Python in an IDE is much easier in the long run. We use PyCharm – there’s a free version: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/#section=windows
From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+gweatherby=uchc....@python.org> on behalf of DFS <nos...@dfs.com> Date: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 4:36 PM To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> Subject: Re: New computer, new Python *** Attention: This is an external email. Use caution responding, opening attachments or clicking on links. *** On 12/9/2022 12:13 PM, ker...@polaris.net wrote: > > > Hello. I've downloaded the new Python to my new Computer, and the new > Python mystifies me. > > Instead of an editor, it looks like a Dos executable program. python.exe is a Windows executable. > How can I write my own Python Functions and subroutines in the new Python? Open a text editor and write your own functions and subs. Save the file as prog.py. From the command line (not from inside the Python shell), type: $ python prog.py > It is version 3.11 (64 bit). The latest and greatest. Significantly sped up vs 3.10. -- https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!ncQETnsgLM_I29jKwV8WUZPhvn7g3Q5jBnkT_S0CmOf0KCORpl5xSLtMM8ZtE8gMsORNxCKhq01pCww$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!Cn_UX_p3!ncQETnsgLM_I29jKwV8WUZPhvn7g3Q5jBnkT_S0CmOf0KCORpl5xSLtMM8ZtE8gMsORNxCKhq01pCww$> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
