On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Bill McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-10-31, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well I don't know any Windows users that still use DOS-boxes ;-) >> cheers, > > What do they do when they want to run a cross-platform command-line script > with parameters and redirection? > > I suppose they could install cygwin and run bash, but that seems like overkill > for what should be a simple task. >
Easy. Make a desktop shortcut which includes the parameters, etc. People do that all the time, including for GUI apps such as Internet Explorer which have some optional command-line shortcuts. The only thing you have to do is make sure that the Windows machine associates files with the .py extensions with the Python interpreter. The easiest way is to right-click a .py file, select "Choose an Application," select the Python runtime, and check the box for "always use this program. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
