On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:46 AM, John [H2O] <washa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm not a Mac user, but I'm a promoter of Python! I have a good friend using > a Mac who's becoming sceptical of python due to frustrations with the > PYTHONPATH. I'm trying to help... > > Everything is fine running vanilla python. Importing modules works fine. But > in ipython, the module paths need to be appended individually. I can't even > set a module directory into which ipython will look recursively for modules.
Python never searches recursively for modules, a module or package must me in a directory which is in sys.path. > There is nothing custom set in .ipython/ipythonrc or ipy_user_conf.py > > The PYTHONPATH variable doesn't need to be set using vanilla python. The > path settings are set somehow, however (I can see this from import sys; > sys.path). I'm not sure where this is all happening. So sys.path is different when running ipython? This is all very strange. I use Python on Mac OS X with ipython and I don't set PYTHONPATH at all. How do you start ipython? Kent > Any ideas on the best way to set the PYTHONPATH for a mac? > > Thanks! > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/ipython%2C-PYTHONPATH%2C-on-a-MAC-tp27610302p27610302.html > Sent from the Python - tutor mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - tu...@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
