[Tutor] New member question

[Laney Mills]

Hi everyone on the list,

This list seems like a perfect idea.

I am a pc used using windows 98.  I downloaded

Python 2.1.2 (#31, Jan 15 2002, 17:28:11) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>


frp, www.python.org

and let it install itself.  I am able to open IDLE by clicking

"C:\Program Files\Python21\Tools\idle\idle.pyw"

statements like

>>>print 2+2
5


work ok.

But if I make a small module and try to open it, the program can't find it. 
 I am suspecting this problem is an issue concerning PYTHONPATH, but I'm 
not sure.  I have read news lists and tutor information and o'reilly 
"learning python", but ALL those sources given answers using concepts 
rather more sophisticated than my actual question.  Any help would be 
greatly appreciated.

Also, what is tkinter and does it come with this distribution?  I can't 
find it, but thought it came with the download from python.org.

Thanks in advance