Re: [Tutor] windows help system

2006-03-03 Thread Alan Gauld
> I found the windows help glossary, but did not find a search box. > > How would I find the search box in > Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition When you open Help and Support, just above where it says "Pick a Help Topic" there is a text entry box labelled Search and a green arrow. At least the

Re: [Tutor] windows help system

2006-03-03 Thread Kermit Rose
    From: Alan Gauld Date: 03/03/06 11:41:05 To: Kermit Rose; tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] windows help system   > Environmental variable is not in the windows help glossary.   Strange, in both Windows 2000 and XP I type 'environment variable' into the search box an

Re: [Tutor] windows help system

2006-03-03 Thread Alan Gauld
> Environmental variable is not in the windows help glossary. Strange, in both Windows 2000 and XP I type 'environment variable' into the search box and the list of topics returned includes "Setting environment variables" I'm sure Win98 does too because I've used it in the past. > Before toda

[Tutor] windows help system

2006-03-03 Thread Kermit Rose
>> You can do this by setting an environment variable named PYTHONSTARTUP to >> name of a file containing your start-up commands > > How do I set environmental variables in Windows? If it's Windows 9x/Me use AUTOEXEC.BAT. SET PTYTHONSTARTUP C:\mypath\myfile.py If its Windows NT/2000/XP righ