Re: unable to open IDLE for Python3.50rc1 on windows10 64bit AMD

From	Nicky Mac <nmcelwaine@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: unable to open IDLE for Python3.50rc1 on windows10 64bit AMD
Date	2015-12-24 14:52 +0000
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what a horrible environment windows is to support anything!
(I was a UNIX professional).
seems the user profile PATH is a registry entry, and was not updated when I
deinstalled Python2.7
still haven't  figured out how to change it - I will NOT attempy a regedit.

season's greetings

On 24 December 2015 at 13:59, Nicky Mac <nmcelwaine@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear python Team
> I think I've been wasting your time:
>
> C:\Users\Nick>path
> PATH=C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program
> Files\Broadcom\Broadcom 802.11 Network
> Adapter;;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program
> Files (x86)\ATI
> Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Python\Python35\Scripts\;C:\Python\Python35\
>
> somehow the new py3.5 has been added to the end, not the beginning.
> guess this path is what you meant by "my profile".
> I'll set about fixing it.
> Meery christmas to you all
> Nick
>
> On 24 December 2015 at 11:06, Nicky Mac <nmcelwaine@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello again.]
>> not sure what you mean by "my profile".
>> following your suggestion, looks normal:
>>
>> C:\Users\Nick> python -c "import importlib;
>> print(importlib.find_loader('idlelib').path)"
>> C:\Python\Python35\lib\idlelib\__init__.pyc
>>
>> A search for idlelib shows this one plus one deep inside OpenOffice and a
>> Game.
>>
>> On 23 December 2015 at 21:20, eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Nicky Mac <nmcelwaine@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > no sign of old Py2.7 anywhere :-
>>> >
>>> > C:\Users\Nick>python -c "import sys; print(*sys.path, sep='\n')"
>>> >
>>> > C:\Python\Python35\python35.zip
>>> > C:\Python\Python35\DLLs
>>> > C:\Python\Python35\lib
>>> > C:\Python\Python35
>>> > C:\Python\Python35\lib\site-packages
>>>
>>> The first blank entry is for the current directory. Do you maybe have
>>> an old "idlelib" directory in your profile?
>>>
>>> Print what it's attempting to load:
>>>
>>>     python -c "import importlib;
>>> print(importlib.find_loader('idlelib').path)"
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nick "Mac" McElwaine
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nick "Mac" McElwaine
>



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Nick "Mac" McElwaine

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