(Python newbie) Using XP-SP2/MSVC6: No Python24_d.lib,winzip barfs on Python-2.4.1.tar, cannot download bzip2

[Scott David Daniels]

Bill Davy wrote:
> Thanks Jaime,
> 
> I'm making gradual progress and am finding it quite satisfying.  Resorted to 
> tracing Python in MSVC6 to see what it was trying to IMPORT, which is a bit 
> heavy but thank heavens for the sources.
You might try running python from a command window and running it "-v" 
as in:

     python -v prog.py -args ...

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org