[Python-ideas] Windows temporary file association for Python files

[David Robinow]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 6:51 AM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if it will make the life easier if Python was installed with
> .py association to "%PYTHON_HOME%\python.exe" "%1" %*
> It will remove the need to run .py scripts in virtualenv with explicit
> 'python' prefix.
>
>
> Example how it doesn't work right now
>
> E:\virtenv32\Scripts>echo import sys; print(sys.version) > test.py
>
> E:\virtenv32\Scripts>test.py
> 3.3.0 (v3.3.0:bd8afb90ebf2, Sep 29 2012, 10:55:48) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)]
>
> E:\virtenv32\Scripts>python test.py
> 3.2.3 (default, Apr 11 2012, 07:15:24) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
> If Python file association was specified with
> "%PYTHON_HOME%\python.exe" "%1" %* then virtualenv could override this
> variable when setting the environment to set correct executable for
> .py files.

I believe you can solve your problem with the PY_PYTHON environment
variable or the user's py.ini file.  See section 3.4.4 of the
documentation.