[docs] [issue30569] Tutorial section 2.1 has *nix example at 3.7, but Windows at 3.6

Terry J. Reedy report at bugs.python.org
Fri Jun 9 17:00:44 EDT 2017


Terry J. Reedy added the comment:

There is a lot more wrong with the Windows part:

 "On Windows machines, the Python installation is usually placed in C:\Python36," is no longer true.  All-users install is, by default, in Program Files.  Current-user install is, by default, buried somewhere forgettable in the hidden /users/USER/appdata dir.

" you can type the following command into the command prompt in a DOS box:"  It has been a long time since Command Prompt was widely called a 'DOS box'.

set path=%path%

The is not permanent, at least for non-admin user.  One can add the install dir, whatever it is, to path during installation.  Or one can use 'py -3.6'

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nosy: +steve.dower, terry.reedy

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