2. Re: Python interface problem with Windows (Benjamin Kaplan)

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/27/2010 6:52 AM, Kermit Rose wrote:

> I do not know how to import code from any other directory than the
> default, C:\Python26.

I personally took the easy way. I put my package of modules in
pthonxy/Lib/site-packages, which is already on the search path

from package import mymod
from package.mymod import myfunc

> And how do I save the code in a different directory than the default,
> c:\Python26?

For miscellaneous scripts, I use a directory I added? pythonxy/misc.

I edit with IDLE. When it starts up, the current directory is pythonxy/. 
When I start a new file, I immediately select save-as, change to ./misc, 
and save something.py. Note that one needs to type the .py even if the 
type is selected.

Also, I keep a ./misc/tem file. That is easy to select from 'recent 
files' on the menu. If I decide I want to keep the file, I save under a 
new name, leaving misc/tem to be erased and reused for another throwaway 
script.

The python uninstaller does not delete user-made directories.
When I install a new version, it is easy to move or copy to the new tree.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy