On Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:49:05 +0100, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> declaimed the following:
> > >> On 25 Apr 2022, at 21:14, Jack Dangler <tdl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Have you tried >> >> python3 hello.py > >Will not work on windows. Python is always installed as python.exe and py.exe >only. > Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.1645] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Wulfraed>python3 Python ActivePython 3.8.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> C:\Users\Wulfraed>python3.8 Python ActivePython 3.8.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> C:\Users\Wulfraed> C:\Users\Wulfraed>echo %path% C:\Python38\;C:\Python38\DLLs\;C:\Python38\Scripts\;C:\Python38\Tools\;C:\Python38\Tools\ninja\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Apps\SQLite3\;C:\Apps\Firebird_4_0;C:\Apps\gnuplot\bin;C:\Apps\R\R-4.0.5\bin\x64;C:\Program Files (x86)\SciTE;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\rexx.org\Regina;C:\Apps\Rexx-Extensi <SNIP> C:\Users\Wulfraed>dir c:\Python38\*.exe Volume in drive C is OS Volume Serial Number is 4ACC-3CB4 Directory of c:\Python38 08/25/2020 06:52 PM 998,328 py.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 102,328 python.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 102,336 python3.8.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 102,336 python3.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 26,568 pythonservice.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 100,800 pythonw.exe 08/25/2020 06:53 PM 999,352 pyw.exe 10/08/2020 05:24 PM 587,776 Removepywin32.exe 08/25/2020 06:55 PM 123,848 update_check.exe 9 File(s) 3,143,672 bytes 0 Dir(s) 650,737,926,144 bytes free C:\Users\Wulfraed> Yes, it is an older version of the ActiveState release, but they did install with the various versioned names. All I had to do was ensure the directory was on the system PATH. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfr...@ix.netcom.com http://wlfraed.microdiversity.freeddns.org/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list