Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-18 Thread David MacQuigg
At 09:59 AM 12/13/2008 -0500, csev wrote: I generally do not like IDLE - it uses a socket which can get messed up, bugs in the student's code seem to mess up the IDE, when a program needs to open a data file - it is hard to force IDLE into a known directory. In Windows, drag the IDLE icon

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-18 Thread kirby urner
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:18 PM, David MacQuigg macqu...@ece.arizona.edu wrote: At 09:59 AM 12/13/2008 -0500, csev wrote: I generally do not like IDLE - it uses a socket which can get messed up, bugs in the student's code seem to mess up the IDE, when a program needs to open a data file - it is

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-17 Thread Andrew Harrington
Several options, Charles. If they typically work from a particular directory, you can have them copy into that directory a batch file like py.cmd: path = %path%;c:\python26;c:\python26\Scripts;c:\python26\tools\scripts;C:\Python26\Lib\idlelib start Python Enabled Command Window Double clicking

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-15 Thread Brian Blais
On Dec 13, 2008, at 9:59 , csev wrote: Is there a way to use an icon and then start the icon an have the current working directory (i.e. to open data files) be the same directory as the Python file? And then is there a way to get the output to stop at the end and not disappear when the

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-14 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
micedit and editarea Massimo On Dec 13, 2008, at 5:59 PM, Stef Mientki wrote: Massimo Di Pierro wrote: I do not know if this is helpful but the web2py windows distribution includes portable python and does not require installation. You just type web2py.exe -S admin and you have a

[Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-13 Thread csev
I teach a number of classes at the University of Michigan that are about Python and that use Python.We have gone from no Python classes last year to five classes and four teachers that teach Python at UM. We share intro documentation on how to install and set up the environment. One

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-13 Thread Igor Támara
Hi, maybe for the first weeks use crunchy, install a server somewhere, so they can use it, when you go further on the semester you can get them involved in the cli. Is a shame that advanced tools on the cli are hidden for people from GUI ones. Their minds will be expanded when they start to use

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-13 Thread Scott David Daniels
csev wrote: ...We share intro documentation on how to install and set up ... I end up publishing detailed documents and screen casts to get python into your Windows path. It works but it is not where I want students energy focused in the first week of class. I am wondering if there is

Re: [Edu-sig] What is the Best Way to use Python in the Windows Command Line

2008-12-13 Thread Stef Mientki
Massimo Di Pierro wrote: I do not know if this is helpful but the web2py windows distribution includes portable python and does not require installation. You just type web2py.exe -S admin and you have a python shell or you can do web2py.exe -S admin -R /path/to/yourfile.py It