I envy newbies

[Gordon McMillan]

[Gordon McMillan]
> > ...
> > I think the Tcl install does modify your path.

[Tim] 
> It may under NT (can't remember), but definitely does not under W95.

Perhaps leftover from an install of an earlier version.

> > But Python will go looking for it in the default places. Which is,
> > of course, C:\Program Files\...
> 
> Which should really be taken from the registry, at key
> 
>     SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir

Ah, there it is, key  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
value ProgramFilesDir. I wonder who else doesn't know that <wink>.

> > [I think it's hilarious that MS was so enamored of their "advance" in
> > being able to put spaces in paths that they made the "proper" place
> > to install everything a demo of this "feature"...
> > Which demos the fact that spaces in path names are a pain in the 
> > ass].
> 
> yup!-and-they're-regretting-it-all-the-way-to-the-bank-ly y'rs  -
> tim

Well they fixed it before producing /F's version of NT.

best-argument-for-being-a-swede-<wink>-ly y'rs

- Gordon