My Python annoyances

[Ben Collver]

Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> He was using /Windows/ Python in Cygwin *chuckle*... Windows Python 
> says Ctrl-Z because it doesn't know that it's been run from bash where 
> Ctrl-Z is for job control.
> 
> And the lesson we learn from that: if you're using Windows Python use 
> a Windows shell. If you're using a Cygwin shell use Cygwin Python - 
> unless you know what you're doing (which he wasn't).

The reason I tried to do this: Cygwin python lacks _winreg, but I wanted 
to SSH into Cygwin to run this script.

I suppose the folks who know what they are doing probably stick to 
wscript and WMI for this sort of stuff.

Ben