[py-dev] Problems with DOS files

[holger krekel]

> >Is *.py normally executable on windows after you installed Python?
> 
> Yes.  Windows doesn't have an executable bit, any extension that is 
> registered by an application as a document type is "executable".  If 
> you type the name of a html file into the shell, it will probably open 
> in Internet Explorer.

Ok, let me refine the question: does a default python install register  
this mapping and/or do developers usually have this mapping active? 

    holger