Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; '(especially': 0.07; 'executed': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'creighton': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'wed,': 0.15; 'thu,': 0.15; 'executable.': 0.16; "he'd": 0.16; 'subject:student': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'laura': 0.18; 'script.': 0.18; 'cc:2**0': 0.21; 'doc': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'help.': 0.23; '2015': 0.23; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.24; 'install': 0.25; 'installed': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; '-0700,': 0.29; 'folder': 0.31; 'url:mailman': 0.31; 'similar': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'machine.': 0.33; 'file': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'useful': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'really': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'there': 0.36; 'possible': 0.36; 'should': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'subject:New': 0.38; 'things': 0.39; 'url:2': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'url:docs': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:with': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'simple': 0.61; 'documents': 0.61; 'different': 0.64; 'world': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'subject:needs': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZsNANqChUMhNRn2CLZ/b8PvHDn6cqEtLQmN3ivyg3SA=; b=aTCPSw5NJMpgsqE29FjWIQ81hNpdvcxVunu0G5gjMyo7E6eXf4BKfhVPUmxmIfZ068 BwuAtWk81rZnLrhkIyRM2kI6OsRYKz2es5rVCcoDWSAFq/GxufwJ8BOYxt0kqz/TUZbD NVau9bPSRSv+jitiRGtHBLITGQbEJQId+DfVKBfW/eSBZFKhR5w15jvzBWM2ITti+8p3 kQG42jY2vd9Sk8LpXQUWA0zVbtgGsaX6Gyi1+yuFIgFKDxWSIIIQtM+Qdt91R0avRYvA hrwczrdueRYDoHfHNfBtC/vzgUNjTBI46f7XWkJUEAzCXj9kVH0JMWqN2yz5HqNAfZ6Z hkBA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.136.197 with SMTP id qc5mr12974818igb.6.1434031413674; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:03:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201506110852.t5B8qo0m000584@fido.openend.se> References: <77ccd04d-60fe-495c-877f-871a50c89cd2@googlegroups.com> <201506110852.t5B8qo0m000584@fido.openend.se> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:03:33 +0200 Subject: Re: New Python student needs help with execution From: Chris Warrick To: python-list@python.org Cc: c me Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1434031421 news.xs4all.nl 2861 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43552 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:92482 On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:50:54 -0700, c me writes: >>I installed 2.7.9 on a Win8.1 machine. The Coursera instructor did a simp= le install then executed Python from a file in which he'd put a simple hell= o world script. My similar documents folder cannot see the python executab= le. How do I make this work? >>-- >>https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > You need to set your PYTHONPATH. > Instructions here should help. > https://docs.python.org/2.7/using/windows.html > > It is possible that you need to do some other things too, but again > that's the doc for it. > > Laura > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list It=E2=80=99s actually %PATH%. %PYTHONPATH% does something different and is = not really useful to newcomers (especially since there are much better ways to accomplish what it does) --=20 Chris Warrick PGP: 5EAAEA16