Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dominique" wrote How do you start IDLE? Is it via a desktop or start menu shortcut? If so what is the startin folder specified as? You omitted to answer the bit about the startin folder. You will see this if you open the shortcut properties. The error is when launching the app which needs

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-07 Thread Dominique
David Hutto gmail.com> writes: > > If I'm still understanding the original question, if you right click > on a file, in Windows, and it says edit with idle, then idle is the > last version of python idle you've installed. If you call python from > the command prompt then it should be the first

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-07 Thread David Hutto
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Dominique wrote: > Alan Gauld btinternet.com> writes: > > >> How do you start IDLE? Is it via a desktop or start menu shortcut? >> If so what is the startin folder specified as? > Hello, > First, thanks to you David, Alan and Dave for your help. > > Start with shor

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-07 Thread Dominique
Alan Gauld btinternet.com> writes: > How do you start IDLE? Is it via a desktop or start menu shortcut? > If so what is the startin folder specified as? Hello, First, thanks to you David, Alan and Dave for your help. Start with shortcut whose path is : "D:\Python25\python.exe" or "D:\Python25\p

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-06 Thread Dave Angel
On 2:59 PM, Dominique wrote: = but it's really not fun working with this bloody windows console where cut and paste is impossible... Cut and paste work fine in a Windows DOS console. Using Properties, the Options tab, turn on Quick-Edit mode. Once you've done that, you can select a recta

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-06 Thread Alan Gauld
"Dominique" wrote So, I tried to load the normal 2.5 Idle and unload ('remove') everything related to 2.6 from sys.path, but it's strangely not working completely. How do you start IDLE? Is it via a desktop or start menu shortcut? If so what is the startin folder specified as? What happens

Re: [Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-06 Thread David Hutto
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dominique wrote: > Hello, > > I usually use python 2.6 and several packages. Everything's fine. > > At present, I'm trying to run a package which is only available with python > 2.5. > So, i installed 2.5 and the various dependencies needed to run this package: > P

[Tutor] Multiple versions of python and paths problems

2010-09-06 Thread Dominique
Hello, I usually use python 2.6 and several packages. Everything's fine. At present, I'm trying to run a package which is only available with python 2.5. So, i installed 2.5 and the various dependencies needed to run this package: PIL, numpy... which were already installed in my 2.6 site-packages