Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-16 Thread W W
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Benjamin Kaplan wrote: > It's not a question of sensibility. It's a question of purpose. The Zen is > the philosophy of a language that tries to be easy to learn and easy to use. > Python is used by programmers who want to experiment with it, but who > usually know

Re: Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Benjamin Kaplan
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:13 AM, wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 at 23:01, James Mills wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Lamonte Harris >> wrote: >> >>> Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set >>> path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... >>> >> >> "cmd" has

Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Alan Gauld
"bob gailer" wrote Try this: Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables Highlight PATH under System Variables & Click Edit. Add ;C:\python26 And notice that Bob said ADD - DO NOT REPLACE the existing setting or you will likely break stuff and its not easy to fi

Re: Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Lamonte Harris
It was python3 messing me up. I forgot I had python 3 on my box uninstalled it, redid it and wallah. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:33 AM, wrote: > On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 at 07:16, Lamonte Harris wrote: > >> Yeah I tried doing it from the environment variables yet it still fails to >> work. >> > > Well

Re: [Tutor] Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread bob gailer
Lamonte Harris wrote: Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... I have never started cmd and have it require anything. I guess what you are really asking is "how to permanenly set an environment variable". In this case so y

Re: Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Tim Chase
James Mills wrote: "cmd" has _nothing_ to do with Python. well, not quite "nothing"... http://docs.python.org/lib/module-cmd.html [grins, ducks and runs] (every time I see this module it makes me want to go write a small interactive-fiction game in the style of Zork/Adventure :) -tkc

Re: Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread rdmurray
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 at 23:01, James Mills wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Lamonte Harris wrote: Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... "cmd" has _nothing_ to do with Python. (Top posting corrected.) But the an

Re: Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread James Mills
"cmd" has _nothing_ to do with Python. --JamesMills -- -- "Problems are solved by method" On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Lamonte Harris wrote: > Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set > path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... > > -- > http://mail.python.org/m

Having Issues with CMD and the 'python' command

2008-12-15 Thread Lamonte Harris
Every time I start cmd on windows it requires me to "set path=%path%;C:\python26" why? I'm getting annoyed... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list