On Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:32:14 PM UTC-4, Larry Hudson wrote: > On 07/06/2014 08:03 AM, rxjw...@gmail.com wrote: > > <snip> > > > Thanks. I do not want to waste everyone's time. For a jump start, there are > > > small errors making me frustrating. Your help does help me, confirm the > > usage > > > etc. After a basic familiarity, I do not want to post more. I use cygwin > > Python, > > > I type help of an object 'result'. It does show up the help content, but it > > > never quits the help afterwards. It is annoying, and time wasting. (Sorry > > again, > > > that problem may be about Cygwin, not Python. Excuse me to mention that > > here. > > > Of course, your help post consumes your time. Thanks again. > > > > > I'm curious as to why you're using Cygwin Python. Cygwin is great for using > Unix/Linux programs > > that are not available in Windows, but there are Windows-native versions of > Python available. I > > would suggest that you would be better off installing Python directly into > Windows instead of > > going round-about with Cygwin. > > > > If you do this, I would also suggest that you install Python 3 instead of > Python 2, but you may > > have to find a different tutorial. Although I suspect that part of your > problems are that the > > tutorial you're using IS for Python 3 rather than the 2.7 you are using. > Really, there aren't a > > lot of differences between 2 and 3, but the differences ARE very significant. > And 3 is > > definitely the better, as well as the future. > > > > (Aside: I do have Cygwin installed on my Windows system, but I have pretty > much given up on > > using Windows. I find Linux far superior and more comfortable to use, and it > gets away from > > Big-Brotherish Microsoft. I do use it occasionally, but I think the last > time I ran it was at > > least two months ago.) > > > > -=- Larry -=-
Thanks. In fact, I have both Cygwin and Windows version Python, but I incorrectly thought that Cygwin version Python would be closer to Linux than Windows Python. Another thing, I find that Windows Python have a GUI interface. It is good, but it does not have command history as Cygwin has. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
