Environment Variables

[Krishna]

On Apr 25, 9:17 am, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 25, 8:07 am, Krishna <manthra.mo... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Environment variable set up is the most confusing part for me all the
> > time. Please help me with the following questions:
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> > When I install python in a new system, I will go to environment
> > variables (system variables) and set "path" pointing to C:\Python25
> > and thats all I do.
> > I type python from "cmd" window and its converting to python window
> > for python execution. All fine up to this point.
> > Now, I want to drag and drop python (.py) files to this window and
> > execute it. My python files are located in different directories
> > inside C: and outside C:. When I do that, I get errors and the file is
> > not found and its not imported. ALso, inside the .py file, if I have a
> > command to open a different file, it doesnt see that either. How do I
> > overcome these basic difficulties in python. I wish I can open any
> > file and work on that using python.
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> > Thanks for your help!
> > Krishna
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> I'm pretty sure you can't do that in a command window. I tried it on
> my Windows XP machine and all I get in my instance of IDLE is the path
> to the file. It DOES work with PythonWin, which is the ActiveState
> version of Python. The only difference is that it include the win32
> modules and has a more advanced editor.
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> You can probably get this to work in other more advanced editors, like
> WingIDE or PyDev too.
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So, how do I get the win32 module and what to do with that? Just
install it?

Thanks,
Krishna