Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.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 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; '(especially': 0.07; 'executed': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'creighton': 0.09; 'received:openend.se': 0.09; 'received:theraft.openend.se': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'wed,': 0.15; 'thu,': 0.15; '>>>i': 0.16; '>on': 0.16; 'executable.': 0.16; 'from:addr:lac': 0.16; 'from:addr:openend.se': 0.16; 'from:name:laura creighton': 0.16; "he'd": 0.16; 'message-id:@fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'received:89.233': 0.16; 'received:89.233.217': 0.16; 'received:89.233.217.133': 0.16; 'received:fido': 0.16; 'received:fido.openend.se': 0.16; 'subject:student': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'laura': 0.18; 'script.': 0.18; '>>>': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.21; 'cc:2**1': 0.22; 'doc': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; '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; '+0200,': 0.27; '-0700,': 0.29; 'received:se': 0.29; 'folder': 0.31; 'url:mailman': 0.31; 'similar': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'machine.': 0.33; 'windows.': 0.33; 'file': 0.34; 'useful': 0.35; 'url:listinfo': 0.35; 'something': 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; 'thank': 0.39; 'things': 0.39; 'url:2': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'url:docs': 0.39; 'subject:with': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'simple': 0.61; 'documents': 0.61; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.62; 'you.': 0.64; 'different': 0.64; 'world': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'received:89': 0.80; 'subject:needs': 0.93 To: Chris Warrick cc: python-list@python.org, c me From: Laura Creighton Subject: Re: New Python student needs help with execution In-Reply-To: Message from Chris Warrick of "Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:03:33 +0200." References: <77ccd04d-60fe-495c-877f-871a50c89cd2@googlegroups.com> <201506110852.t5B8qo0m000584@fido.openend.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-ID: <10142.1434037697.1@fido> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:48:17 +0200 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.3.9 (theraft.openend.se [89.233.217.130]); Thu, 11 Jun 2015 17:48:19 +0200 (CEST) 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: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1434037704 news.xs4all.nl 2842 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49771 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:92487 In a message of Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:03:33 +0200, Chris Warrick writes: >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 si= mple install then executed Python from a file in which he'd put a simple h= ello world script. My similar documents folder cannot see the python exec= utable. 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 i= s not >really useful to newcomers (especially since there are much better >ways to accomplish what it does) > >-- = >Chris Warrick >PGP: 5EAAEA16 Sorry about that -- what you get for not using windows. Thank you. Laura