[ python-Feature Requests-1656675 ] Drop-Handler for Python files

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Feature Requests item #1656675, was opened at 2007-02-10 12:36
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Category: Installation
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Marek Kubica (leonidasxiv)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: Drop-Handler for Python files

Initial Comment:
Hi!

We had a dscussion about what happens when one drops a file on a python sourcecode-file in the python-forum [1]. It turned out, that nothing happens at all. So someone brought up a solution. It is not really a problem with Python but it would be nice to add this to the Windows Installer.

The proposed solution was to add the following to the registry (this is the format of the registry editor):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.NoConFile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.CompiledFile\shellex\DropHandler]
@="{86C86720-42A0-1069-A2E8-08002B30309D}"

That should be simple thing to do using the MSI-Installer.

[1] only in german, sorry: http://www.python-forum.de/topic-7493.html

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2007-04-16 23:09

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I plan to implement this for 2.6; I think I can make sense out of it.

With this setting, dropping file foo.txt on file bar.py will run
"python.exe bar.py foo.txt", through different levels of indirection. So
the file (path) being dropped appears as sys.argv[1].

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Comment By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett)
Date: 2007-04-16 16:58

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Suggesting close, for insufficient documentation.

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Comment By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett)
Date: 2007-03-07 00:50

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What would happen then?  For example, should it cause python to start up,
running with that file, and the dropped file as stdin?

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