Just Getting Started with Python on MS XP Pro

[W. Watson]

What do I download to use Python with MX XP Pro on an ASUS 4 year old
motherboard? I would guess a good book source for starters would be the
O'Reilly book.

Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
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Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

""I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions
and billions of years before I was born, and had
not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
-- Mark Twain (a nod to evolution)
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[Jussi Salmela]

W. Watson kirjoitti:

Thomas Ploch wrote:

<snip>

>https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

I think this is the place to go

Thomas

That gets me the python program (pywin), which I got from a URL in a
post above (python-win.msi). I guess these are the same or at least just
the interpreter, and do not provide the IDE-debugger. I can't get
pythonwin, the debugger and IDE. The link was broken last night when I
tried it. Well, let me try now. Nope, it still reports "Error 404: File
Not Found"

I don't understand your difficulties. If you've got Python installed and
want to install the "Python for Windows extensions" aka pywin32, the
above link is the way to go.

Clicking it gets you to a Sourceforge page, where you can click
"download" which gets you to ap page where you can choose which version
of pywin32 build 210 you want. Choose the exe that was built for the
Python version (e.g. 2.5) you are using, download and run it to install
pywin32.

HTH,
Jussi

[W. Watson]

Jussi Salmela wrote:

W. Watson kirjoitti:

>Thomas Ploch wrote:

<snip>

>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

I think this is the place to go

Thomas

That gets me the python program (pywin), which I got from a URL in a
post above (python-win.msi). I guess these are the same or at least
just the interpreter, and do not provide the IDE-debugger. I can't get
pythonwin, the debugger and IDE. The link was broken last night when I
tried it. Well, let me try now. Nope, it still reports "Error 404:
File Not Found"

I don't understand your difficulties. If you've got Python installed and
want to install the "Python for Windows extensions" aka pywin32, the
above link is the way to go.

Clicking it gets you to a Sourceforge page, where you can click
"download" which gets you to ap page where you can choose which version
of pywin32 build 210 you want. Choose the exe that was built for the
Python version (e.g. 2.5) you are using, download and run it to install
pywin32.

HTH,
Jussi

As I understand it, there are two files I'm after: 1. python interpreter,
and 2. a python editor. It's #2 that I'm having trouble downloading. The
link is broken.
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

""I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions
and billions of years before I was born, and had
not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
-- Mark Twain (a nod to evolution)
--
Web Page: <home.earthlink .net/~mtnviews>

[Thomas Ploch]

W. Watson schrieb:

As I understand it, there are two files I'm after: 1. python interpreter,
and 2. a python editor. It's #2 that I'm having trouble downloading. The
link is broken.

This is the python interpreter for windows:

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5/python-2.5.msi
Here you can check for editors:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEditors
Here you will get the pywin32 package (also including the Win32 API, COM
support, and Pythonwin):

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

I am not sure if you actually read any of our posts, because there is no
404 whatsoever. On none of the posted links in the whole thread.

Thomas

[Gabriel Genellina]

On 7 ene, 13:22, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

As I understand it, there are two files I'm after: 1. python interpreter,
and 2. a python editor. It's #2 that I'm having trouble downloading. The
link is broken.

The above link should work. Follow the instructions in a previous post.
Note that in the last step, you have to choose a mirror for
downloading; that mirrow might be down or out-of-sync so you might get
an error there. Choose another mirrorr...

Note that you dont *need* PythonWin in order to use Python on Windows.
The standard Python distribution works fine. Even includes a Python
editor (IDLE) but you can use whichever editor you like to write your
code (even Notepad...)

--
Gabriel Genellina

[W. Watson]

Gabriel Genellina wrote:

On 7 ene, 13:22, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

>>>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

>As I understand it, there are two files I'm after: 1. python interpreter,
and 2. a python editor. It's #2 that I'm having trouble downloading. The
link is broken.

The above link should work. Follow the instructions in a previous post.
Note that in the last step, you have to choose a mirror for
downloading; that mirrow might be down or out-of-sync so you might get
an error there. Choose another mirrorr...

