[Python-Dev] Install-on-first-use vs. optional extensions

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Sep 8 20:32:36 CEST 2004


Guido van Rossum wrote:
> One more thing. I'd like the launcher app's name to begin with "Py".
> Maybe PyLaunch.exe or PyStart.exe?

I now call them extpy.exe and extpyw.exe. I deliberately avoided
a py *prefix*, as this really hurts tab completion if you
interactively hit c:\py<tab>\py<tab>. I actually want to ban py.ico
for that very reason from the python directory.

Regards,
Martin



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