New guy question

[Glen Mettler]

I forgot to ask - what is the purpose of the Python window and the Python
Shell window?

Can I NOT run a series of scripts from these windows?  Must I go to the DOS
window to check my program?

Glen

"Glen Mettler" <Glen.Mettler at home.com> wrote in message
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> I have a small script I entered from a Python book that works when I run
it
> using F5.
> However, when I go to the console and enter python alook.py, I get an
error
> message:
>
> >>> python alook.py
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> I am too new to this to know why.
>
> Glen
>
>