Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-28 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Thorsten Kampe (Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:09:24 +0100) > It's exactly the same as with with Visual Basic [...] Guess I mixed that up with VBScript... ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-28 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Armand Nell (Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:07:12 +0200) > I am new to python programming and also the linux enviroment most of my > skills are windows based and programming skills is visual basics. I decided > that it would be a great start and new direction for me to learn python and > at the same time li

Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-26 Thread bhaaluu
Greetings, I don't know how to do ms-windows, but I use GNU/Linux on a daily basis. There is a nice IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Python called IDLE. It is available for ms-windows, GNU/Linux, and maybe another OS as well. There is information about IDLE at Python.Org. I'd suggest

Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-26 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well, chmod 0700 is usually not want you want: a) 0700 gives only read/write/execute rights to the user. Technically for historical reason permissions can be written as an octal number, with the first digit being optional, encoding stuff like setuid/s

Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-25 Thread Jason M Barnes
Hi, Another way to execute your program is to open up your file with gedit, and on the very first line type (sans quotes) "#!/usr/bin/env python" by itself and save it. Then, go to the terminal like Michael said, and cd into the directory with your file. Type "chmod 0700 your-program.py" at the

Re: [Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-25 Thread Michael Langford
Somewhere in the start menu, you'll be able to open a terminal. It might be called GTerm, Gnome Term, xterm, or any number of things with "term" in the name. Once you've done that, you need to see if python is in your path. Do that by typing python in the terminal. If you enter the python shell, y

[Tutor] New to Python and Linux

2007-09-25 Thread Armand Nell
Hi I am new to python programming and also the linux enviroment most of my skills are windows based and programming skills is visual basics. I decided that it would be a great start and new direction for me to learn python and at the same time linux. However I have already run into a wall, and any