"Tim G" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dave Merrill wrote: > > Hi, I'm new to python, and ipython, but not to programming, having > trouble > > getting ipython installed on windows 2000, python 233. Any help would > be > > much appreciated; I'm sure I'm being some basic flavor of dense... > > First of all, rest assured that it does work (and quite > easily) so welcome to Python and iPython and I hope > the going's a bit smoother as you go along.
I'm having fun with python itself, but feeling a little constrained in the IDE and debugger departments. (Not to mention the clues I haven't got...). > > Then downloaded ipython-0.6.6.zip and unzipped it. When I > double-click > > setup.py, I get only a brief wait cursor; nothing else happens, and > > importing ipython as a test fails. > > First of all, ipython isn't really an import into python; you run > it and it runs python (if you understand me). So when you've > installed it, I think it puts an item on your start menu. On > linux, it puts an executable ipython onto your path. > > I've just downloaded and run the setup.py, and it does > create a Start Menu item which will start iPython. Look > out for that and see if it does the business. Removed the files I'd unzipped and started over, putting a fresh unzip in Program Files. Ran setup.py while watching the windows task list, and pythonw ran for just a second, then disappeared. I saw no other signs of anything running, and there's no shortcut for ipython in my start menu. > > Both files in the scripts dir, ipython and pycolor, have no filename > > extension, which seems odd to my newbie eye. I tried renaming them to > .py, > > still no difference. > > This is a unixism. Some unix types decry the use of file extensions > because the information the extension gives -- which executable > program to use -- is already embedded in the first line of a file. So what do I do to try ipython directly, bypassing the shortcut (since I can make my own later)? I tried right-click on scripts/ipython, Open With, and chose python, but got only a quick DOS window. Now what? Thanks, Dave Merrill -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
