[Python-checkins] r60145 - python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun Jan 20 20:40:58 2008
New Revision: 60145

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
Log:
Add blurb about executable scripts on Windows. #760657.


Modified: python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst	Sun Jan 20 20:40:58 2008
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
 
    $ chmod +x myscript.py
 
+On Windows systems, there is no notion of an "executable mode".  The Python
+installer automatically associates ``.py`` files with ``python.exe`` so that
+a double-click on a Python file will run it as a script.  The extension can
+also be ``.pyw``, in that case, the console window that normally appears is
+suppressed.
+
 
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