sys.path and the Windows registry

[Owen F. Ransen]

Thanks Mark!

On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 23:53:46 GMT, Mark Hammond <MarkH at ActiveState.com>
wrote:

>Owen F. Ransen wrote:
>
>> I'm just starting out with Python and have some simple
>> modules in a directoryb which is not on the sys.path.
>> 
>> I hoped that if I edited the registry and added my new
>> extra source file path I'd then see the new files in the
>> path browser (GUI Python 2).
>> 
>> I can't though, what am I missing?
>
>Create a new _subkey_ under the main PythonPath entry, calling it anything you like.  Add your new path as the default value for this new key.
>
>The main PythonPath entry is reserved for the Python core, and it may choose to ignore it if it can find its own core.
>
>Mark.

--
Owen F. Ransen
http://www.ransen.com/
Home of Gliftic & Repligator Image Generators