rick wrote:
Perhaps the wrong list, but I'll ask anyway. So I'm in the middle of
starting, yet again, to learn some programming. I have 2.6.4 and 3.1
installed on the desktop (Ubuntu 9.10), 2.6.4 installed on the netbook
(UNR 9.10).
I was thinking to be ultra portable, I'd put python on the pocket pc.
Now I'm back to the problem that a Windows newbie would have, the
scripts complete before I can see what happened! I can get right to the
interactive mode, or I can run a script, but not sure where I'd find the
terminal.
Thanks Alan, I was going through your old tutorial, the pointer to the
new was appreciated.
Rick
On Windows, you can get a terminal window (aka DOS box) by running
"Command Prompt" from your Start menu (In recent versions it seems to be
in Start->Accessories). You can copy that shortcut elsewhere, of
course. Or you can run CMD.EXE from anywhere, like the Run menu or
another DOS box.
Once you have a DOS box, you can set local environment variables, run
batch files, or do other preparations before beginning your python
program. And of course when the python program finishes you can still
see the results (with some amount of scrolling, buffer size can be
adjusted). And once you're in a DOS box, you can get two independent
ones by running Start from the first. The new one inherits environment
variables and current directory from the first, but does not block the
first one from taking new commands.
You can also create a shortcut that starts a new DOS box, AND runs your
program. I haven't done this in so long that I forget the syntax. But
it's something like
cmd.exe /k python.exe script.py
By using the right switch on cmd.exe, the DOS box doesn't go away when
the python program exits.
By the way, you can get rid of a DOS box by typing EXIT at its prompt,
or by clicking the X on the upper right corner of the window.
DaveA
DaveA
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