Gene, I apologize, but I was not thinking of the fact that aliases are not passed down to subshells. So Derrell's approach is perfect, since it takes advantage of environment variables (like PATH) which do get passed.
> I do appreciate your insight into the issue - I can't be the only guy > with a system Python version that conflicts with my newer Python for > Qooxdoo, can I? We had similar issues way back when MacOSX shipped with a 2.3 version of Python. I currently juggle three Python installations on my Linux box (2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.6.1), where I have two installations in separate paths, and two side-by-side (and two of them with the Stackless patch). So I do switch between them once in a while, but mostly in only a half-conscious manner, where I bang on shell settings and proxy scripts until everything works the way I want it... oh, well. Actually, I think you can even use a soft link from an early PATH element to the Python executable (like ~/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.4), to force a specific version from the generic name. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
