IDLE gripe and question

[Mensanator]

On Apr 22, 7:42�pm, Dick Moores <r... at rcblue.com> wrote:
> I have IDLE 1.2.1, on Win XP, Python 2.5.1.
>
> The first time I use File | Open to open a script, the Open dialogue
> box always opens at E:\Python25\Lib\idlelib. Most of the scripts I
> want to access are in E:\PythonWork. There doesn't seem to be a way
> to change the default folder to E:\PythonWork, but is there?

First, find the shortcut that lauches IDLE.

On my Vista system it's in
C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 2.5

XP will be different, I think there're start menu directories under
each user and a default one.

Anyway, once you have the shortcut (mine was named IDLE (Python GUI)),
right-click and select Properties.

There's a property attribute labeled Start In.
Set that to the directory where your scripts are.
The menu Open will now default to that directory.

Mine is C:\Python25\user, a directory I created after
installing Python.


>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick Moores
>
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