Making ActivePython and Python co-exist on Windows

[Sridhar Ratnakumar]

On 2010-11-07, at 12:34 PM, Benjamin Kaplan wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:25 PM, CWC <cwc at cwc.name> wrote:
>> I'm new to Python.  Is it possible to make ActivePython 3.12 and
>> Python 3.12 co-exist on Windows?  I've got an app which requires the
>> former, but I want to stay with the latter, since I'm interested in
>> getting into development.  The main area of collision appears to be
>> the Registry.
>> --
> 
> ActivePython is the same thing as the "normal" Python. They just
> bundle the standard Python 3.1.2 distribution with a couple of extra
> packages in a convenient installer for you.

Yup. And as the documentation details, 
http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.1/whatsincluded.html
ActivePython includes PyWin32, Tkinter based on Tk 8.5 ... and PyPM for easy package management,
http://code.activestate.com/pypm/

-srid