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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-12-07 15:16:57 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2007-12-07 15:16:57 (GMT) |
| commit | 013d57418340953a6346931bf08fadd922377c9e (patch) | |
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Update to windows doc from Robert.
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diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 9f549fa..9a16938 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ key features: Popular modules (such as PyWin32) with their respective documentation, tool suite for building extensible python applications +Notice that these packages are likely to install *older* versions of Python. + Configuring Python @@ -85,10 +87,11 @@ settings in Windows. Excursus: Setting environment variables --------------------------------------- -Windows has a built-in dialog for changing environment variables: Right-click -the icon for your machine (usually located on your Desktop and called "My -Computer") and choose :menuselection:`Properties` there. Then, open the -:guilabel:`Advanced` tab and click the :guilabel:`Environment Variables` button. +Windows has a built-in dialog for changing environment variables (following +guide applies to XP classical view): Right-click the icon for your machine +(usually located on your Desktop and called "My Computer") and choose +:menuselection:`Properties` there. Then, open the :guilabel:`Advanced` tab +and click the :guilabel:`Environment Variables` button. In short, your path is: @@ -107,7 +110,8 @@ command:: set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\My_python_lib To make this setting permanent, you could add the corresponding command line to -your :file:`autoexec.bat`. +your :file:`autoexec.bat`. :program:`msconfig` is a graphical interface to this +file. Viewing environment variables can also be done more straight-forward: The command prompt will expand strings wrapped into percent signs automatically:: @@ -124,6 +128,9 @@ Consult :command:`set /?` for details on this behaviour. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310519 How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP + http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/faq/q1.html + Setting Environment variables, Louis J. Farrugia + Finding the Python executable ----------------------------- |