On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 02:20, Dave Angel<da...@ieee.org> wrote: > Dick Moores wrote: >> >> <snip> >> I'm not sure how to edit it. What's required for Ulipad is quite >> different, I believe. >> >> This is what I got from Dave Angel: >> e: >> cd \Python26\Lib\idlelib\ >> ..\..\pythonw.exe idle.pyw %* >> >> And I can't decipher it. What is the "..\..\"? >> >> > > Just ask. The double-dots are the standard way of indicating "the > directory above the previous one." That's useful knowledge not only within > batch files but also within shortcuts and within Python programs. > > The batch file starts by changing to the E: drive. Then it changes to the > explicit directory \Python26\Lib\idlelib, and because of the leading slash, > that refers to an absolute directory, irrespective of what the current > directory happened to be earlier. The 3rd line means that we want to run a > program pythonw.exe, located two directories up from the current one, > *without changing" the current directory. It could have been written: > > e:\Python26\pythonw.exe idle.pyw %* > > but then if you ever changed to a different version, or installed on a > different drive or directory, you'd have two places in the batch file to > change. I like using relative directories where possible. > > Finally, the %* at the end means copy whatever other parameters were passed > to the batch file, as additional parameters to the program.
Thanks, Dave. Very informative. Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
