Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
ays install for everyone. > >> the "modern" answer for Windows is supposed to be the Python Launcher, > > I keep forgetting that thing exists. I really must spend > some time getting to grips with it... I used it for a bit because I was trying to disentangle test suite failures unique to

Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 02/11/2018 23:44, Mats Wichmann wrote: > that's actually exactly the right path for a Python 3.5+ if you chose a > "user install", which you usually should. Ah, I always install for all users. That's why I've not seen that path presumably? But why *should* you install for a single user? I

Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 02/11/2018 22:49, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: On 02/11/2018 21:13, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10 (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37), Caveat: I'm no expert on modern Windoze. But... That looks like the wrong path to me.

Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 11/2/18 4:49 PM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 02/11/2018 21:13, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: > >> I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10 >> (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37), > > Caveat: I'm no expert on modern Windoze. > But... That looks like the wrong

Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 02:13:46PM -0700, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: > Hey, > > I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10 > (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37), but when I go to > the git repository that holds all my projects and type "python --version" > in

Re: [Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 02/11/2018 21:13, Roger Lea Scherer wrote: > I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10 > (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37), Caveat: I'm no expert on modern Windoze. But... That looks like the wrong path to me. My Windows install is usually either in

[Tutor] Installing python

2018-11-02 Thread Roger Lea Scherer
Hey, I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10 (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37), but when I go to the git repository that holds all my projects and type "python --version" in WindowsPowershell, I get Python 3.6.5. So I guess my question is am I supposed to

Re: [Tutor] TESTING

2018-11-02 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 02/11/2018 03:45, Avi Gross wrote: > I am not totally up on the exact purposes of this group but have noted how > many of the questions asked have been frustrating. Unfortunately that goes with the territory. We are a list catering to beginners to Python and, frequently, to programming. As a

Re: [Tutor] TESTING

2018-11-02 Thread Avi Gross
I am not totally up on the exact purposes of this group but have noted how many of the questions asked have been frustrating. I wonder if it would make any sense to provide a template people might fill out to suit their needs. An example might be people who want you to pretty much do their