[issue7653] Fix description of the way the PythonPath Windows registry key works

R. David Murray added the comment: If, as the OP indicates, the value of the key itself is ignored, this should be mentioned in the doc, especially if it normally has an apparently valid value. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker

[issue7653] Fix description of the way the PythonPath Windows registry key works

Georg Brandl added the comment: Thanks, applied your patch in r77360. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue7653] Fix description of the way the PythonPath Windows registry key works

Brian Curtin added the comment: It seems a bit wordy. I propose an alternate wording in the attached patch. -- keywords: +needs review, patch nosy: +brian.curtin priority: -> low stage: -> patch review versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/fi

[issue7653] Fix description of the way the PythonPath Windows registry key works

New submission from Paul Keating : The 2.6.4 docs (at http://docs.python.org/using/windows.html) do not give enough detail for an ordinary user to work out how the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\version\PythonPath actually works. It says: Modifying the module search path can als