[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

STINNER Victor added the comment: This issue is not newcomer friendly, I remove the easy keyword. -- keywords: -easy nosy: +vstinner ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: Wrapped my text columns to 80. Ignore v2. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26904/issue12436-notepad_plus_plus_3.diff ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Changes by Mike Hoy : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26902/issue12436-notepad_plus_plus_2.diff ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: Here is a patch for just Notepad++. -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26891/issue12436-notepad_plus_plus.diff ___ Python tracker

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: My computer currently doesn’t boot so I can’t check if I had started or not. You can propose a patch incorporating the various suggestions, or give me some days to read this again and make a summary of what I would have done. Thanks! -- ___

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: >Thanks, I will take all contributions and suggestions and propose one patch. I am able to start working on this issue again, Eric. If you want to give me the status of your patch I can either help you finish it up or I can make one this week. -- _

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Changes by Tshepang Lekhonkhobe : -- nosy: +tshepang ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mai

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: Thanks, I will take all contributions and suggestions and propose one patch. -- assignee: docs@python -> eric.araujo ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Ezio Melotti added the comment: > Open a command prompt: Another alternative is win+r -> type 'cmd' -> hit enter. This should work on all the Windows versions. > * cd C:\ - Puts you in the root directory of the C drive. > * cd Python32 - Puts you in the directory where Python 3.2 is installed

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: Here is what I have so far: > For Windows users, added a section about how to use a terminal How to use a terminal Open a command prompt: * On Windows Vista or Windows 7: click on the Start menu (the Windows logo in the lower left of the screen), type cmd into th

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: > In addition to Notepad++ do you think it would be a good idea to at > least mention Vim and Emacs with a disclaimer about the learning > curve? No. If someone is looking at this page and doesn’t already have a text editor they’re familiar with, I think Notepad+

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: > In addition to Notepad++ do you think it would be a good idea to at > least mention Vim and Emacs with a disclaimer about the learning curve? I'm a bit surprised. I would think the devguide is aimed are people who are *already* programmers, and have chosen t

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Oops. I just noticed this issue is not talking about the devguide, but the general docs. Please ignore the message above. -- ___ Python tracker __

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Ezio Melotti added the comment: > In addition to Notepad++ do you think it would be a good idea to at > least mention Vim and Emacs with a disclaimer about the learning curve? I'm not sure how many windows user use Vim/Emacs. Maybe PyScripter could be mentioned too, but I'm not sure how popul

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: > mostly to recommend Notepad++ I think. In addition to Notepad++ do you think it would be a good idea to at least mention Vim and Emacs with a disclaimer about the learning curve? > For Windows users, added a section about how to use a terminal and Do you think

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: > http://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html Makes no reference to > preparing a text editor. This I could help with but... Cool, please follow the guidelines in the devguide to make a patch for 3.2. It should be something short, like the unix docs, mostly to

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: > Thanks Mike! So the first item is covered (at least for UNIX, can you > check the Windows docs too?), but not the second. http://docs.python.org/dev/using/windows.html Makes no reference to preparing a text editor. This I could help with but... > The item you

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: Thanks Mike! So the first item is covered (at least for UNIX, can you check the Windows docs too?), but not the second. The item you linked to explains how to modify a script so that it’s possible to run ./script on Unix, but does not give an actual example of

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Mike Hoy added the comment: > - How to prepare a text editor See: http://docs.python.org/dev/using/unix.html#editors > - How to run Python code from a file (if the tutorial or using docs don’t > already have it). See: http://docs.python.org/dev/using/unix.html#miscellaneous -- nosy:

[issue12436] Missing items in installation/setup instructions

Éric Araujo added the comment: I propose that we just narrow the scope of this report. If you agree with my earlier message, the current docs just need a few patches: - How to prepare a text editor - How to run Python code from a file (if the tutorial or using docs don’t already have it). I