On Aug 4, 7:52 pm, Alex Willmer <a...@moreati.org.uk> wrote: > On Aug 4, 5:19 pm, vsoler <vicente.so...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Aug 4, 5:41 pm, Alex Willmer <a...@moreati.org.uk> wrote: > > > > On Aug 4, 2:35 pm, vsoler <vicente.so...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > I just installed python 3.1.2 where I used to have python 2.6.4. I'm > > > > working on Win7. > > > > > The IDLE GUI works, but I get the following message when trying to > > > > open *.py files written for py 2.6 > > > > > The Application cannot locate win32ui.pyd (or Python) (126) > > > > win32ui is part of the PyWin32 package. Most likely you have a version > > > of PyWin32 for Python 2.6 installed, you should uninstall that and > > > install PyWin32 for Python 3.1. Downloads are > > > athttp://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/ > > > > You should do the same for any other third party packages that are > > > installed. > > > > > Moreover, when I try to open an old *.py file, I sometimes get a > > > > message saying that the file should be converted to UTF-8. What does > > > > this mean? > > > > Those files contain non-ascii characters (e.g. £, €, æ). Non-ascii > > > characters must be encoded when saved using and encoding. UTF-8 is one > > > such encoding, and it was chosen as the default .py encoding for > > > Python 3.x. Those files are probably in iso8859, cp432, or perhaps > > > UTF-16 (aka UCS-2). You can save them in UTF-8 using your favourite > > > text editor, or declare the encoding so Python 3 knows it. More info: > > > >http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.htmlhttp://docs.python... > > > > > I'm also trying to use the 2to3 converter, but I cannot see where the > > > > converted files are written to! > > > > I think 2to3 prints a diff of the file changes to the console. The -w > > > command line option should modify files in place. > > > Thank you Alex for your detailes reply. > > > Before switching to Python 3.1.2 I removed all my Python 2.6 packages > > (python, pywin32, numpy, wxpython). However, the removal was not > > complete since some files could not be removed. Additionally, I still > > see my C:\python26 directory which is suposed not to exist any longer. > > It probably contains one or two files the installers weren't aware of. > E.g. a module you added manually, a log, a .pyc > > > I would not like to take a lot of your time, but, do you have any > > hints as to what I should do to 'tune' my PC? > > Take a backup then either delete the Python26 directory, or rename it. > Any problems, reverse the process.
Thank you very much Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
