confused about path

[Albert Wagner]

Assuming I am set up correctly, shouldn't I be able to invoke idle like
this:

$ python idle.py

from any directory?

My setup:
PYTHONPATH=.:/usr/local/lib/python1.5:/usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages

In /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages the file idle.pth which
contains 1 line:

idle-0.5

In /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/idle-0.5/idle.py

In fact, I can only start idle like this:

$ cd /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/idle-0.5
$ python idle.py

OR

$ python /usr/local/lib/python1.5/site-packages/idle-0.5/idle.py

OR interactively

$ python
>>>import idle

What am I missing?
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