PYTHONPATH?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Dr. Pastor wrote:

> Several Documents about Python
> refer to PYTHONPATH.
> I could not find such variable.
> (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP)
> How should/could I nominate a Directory to be
> the local Directory?
> Thanks for any guidance.

It's a so called environment-variable. You can set these in some obscure
windows dialog in the system-preferences on a per-system or per-user base.
Or you start using cygwin (lots of good other reasons for that), and do

export PYTHONPATH=/whatever

Diez