Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-13 Thread Jason
cjl wrote: > Thorsten: > > Thank you for your reply. > > > Setting environment variables has only effect on the process itself > > and the subprocesses. This has nothing to do with Windows, it's the > > same with Linux. > > True, and the changes to path and pythonpath are gone after I close the > c

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread cjl
Thorsten: Thank you for your reply. > Setting environment variables has only effect on the process itself > and the subprocesses. This has nothing to do with Windows, it's the > same with Linux. True, and the changes to path and pythonpath are gone after I close the console window, but the resul

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* cjl (2006-09-12 13:10 +0100) > Jason: > > Thanks! That worked...in fact, almost everything is now working as > expected (so far). > > Here is my batch file: > > echo "Making changes to path and file associations..." > path = > %PATH%;%CD%Python24;%CD%Python24\libs;%CD%Python24\Scripts;%CD%Pyth

RE: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread Tim Golden
| [cjl] | | | Any ideas about how to set file type associations without writing to | | the registry? | [Tim Golden] | Well, yes. Just the same as was in the article you pointed | to... or have I missed something? Ah, I see. Presumably the FTYPE / ASSOC commands write things to the registry beh

RE: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread Tim Golden
[cjl] | Any ideas about how to set file type associations without writing to | the registry? Well, yes. Just the same as was in the article you pointed to... or have I missed something? assoc .py=python.file ftype python.file="c:\python24\python.exe" "%1" %* (or whatever version of Python). Ob

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread cjl
John: > Congratulations. Now: how much time have you spent, and how much per > hour are you worth? hours * dollars_per_hour < GBP_to_USD(4.99) ??? Since you mention it, I am currently earning about $200 an hour (when I'm working), and I spent about 3 hours on this, so this cost me about $600. I t

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread John Machin
cjl wrote: > Tim: > > > That would be because it's PATHEXT not PATHTEXT (it's sort > > of like a PATH but for EXTensions). > > Doh. > > Me fail English? That's unpossible. > > Thanks, I think everything is working with my poor man's movable > python. > Last on my todo list is to restore the assoc

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread cjl
Tim: > That would be because it's PATHEXT not PATHTEXT (it's sort > of like a PATH but for EXTensions). Doh. Me fail English? That's unpossible. Thanks, I think everything is working with my poor man's movable python. Last on my todo list is to restore the assoc and ftype settings when I'm done

RE: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread Tim Golden
[cjl] [... snip ...] | set PATHTEXT=.py;%PATHTEXT% | I'm still having a problem with setting PATHTEXT... That would be because it's PATHEXT not PATHTEXT (it's sort of like a PATH but for EXTensions). TJG This e-mail has

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-12 Thread cjl
Jason: Thanks! That worked...in fact, almost everything is now working as expected (so far). Here is my batch file: echo "Making changes to path and file associations..." path = %PATH%;%CD%Python24;%CD%Python24\libs;%CD%Python24\Scripts;%CD%Python24\Lib\site-packages;%CD%Python24\DLLs set PYTHON

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Jason
cjl wrote: > Hey all: > > It seems no matter what I do the %1 gets replaced by paramaters sent to > the batch file...there must be some way of "escaping" this, but I can't > find the answer (yet) with google. Anyone? > > -CJL Use two percents in a row turn into a single percentage sign. So you'd

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread cjl
Hey all: It seems no matter what I do the %1 gets replaced by paramaters sent to the batch file...there must be some way of "escaping" this, but I can't find the answer (yet) with google. Anyone? -CJL -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread cjl
Hey all: I'm getting closer. My startpython.bat file is now: path=%PATH%;%CD%Python24;%CD%Python24\libs;%CD%Python24\Scripts;%CD%Python24\Lib\site-packages;%CD%Python24\DLLs set PYTHONPATH=%CD%Python24 ASSOC .py=Python.File ASSOC .pyc=Python.CompiledFile ASSOC .pyo=Python.CompiledFile ASSOC .pyw=

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Steve Holden (2006-09-12 01:30 +0100) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Steve Holden (2006-09-11 21:37 +0100) >>>Uwe Hoffmann wrote: cjl schrieb: >I do set pythonpath, see above. is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? >>> >>>Only because the Windows filesystem impleme

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holden
Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Steve Holden (2006-09-11 21:37 +0100) > >>Uwe Hoffmann wrote: >> >>>cjl schrieb: >>> I do set pythonpath, see above. >>> >>>is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? >> >>Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive >>semantics. This is no

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Steve Holden (2006-09-11 21:37 +0100) > Uwe Hoffmann wrote: >> cjl schrieb: >>>I do set pythonpath, see above. >> >> is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? > > Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive > semantics. This is nothing to do with Python: That's no

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* cjl (2006-09-11 20:34 +0100) >> Copying the Python24 directory is a good start, but doesn't include the >> enormous number of registry keys that are included in the install and >> are probably needed for the complete capabilites of python. > > Is the source of the windows python installer availa

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holden
Uwe Hoffmann wrote: > Steve Holden schrieb: > >>Uwe Hoffmann wrote: >> >> >>>cjl schrieb: >>> >>> >>> I do set pythonpath, see above. >>> >>>is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? >> >> >>Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive >>semantics. This is not

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread cjl
Uwe: Thank you for your reply. > is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? I think so. After running my batch file, I can load the python interpreter by typing 'python', and can then type 'import django' without error. This lives in the site-packages directory, so it is finding it. How

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Uwe Hoffmann
Steve Holden schrieb: > Uwe Hoffmann wrote: > >> cjl schrieb: >> >> >>> >>> I do set pythonpath, see above. >>> >> >> is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? > > > Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive > semantics. This is nothing to do with Python: no, i m

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Holden
Uwe Hoffmann wrote: > cjl schrieb: > > >> >>I do set pythonpath, see above. >> > > is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive semantics. This is nothing to do with Python: C:\Steve\Projects\Python\dbimp>dir DB.py Volume

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Uwe Hoffmann
cjl schrieb: > > > I do set pythonpath, see above. > is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread cjl
Jordan: Thank you for your reply. > If making a usb version of python was that easy, movable python would > be open source. I knew about movable python, but I'm not using it because it's not open source. I guess those guys but some work into it, and feel like a small fee is appropriate, but I gu

Re: Running python from a usb drive

2006-09-11 Thread Jordan
If making a usb version of python was that easy, movable python would be open source. Check out http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/ if you need a portable usb version of python for work or something. Copying the Python24 directory is a good start, but doesn't include the enormous number of r