[Tutor] Very basic Python question
Hi, Let me preface this by saying that I purchased O'Reilly's "Learn Python" yesterday and have no programming experience (I am a photographer by trade) except for a semester of what I think was BASIC on some old apple back in elementary school (circa 1992). I am not sure what details are relevant, so I will try and include as much as possible. I have a MacBook Pro running Mac OSX 10.5.6. I recently dl'ed MacPython 2.5, which installed Python 2.5.4 on my system. When I am in the terminal, I can run a module by typing python fullpath/to/script.py However, when I enter Python from the terminal, by typing python, I can no longer import items in this way unless the .py file is in my user folder /Users/Me. How can I change my settings so that I can import .py files from a separate directory such as /Users/Me/Documents/PyMods? Thank you. -daniel sato -- Daniel Sato http://www.danielsato.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Very basic Python question
Oh, I thought that you could install multiple instances of Python. I recall reading somewhere that they advised installing the latest stable version b/c the one that comes with Apple is often out-dated (as it is whatever version existed when the your particular model came out). On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Daniel Sato wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Let me preface this by saying that I purchased O'Reilly's "Learn Python" >> yesterday and have no programming experience (I am a photographer by trade) >> except for a semester of what I think was BASIC on some old apple back in >> elementary school (circa 1992). >> >> I am not sure what details are relevant, so I will try and include as much >> as possible. I have a MacBook Pro running Mac OSX 10.5.6. I recently dl'ed >> MacPython 2.5, which installed Python 2.5.4 on my system. >> When I am in the terminal, I can run a module by typing python >> fullpath/to/script.py >> >> However, when I enter Python from the terminal, by typing python, I can no >> longer import items in this way unless the .py file is in my user folder >> /Users/Me. How can I change my settings so that I can import .py files from >> a separate directory such as /Users/Me/Documents/PyMods? >> > > Hi Daniel, > You should try uninstalling MacPython. Macintosh computers come with > Python preinstalled and you should try to use that version instead. > Probably what happened was that, when installing the other version of > Python, you messed up some of the references for the paths of libraries and > such. > > If that doesn't work, look for an article on upgrading Python on a mac, it > should detail how to fix anything that breaks when you install MacPython. > Good luck, and let us know if you have any other problems! > > -- Daniel Sato http://www.danielsato.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] GASP on OSX 10.5.6
Hi, I am a complete python beginner. I have been going through How to Think Like A Computer Scientist 2nd edition online and have come across installing GASP in chapter 4. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find much documentation on how to install GASP when running OSX and Python 2.6.2. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -Daniel -- Daniel Sato http://www.danielsato.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] Python Programming exercise
I have been going through some Python Programming exercises while following the MIT OpenCourseWare Intro to CS syllabus and am having some trouble with the first "If" exercise listed on this page: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Conditional_Statements#If_Exercises I have been able to make the module quit after entering a password three times, but can't get it to quit right away after the correct one is entered. I know this is really basic, please forgive me. I have no programming experience and have just started going through these tutorials. My code is here: http://python.pastebin.com/m6036b52e -- Daniel Sato http://www.danielsato.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
