Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Agreed, the docs don't need to mention PATHEXT.
I don't have a machine to hand with Python 3.6 not installed, to check, but I
believe the launcher is installed by default (although as you say it can be
deselected - and it's definitely described as "recommended") whereas adding
Python to PATH is deselected by default. So "py" is more likely to work on a
typical installation than "python".
As I say, though, I have no feel here for the right level of detail. Maybe
something like
"""
To execute the venv command, use
python -m venv
Unix installations typically name the Python 3.x executable "python3", and on
Windows the "py" launcher is generally available even if the Python interpreter
is not on your PATH, so you may need to substitute the appropriate means of
invoking Python in place of the "python" command above.
"""
But that's (to my mind) still wordy and complex - and the new users I've spoken
to already find the docs too full of confusing detail.
Ideally, I'd prefer it if "Invoking Python" were described once and for all in
a separate section of the docs (i.e., the "Python Setup and Usage" manual) and
everywhere else in the official documentation we simply used "python", with no
qualifications, on the understanding that this stands for "whatever you use on
your PC to run Python". I suspect that would generate complaints from a lot of
people, though, as most people hit the doc pages via direct links, not by
reading the manuals in order...
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