Re: [Tutor] help with getting python to run from command prompt on Windows XP

2009-01-14 Thread Marc Tompkins
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:09 PM, wesley chun wrote: > > i fully agree with kent's comments/suggestions. you appeared to have > them do the right thing. fwiw, the only time i run into that error > after doing the same thing as you is that i'm trying that command in > an already-opened command win

Re: [Tutor] help with getting python to run from command prompt on Windows XP

2009-01-14 Thread wesley chun
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Kent Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Brian van den Broek > wrote: >> >> He's got python 2.6.1 installed as evidenced by the Startbar program >> icon for Idle launching as expected. When run from IDLE, `print >> sys.executable' yields `C:\\Python

Re: [Tutor] help with getting python to run from command prompt on Windows XP

2009-01-14 Thread Kent Johnson
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Brian van den Broek wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying, via email, to help a friend set up python on his Windows > XP computer. I've been strictly linux for some time now, and don't > have a Windows machine on which to investigate. We've hit a problem, > and I'd appre

[Tutor] help with getting python to run from command prompt on Windows XP

2009-01-14 Thread Brian van den Broek
Hi all, I'm trying, via email, to help a friend set up python on his Windows XP computer. I've been strictly linux for some time now, and don't have a Windows machine on which to investigate. We've hit a problem, and I'd appreciate a push. He's got python 2.6.1 installed as evidenced by the Star

[Tutor] help with getting python to run from command prompt on Windows XP

2009-01-14 Thread Brian van den Broek
Hi all, I'm trying, via email, to help a friend set up python on his Windows XP computer. I've been strictly linux for some time now, and don't have a Windows machine on which to investigate. We've hit a problem, and I'd appreciate a push. He's got python 2.6.1 installed as evidenced by the