IDLE & Gadfly frustration

[gbell at uclink.berkeley.edu]

Many thanks: that should help.


In article <95ceqf$7m4$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Greg Jorgensen <gregj at pobox.com> wrote:
> Python uses the current working directory, as returned by
os.getcwd().
> The Python interpreter will uses whatever directory it was invoked
from
> (where your DOS session is). IDLE uses the directory IDLE is in. You
> can use os.chdir(path) to change the current working directory.
>
> In article <95btmg$mep$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   gbell at uclink.berkeley.edu wrote:
> > Thank you -- the raw string & os.mkdir features should help me out.
> >
> > But to reiterate my first question, does anyone know why running a
> > script via the ctrl-f5 function in IDLE (as opposed to the command
> > line) should affect the default directory where gadfly places data
> > files?  This is true when I set the "mydirectory" value (see
original
> > question) to an empty string.  It seems that IDLE alters the
default
> > path.  Am I right, and can I prevent this?
>
> --
> Greg Jorgensen
> Portland, Oregon, USA
> gregj at pobox.com
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