"Gman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Bear in mind "newbie alert" I have 2.5 on windows M.E. and all is > well,
OK, Then I wouyldn't worry too much but... > if I try to use a dos box I get bad command etc. Thats because the PATH envirtonment variable is not set. To fix it open c:\AUTOEXEC.BAT in notepad Find the line that starts PATH= and at the end of the line add a semicolon followed by the path to your Python folder(the one with the exe file in) Save AUTOEXEC.BAT and reboot. It should now work OK > but if I use the python dos everything works.Is this normal Yes the installer sets up a shortcut to the interpreter which opens a DOS window, but since about v2.2 the installer (for some strangereason) does not set up the PATH variable. > or do I need to have windows dos in the path somehow?Or does it > really > matter,it's all the same dos isnt it. Its the same DOS but the problem is that the window brought up from the menu is riunning python, the DOS window is running plain old DOS. You cannot run Python scripts from the Python window only from the DOS one. This makes debugging Tkinter programs and some others much easier that trying to run them from within IDLE orr Pythonwin. > And how do you clear the Tkinter window. Not sure what you mean. Clear what? From which Tkinter window? -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
