Many thanks for the helpful links.
I don't think she's going to start programming, but at least she can
run her French grammar program.
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Cameron,
The "7 Minutes To Hello World" IS the ActiveState distribution. It's
just hand-holding, click here, click there, for the person who doesn't
know what "Windows/x86" means on the install page, or perhaps doesn't
know what to do with the interpreter once it's installed.
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
vbgunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>maybe you can tell your moms what to do and what binaries to download
>or maybe you can download them for her and either send it to her
>through email or put it on a disc for her... I understand the Windows
>XP installation binary i
First be sure she needs to install Python, if so, try:
7 Minutes To Hello World
http://www.richarddooling.com/index.php/category/geekophilia
These instructions are for people on Windows XP who don't even know
what a commandline is. They seem popular, based on the traffic they
attract.
Try them
maybe you can tell your moms what to do and what binaries to download
or maybe you can download them for her and either send it to her
through email or put it on a disc for her... I understand the Windows
XP installation binary is easy enough for anyone to get going. Just
follow the prompts.
Once
> Someone has give my 78 year old mother a tool for learning French
> vocabulary written in Python.
Is it the tool or the vocabulary that's written in Python ?
> She has a plain vanilla Windows XP system and does not know what a
> compiler is.
One doesn't need to know what's a compiler is to us
