Idle setup install falis on Win2k

[David LeBlanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Tim Peters
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 17:38
> To: Python-List at Python. Org
> Subject: RE: Idle setup install falis on Win2k
>
>
> [David LeBlanc]
> > Idle.py assumes that it's scripts are in the same directory as itself
>
> It assumes they're on sys.path.  This is normally true.
>
> > and they're not after install.
>
> As opposed to what, "before install"?  I can't tell what you're
> getting at.
> All of Idle is installed under Tools\idle\ on Windows, and the Start menu
> shortcut reads (assuming the default install path):
>
>     C:\Python22\pythonw.exe "C:\PYTHON22\Tools\idle\idle.pyw"
>
> > Idle.pyw just silently fails if they're not in the same dir as itself.
> >
> > This is PythonLabs Python 2.2.1 binary on Win2k with the included
> > distribution of Idle.
>
> Where do you think Idle got installed?  Don't get paranoid, but this is
> another thing that works for everyone but you <wink>.

BULLSHIT!

RTFC!

If you run /python22/tools/idle/setup.py install see what happens!!!

HINT: TAKE A LOOK AT /python22/scripts/idle.py! Then, please tell me how:
#!J:\Python22\python.exe

import PyShell
PyShell.main()
is going to magically figure out that PyShell.py got put in
/python22/lib/site-packages/libidle?

If /python22/tools/idle/setup.py shouldn't be run on Windows, WHY IS IT
THERE? Strange as it might seem to you, some Windows developers use a
command line and, at least in theory, if you install Idle, you should be
able to run it from a command line. (BTW, it did install in the python22
group of the start menu.)

AS for things that "only work for me", I have reinstalled C++, Python and
re-built standaloneZODB and it STILL compiles and crashes. I personally
suspect all the weird and funny games that are played by SAZODB when it
loads. Why, for example, does it import things and then delete them?
(site-packages/zodb/__init__.py).

Just because I'm the only one experiencing a problem DOES NOT mean that
there's not a problem with your (Zope's) code!

I'm glad you declared the problem solved and then just walked away.

Dave LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA