Re: Need installer recommendation

2010-02-09 Thread Alan Biddle
Thanks you very much for the suggestion. I will give it a try. Since I posted the original question, I have tried PyInstaller. I am using Python 2.6.4, which is technically not supported, but it worked fine for the simple programs I tried, and simple enough even for me. ;) -- Alan -- http:/

Re: Passing command line argument to program from within IDLE?

2010-02-06 Thread Alan Biddle
Terry, CLICK, the light just came on. Knowing that it is writable, I can look at the length to determine whether there are any arguments. If not, I can switch to interactive input within the program, and input the values that way. A few easy extra lines. Whatever works. Thanks!! -- Alan --

Re: Passing command line argument to program from within IDLE?

2010-02-06 Thread Alan Biddle
Yes, that is what I was trying to do. I need to puzzle a bit on the solution, being a newbie. Thanks! -- Alan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Need installer recommendation

2010-02-06 Thread Alan Biddle
Hi, I could use a recommendation on a free installer for use by an unsophisticated programmer, that would be me, for some simple programs which are a bit more than "Hello World," but only a little. Basically reading text files and processing the results. Nothing fancy. I am using PY2EXE to crea

Passing command line argument to program from within IDLE?

2010-02-04 Thread Alan Biddle
Just finishing my first Python (2.6 on Win XP) program, which is working fine. My "Duh?" question is about how to run it from within IDLE and pass it command line arguments. No problem using sys.argv from a Windows command line, but I have missed how you can do that from within IDLE, which compl

Start learning 2.6 or wait for 3.0?

2008-11-24 Thread Alan Biddle
I am planning on learning Python, primarily for my own interest, rather than any immediate need. I am wondering whether I would be wasting my time to start with the latest 2.6 version which has a lot of good instructional material, or wait a bit for version 3.0? -- Alan -- http://mail.python.org