I envy newbies
Gordon McMillan
gmcm at hypernet.com
Sat Jul 17 10:06:41 EDT 1999
[Gordon McMillan]
> > ...
> > I think the Tcl install does modify your path.
[Tim]
> It may under NT (can't remember), but definitely does not under W95.
Perhaps leftover from an install of an earlier version.
> > But Python will go looking for it in the default places. Which is,
> > of course, C:\Program Files\...
>
> Which should really be taken from the registry, at key
>
> SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProgramFilesDir
Ah, there it is, key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
value ProgramFilesDir. I wonder who else doesn't know that <wink>.
> > [I think it's hilarious that MS was so enamored of their "advance" in
> > being able to put spaces in paths that they made the "proper" place
> > to install everything a demo of this "feature"...
> > Which demos the fact that spaces in path names are a pain in the
> > ass].
>
> yup!-and-they're-regretting-it-all-the-way-to-the-bank-ly y'rs -
> tim
Well they fixed it before producing /F's version of NT.
best-argument-for-being-a-swede-<wink>-ly y'rs
- Gordon
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