Note that you dont *need* PythonWin in order to use Python on Windows.
The standard Python distribution works fine. Even includes a Python
editor (IDLE) but you can use whichever editor you like to write your
code (even Notepad...)

We seem to be looping. I have the Python interpreter. I would like the
pythonwin editor. The download link doesn't work on SourceForge. Where can I
get it? If not there, where? If it can't be obtained, then I'll go to the
default editor built into python-2.5.msi.
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

""I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions
and billions of years before I was born, and had
not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
-- Mark Twain (a nod to evolution)
--
Web Page: <home.earthlink .net/~mtnviews>

[Gabriel Genellina]

On 7 ene, 16:20, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

We seem to be looping. I have the Python interpreter. I would like the
pythonwin editor. The download link doesn't work on SourceForge. Where can I
get it? If not there, where? If it can't be obtained, then I'll go to the
default editor built into python-2.5.msi.

It *does* work for me. Try
https://sourceforge.net/project/show...ckage_id=79063

--
Gabriel Genellina

[Jussi Salmela]

W. Watson kirjoitti:

Gabriel Genellina wrote:

>On 7 ene, 13:22, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

>>>>>https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

>>As I understand it, there are two files I'm after: 1. python
interpreter ,
and 2. a python editor. It's #2 that I'm having trouble downloading. The
link is broken.

The above link should work. Follow the instructions in a previous post.
Note that in the last step, you have to choose a mirror for
downloading; that mirrow might be down or out-of-sync so you might get
an error there. Choose another mirrorr...

Note that you dont *need* PythonWin in order to use Python on Windows.
The standard Python distribution works fine. Even includes a Python
editor (IDLE) but you can use whichever editor you like to write your
code (even Notepad...)

We seem to be looping. I have the Python interpreter. I would like the
pythonwin editor. The download link doesn't work on SourceForge. Where
can I get it? If not there, where? If it can't be obtained, then I'll go
to the default editor built into python-2.5.msi.
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

""I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions
and billions of years before I was born, and had
not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
-- Mark Twain (a nod to evolution)

Trying to break the loop:

The above link works for me. I've tried it numerous times during this
looping. Clicking the link pops up a security warning informing that the
browser is going to enter "https mode". Do you get that pop-up?

When I accept the pop-up, I get a page containing a green rectangle
"button". When I click it, I get another page in which I have to click
download to go to the actual download page.

If this doesn't work for you there must be something wrong with your
configuration.

HTH,
Jussi

[W. Watson]

Gabriel Genellina wrote:

On 7 ene, 16:20, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

>We seem to be looping. I have the Python interpreter. I would like the
pythonwin editor. The download link doesn't work on SourceForge. Where can I
get it? If not there, where? If it can't be obtained, then I'll go to the
default editor built into python-2.5.msi.

It *does* work for me. Try
https://sourceforge.net/project/show...ckage_id=79063

I can easily see the page you refer to, but where's the pythonwin editor?
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

A road sign along many highways reads, "$1000
fine for littering" I have yet to find any
$1000 bills. WTW
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[Jussi Salmela]

W. Watson kirjoitti:

Gabriel Genellina wrote:

>On 7 ene, 16:20, "W. Watson" <wolf_tra...@in valid.comwrote:

>>We seem to be looping. I have the Python interpreter. I would like the
pythonwin editor. The download link doesn't work on SourceForge.
Where can I
get it? If not there, where? If it can't be obtained, then I'll go to
the
default editor built into python-2.5.msi.

It *does* work for me. Try
https://sourceforge.net/project/show...ckage_id=79063

I can easily see the page you refer to, but where's the pythonwin editor?
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

A road sign along many highways reads, "$1000
fine for littering" I have yet to find any
$1000 bills. WTW

The editor is only a part of pywin32, which is a handy package to do all
kinds of Windows only stuff with Python. So download and install pywin32
to get the editor and all that other nice stuff.

HTH,
Jussi