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| From | Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> |
| Date | 2014-04-03 16:41 -0600 |
| Subject | Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.8862.1396564935.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 03/04/2014 18:54, Ian Kelly wrote: >> >> >> On Apr 3, 2014 11:12 AM, "Walter Hurry" <walterhurry@gmail.com >> <mailto:walterhurry@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Normally my Python development is done on FreeBSD and Linux. I know >> that on *ix I simply have to make foo.py executable (the shebang line is >> present, of course) to make it runnable. >> > >> > For my son's school assignment, I have to help him with Python for >> Windows. >> > >> > As I understand it, on Windows a .py file is not executable, so I >> need to run 'python foo py', or use a .pyw file. >> > >> > Question 1: Do I make a .pyw file simply by copying or renaming >> foo.py to foo.pyw? >> >> Yes. The only distinction between .py and .pyw is that the Python >> installer associates the former with Python.exe and the latter with >> Pythonw.exe. Pythonw runs the script without creating a console window >> for stdin/stdout. >> > > Not with more modern versions of Python. > > c:\Users\Mark>assoc .py > .py=Python.File > > c:\Users\Mark>ftype Python.File > Python.File="C:\Windows\py.exe" "%1" %* Which ultimately calls some version of python.exe. > c:\Users\Mark>assoc .pyw > .pyw=Python.NoConFile > > c:\Users\Mark>ftype Python.NoConFile > Python.NoConFile="C:\Windows\pyw.exe" "%1" %* Which ultimately calls some version of pythonw.exe. I elided that detail because it wasn't relevant to the question at hand.
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Two Questions about Python on Windows Walter Hurry <walterhurry@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 17:06 +0000
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows maxerickson@gmail.com - 2014-04-03 10:31 -0700
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2014-04-05 14:57 -0700
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 11:54 -0600
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-04-03 14:34 -0400
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-04-03 11:00 -0700
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-03 21:15 +0100
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 16:41 -0600
Re: Two Questions about Python on Windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-04-03 23:57 +0100
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