On 4/14/22 2:42 PM, Mirko via Python-list wrote:
Am 13.04.2022 um 20:39 schrieb Dennis Lee Bieber:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:38:11 +1000, Tim Deke <tim.d...@gmail.com> declaimed
the following:
Dear Sir,
I have successfully downloaded Python into my laptop but the shortcut icon
is not appearing on the desktop. I am using Windows 10 with the PC
specifications as per snap shot attached below. Can you advise what to do?
Thank you
Tim Deke
Python normally does not create "shortcut icon"s -- one downloads an
The Python Windows installer *absolutely* should. I do not know much
about (modern) Windows, but one thing I do know is, that most
Windows users are confused when after an installation there is no
easy way to call the program. I do not understand, why the Windows
installer *still* does not create a "Python 3.10" _*or similar*_
folder on the desktop with links to IDLE (with an icon text
describing it properly as a Python Editor/IDE), the CHM and some
introduction text in it.
installer (which on my system would be saved in %userprofile%\downloads),
and executes the installer (once). Python is not an all-in-one GUI
development environment (ie; it is not something like Lazarus/FreePascal,
Visual Studio, etc.). It is an interpreter for script files and depending
upon how the installer sets up the environment, one may never need to
directly invoke the Python interpreter -- one just invokes .py script files
and the OS activates the correct interpreter.
With all due respect, but do you really think that it is useful for
a Python beginner to know how to run the bare interpreter? ;-)
Wouldn't it be much better to educate them about IDLE which can be
found in the "Startmenu"?
I think the issue is that the 'python' interpreter/compiler isn't the
sort of program that makes sense to make a desktop icon for, as it is a
command line utility.
Perhaps making an icon for IDLE, if it has also been installed, but then
the issue becomes would people recognize 'IDLE' as 'Python' to click on.
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