "foo.py"? If it was not installed with Python itself (ie, is a script you provided), then it may be better to add these scripts to a completely different directory, and ensure that directory is on your PATH. I can't think of any Python supplied scripts which are so useful they should be on the PATH, so I suspect you would have an uphill battle getting that one accepted. Mark _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
